Events this week include plays about love and sexuality, films about math and physics, Concerto Competition winners in concert, and a Community-Supported Agriculture Fair.
A Feb. 29 Cornell Law School panel, featuring professors Joe Margulies ‘82, John Blume and Valerie Hans, discussed the future of the death penalty in light of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death Feb. 13.
With projections of 9.5 billion people by 2050, humankind faces the challenge of feeding modern diets to additional mouths while using the same amounts of water, fertilizer and arable land as today.
Several dozen people attended the Step It Up! rally on the Arts Quad, Nov. 3. Hundreds of rallies were held across the country to raise awareness of climate change issues. (Nov. 6, 2007)
The Cornell PULSE (Perceptions of Undergraduate Life and Student Experiences) Survey finds that student satisfaction, overall and with various aspects of the Cornell experience, remains high. (May 12, 2011)
With 60 Cornell graduates joining Teach For America in 2010, Cornell ranks third among large colleges and universities contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors. (July 21, 2010)
Hundreds of students came out for the student-organized event 'Lift Your Spirits,' March 17, to celebrate community and life with music, balloons, cotton candy and opportunities to write. (March 18, 2010)
Author Lorrie Moore, MFA '82, will give a free public reading on Monday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall on the Cornell University campus. Moore is Cornell's 2004-05 Distinguished Alumni Artist Award recipient, an annual award established in 1997 by the Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA) and the Committee on the Arts of Cornell University Council. (November 2, 2004)
Éva Tardos, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science, has been honored with an invitation from the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics to speak at its upcoming conference.