Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Díaz, M.F.A. '95, will visit campus in February to kick off a yearlong 'Centennial Plus Five Celebration of Creative Writing at Cornell.' (Jan. 21, 2009)
Physics professor Erich Mueller and grad student Shovan Dutta realize long-theorized quantum state in an array of solitons, which could pave the way for future study into the creation of such states.
McGraw Hall will undergo major renovations beginning this month. The roof work won't begin until after Commencement and should be completed by fall semester. (April 4, 2011)
Over the next decade, Cornell will lose an unprecedented number of its distinguished senior scholars to retirement, and must begin 'prehiring' replacements, two deans said at an Oct. 29 forum. (Nov. 2, 2010)
Student Matthew Lanzing of Bradenton, Fla., died Jan. 12. A community support meeting will be held Jan. 22 at 4:30 p.m. in the Founders Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. (Jan. 20, 2009)
Actor-director James Franco, who starred in the 2001 biopic of film legend James Dean, will give the Senior Convocation address on May 28 at Schoellkopf Stadium.
Several environmental experts will serve as panelists at the 'Policy and Activism: A Conversation on Climate Change and Clean Energy' event on Feb. 26 at Uris Auditorium.
The university is launching two new multicollege departments – one in statistics and data science, and one in computational biology – to meet evolving research needs, encourage collaboration, and improve the quality of teaching and learning in these increasingly essential fields.
Imagine a 'Super Court' comprising all 36 Supreme Court justices from 1946 to 2016. Doctoral student Eddie Lee did just that, and found stability and consensus are constants.
Jacqueline Stluka is the 2007 recipient of the Cornell Undergraduate Artist Award, which will be presented at the opening reception for her exhibition, Oct. 1 in Tjaden Experimental Art Gallery. (Sept. 27, 2007)