Presented by the American Chemical Society, the 2013 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry. (Aug. 21, 2012)
Fathers who have been incarcerated tend to avoid their kid's school - not because they don't care about their child's education, but because they're afraid of the school as a surveilling institution, says sociologist Anna Haskins.
Events at Cornell this week include a lecture by writer Joyce Carol Oates, Latin music on the Arts Quad, stargazing, films and an engineering symposium. (July 31, 2009)
The public is invited to watch and play at the annual Cornell Game Design Showcase, May 15 in Carpenter Hall. The showcase features PC and mobile games created by students in various classes and independent studies.
'Frontiers in the Life Sciences - a Symposium Celebrating Excellence' will bring eight elite female life scientists to campus for lectures, mentoring, networking and discussions April 2-3. (March 15, 2012)
Government professor Peter Katzenstein warned against thinking that civilizations around the world are homogenous, when they are indeed pluralistic with 'shifting balances of practices.' (Feb. 23, 2011)
Events on campus this week include Reunion lectures and tours, Steven Strogatz lecture and preferred vendor show later in the week. A summer preview is also provided. (June 10, 2010)
The traditional sounds of chimes, orchestra and chorus will accompany the pageantry surrounding inauguration ceremonies for David Skorton - as well as jazz, steel drums, Latin, klezmer and electronic music.
ITHACA, N.Y. --Cornell University's Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large program will host two distinguished visitors this month: Lynn Hershman Leeson, professor of art in the Technocultural Studies Program at the University of California-Davis, and Jules Pretty, head of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Essex, England. Pretty will lecture on "Clarifying the Ends and Means of Sustainability: Some European Perspectives," Wednesday, April 20, at 4:30 p.m. in 401 Warren Hall. (April 12, 2005)