Students in Jonathan Culler's Major Poets class returned from spring break March 28 to hear M.H. 'Mike' Abrams, the Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus, on 'The Fourth Dimension of a Poem.' (March 30, 2011)
Three English M.F.A. alumni have earned praise for their first novels. Two of the authors, Tea Obreht and Alexi Zentner, both M.F.A. '09, will give a joint reading April 4 at the Cornell Store. (March 29, 2011)
In a Nov. 4 talk, Daniel Libeskind described how his experiences growing up in post-war Poland, his immigration to America as a teenager and his identity as a Jew have shaped his architectural vision. (Nov. 6, 2009)
Cornell’s Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies will administer at $370,000, two-year grant from the MacArthur Foundation to further its studies.
Eduardo M. Peñalver ’94, the Allan R. Tessler Dean of Cornell Law School, has been appointed to a second five-year term as dean, beginning July 1, 2019.
Stress from having to keep a secret - one’s sexual orientation, for example - can cause lapses in physical stamina, intellectual acuity, executive function and even email etiquette, according to a study by Cornell and Berkeley psychologists.
John Sohn '11 has won a $25,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund for his idea of a fashion apparel truck that would sell his gender-neutral clothing line. (Jan. 18, 2011)
Physicists including Cornell's Edwin Salpeter and Kurt Gottfried sent a letter to Congress last week urging measures to restrict the use of nuclear weapons by the United States. (Feb. 13, 2007)
Groundbreaking filmmaker Ava DuVernay encouraged the Class of 2018 to prepare for their futures by declaring who they are and what matters to them today, in her 2018 Senior Convocation Address May 26 at Schoellkopf Stadium.