Cornell University's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art acquired more than $4 million worth of fine art for its permanent collection this past year through gifts and purchases, says Franklin Robinson, the Richard J. Schwartz Director of the museum. "Our recent acquisitions have been truly extraordinary," said Robinson. "A lot of people don't realize that our collections are growing all the time and that the museum is so dynamic -- in large part thanks to the generosity of alumni donors, other gifts and through the work of our museum advisory council." (February 28, 2002)
The Classical Works Knowledge Base, a database and link resolver now under development, will assist Classics scholars citing ancient Greek and Latin texts, and those in other disciplines as well. (June 2, 2010)
Mycologist Kathie Hodge, presented 'Beneath Notice: Little Fungi for Good and Evil,' Jan. 25, in Cornell's Mann Library as part of the Light in Winter Festival of Sciences and the Arts.
A new acting director, Xin Xu, and assistant director, Patrick W. Deegan, took leadership positions in Cornell's China and Asia-Pacific Program July 1. (July 24, 2008)
The Architecture of Disbelief symposium will explore speculative work - designs that require a willing suspension of disbelief and projects that are not straightforward manifestation as buildings - Oct. 30-Nov. 1. (Oct. 21, 2008)
Uma Bioseed – a Cornell student business startup formed in partnership with another Cornell startup’s technology – won $500,000 in the 43North incubator competition in Buffalo, New York, Oct. 29.
Political and foreign relations experts including Russian-American journalist Julia Ioffe will explore the crisis in Ukraine at a public panel discussion March 14 in Uris Auditorium.
More than 50 speakers and poster sessions will highlight the broad array of research taking place across Cornell's campuses, and judges are still needed to assess the presentations throughout the day. (April 14, 2008)
At the intersection of activism and academia, a climate change and clean energy panel Feb. 26 gave details of environmental urgency and impending social refinements.