The student Punjabi dance team Cornell Bhangra performs in the quarterfinal round of "America's Got Talent" Aug. 12. The team is competing for a chance at a $1 million prize.
Kent Hubbell, Cornell's dean of students, moonlights as an architectural designer of such Fiberglas fabric structures as the one sheltering the Chene Park Performing Arts Complex.
At the 2011 Frederick C. Wood lecture, April 6, Bishop Gene Robinson talked about how a person who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered can also be a person of faith. (April 7, 2011)
Events this week include music and Warhol films, street dance at the Schwartz Center, Ensemble X, scholars discussing African migration to America, and a conference on the work of Dominick LaCapra. (Sept. 24, 2009)
The 28th annual Cornell Fashion Collective runway show, is set for Saturday, April 28, 7-9 p.m., at Barton Hall. Some 3,000 attendees are expected. (April 23, 2012)
Cornell President David Skorton and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi signed a memorandum of understanding Nov. 8 making Cornell the California lab’s latest strategic partner.
Walter Isard, professor emeritus of city and regional planning and economics, has died at age 91. Isard was an influential scholar who founded the fields of regional science and peace science. (Nov. 11, 2010)
The Cornell in Turin program was recognized in an Italian newspaper for students' work with community centers in their research studies of migration and services for immigrants in Italy.
Renowned writer Margaret Atwood gave a public reading on campus March 29. She also met with students in two small discussion groups the next day to talk about writing and to answer questions. (April 1, 2011)
The Mind and Memory: Exploring Creativity in the Arts and Sciences course begins this month at Cornell and runs through April. This popular annual offering includes public lectures by distinguished members of the Cornell faculty and other creative people.