The commitment, the largest in Cornell Engineering’s history, from David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64, will significantly expand the college’s existing Duffield Hall, creating a new state-of-the-art home for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Cornell faculty and husband-and-wife creative team Mendi and Keith Obadike have worked for decades across music, text, and visual art to explore complex histories and social tensions. The resulting pieces invite the audience into a conversation with both the artists and their material.
The July 30-Aug. 3 experience for young artists will culminate with a series of concerts, presentations and roundtable discussions featuring distinguished performing artists, teachers and “rising stars."
Enzo Traverso, the Susan and Bart Winokur Professor in the Humanities, has received an honorary doctorate from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB).
Cornell’s Steel Bridge Team excelled in the 2024 AISC competition with a 216-pound bridge that supported 2,500 pounds, placing first in lightness. Key to their success was access to the LASSP Student Machine Shop, where expert support and flexible hours enabled fast, high-quality fabrication and extra time for testing and refinement.
In recognition of her work uniting students, designers and educators across generations to reimagine a play space that fosters creativity, inclusion and active play, Prof. Loebach has received this year’s George D. Levy Engaged Teaching and Research Award.
Mia Bachrack ’25 and Sophia Peck ’26 are working on an independent study focused on costume designer Edith Head with the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection and Cornell Cinema.
Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell University and the author of two foundational books on misogyny and male privilege, says that the executive order is discriminatory not only against transgender people, but also against women.
The Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility has enabled scientists and engineers from academia and industry to conduct groundbreaking research, thanks to continuous support from the National Science Foundation. But that funding is now at risk.
