Jay Walker '77, founder of Priceline.com, kicked off an exhibit of rare artifacts from his collection with a Reunion lecture on why imagination has been the driving force behind human invention.
Tucked away in the basement of Clark Hall are five staff members whose machining expertise is integral to the success of many of the designs, experiments and innovations of Cornell’s physics faculty, graduate students and postdocs, as well as to work done within other departments and units across campus.
For deans Michael Kotlikoff and Kathryn Boor, an opening day visit to the 2010 New York State Fair Aug. 26 was a welcome chance to relax, explore and reminisce. (Aug. 27, 2010)
A report on the future of the electric grid, co-authored by mathematics professor John Guckenheimer, has helped spawn a joint program of the National Science Foundation and the energy department.
Cornell librarian Janet McCue has co-written an 80-page biographical introduction to a classic outdoors text whose author had many Cornell ties. (Oct. 11, 2011)
Events this week include Bike to Work and School Day, a United Way fundraiser, a talk on gender equity and equal pay; and a Mann Library exhibit on Sri Lankan identity in fashion and film.
Alumnus Stephen Loewentheil talked about Mathew Brady and the birth of photojournalism during the Civil War at a Cornell Library Salon in New York City Oct. 5. (Oct. 7, 2011)
Basking in the mild sunshine and cooled by a light breeze, thousands of graduates lined up on the Arts Quad May 29 to march to Schoellkopf Stadium for Cornell's 143rd Commencement ceremony. (May 29, 2011)
President David Skorton delivered Cornell's 143rd commencement May 29, welcoming about 6,000 new graduates to the global Cornell family. (May 29, 2011)
OMAAn artist's rendering of a view of Milstein Hall, connecting Sibley and Rand halls.
Milstein Hall, the newest building of Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), will be many things for many people: a…