Ian Balfour, the M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor at Cornell, will present the lecture 'Romanticism and the Forms of Freedom: On the First Person Among Others,' Feb. 10.
Madelyn F. Wessel, university counsel at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named university counsel and secretary of the corporation for Cornell University. The first woman to hold the position, Wessel will start May 8.
Internationally renowned architect Peter Eisenman will be on campus to celebrate his 50th reunion at Cornell University this weekend. The winner of numerous architectural awards, Eisenman '54 earned his B.Arch. degree at Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning. (June 10, 2004)
In order to stabilize their flight, fruit flies sense the orientation of their bodies every time they beat their wings – one beat about every 4 milliseconds.
Cornell gave Class of 1975 graduates in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) much more than vocational training in their respective fields, said eight alumni who were part of a special panel during Reunion Weekend.
The Rev. George Coyne of Le Moyne College will discuss the known universe and the interplay of science and religion in the annual Beggs Lecture, Nov. 11 in Sage Chapel.
At a ceremony June 8 on the Arts Quad, Cornell administrators thanked the hundreds of staff and faculty members who this spring elected to participate in the Staff Retirement Incentive program.
The board of trustees has approved a plan that calls for a 4.5 percent tuition increase for undergrads in the endowed colleges and an increase of the same dollar amount for the state-supported colleges.
The College of Architecture, Art and Planning's Paul Milstein Hall project will move toward approval for a summer 2008 groundbreaking, with a cantilever design. (Sept. 27, 2007)