ITHACA, N.Y. (April 14, 2004) -- Mohsen Mostafavi has been named dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University President Jeffrey Lehman announced today. Mostafavi, a U.S. citizen who studied at London's Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) and at the University of Cambridge, has served as chairman (equivalent to dean) of the AA since 1995. His Cornell appointment will begin July 1, 2004. Lehman said: "Mohsen Mostafavi is a true intellectual and a talented academic leader. He brings to Cornell an international reputation built upon an impressive track record of success on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as the respect of some of the world's most renowned architectural practitioners and theorists. I am delighted he is joining Cornell's academic leadership." (April 14, 2004)
Faculty and visiting scholars will consider the postmodern in the arts and literature and in related scholarship in the disciplines at the Society for the Humanities' conference, April 13-14. (April 11, 2007)
The Museum of the Earth has a fossil preparation lab, with a window so visitor can watch the paleontologists - including several Cornell students. (Sept. 23, 2011)
In a recent lecture, Brett de Bary cited texts and translations of Japanese author Tawada Yoko, whose works deal with the arbitrary nature of cultural boundaries in differentiating language and words. (March 4, 2010)
The new website, climatechange.cornell.edu, is a one-stop shop for everything climate change. It's searchable and includes research, outreach programs and issue-specific pages.
Events on campus this week include an exhibit on Ithaca's trains, Mayfest concerts, supporting Dilmun Hill, CCMR Symposium, and the Senior Week concert by the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club.
Events this week include classic and contemporary Indian films, a New York state food summit, fiction and poetry read by creative writing alumni, and historian Richard Polenberg's musical book launch.
President Martha E. Pollack engaged Maiquela Richards '18 and Troy Anderson '19 in a question-and-answer session June 9 in Bailey Hall as part of Reunion Weekend.
Researchers from the College of Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine will fight the spread of breast cancer and other cancers with a $9.3M, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute.