President Barack Obama will lead a memorial service in Tucson Jan. 12, and the Cornell community reflected on the tragedy of six dead and 14 wounded, including Cornellians Gabrielle Giffords and Susan Hileman. (Jan. 12, 2011)
Cornell has administered 1 million COVID-19 tests, a milestone that symbolizes the collective work of hundreds of Cornellians, who worked overtime and engaged in duties outside of their regular jobs to protect lives.
Events this week include a one-day exhibit of three historic Lincoln documents at Cornell; a concert exploring the Thirty Years’ War, and documentaries at Cornell Cinema and Cinemapolis.
The libraries at Cornell and Columbia are expanding an existing partnership to include Southeast Asian studies; personnel and resources will be shared. (June 8, 2011)
Anne Kenney, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, was regaled with an original haiku, a performance of a rewritten Doors song, gifts and a sustained standing ovation at her retirement party March 30.
Cornell's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art will exhibit 'Japanese Poetry Prints: Surimono From the Schoff Collection' from Jan. 14 to March 19. It is the first exhibition outside of Japan for the 19th-century woodblock prints.
A major upgrade to compact undulators will make the quality of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source's X-rays competitive with the world’s best synchrotron light sources.
A $4 million gift from Ed Meyer '48 has established the Edward H. Meyer Professorship of Economics, the first newly endowed professorship in the universitywide Department of Economics. (Nov. 8, 2012)