Astronomer Steven Squyres, who helped lead the Rover missions to Mars, is one of six crew members on a 13-day undersea NASA training mission off Key Largo to simulate an asteroid mission. (Oct. 20, 2011)
Events on campus this week include "Casablanca" and other Winter Break films, a leading Swiss orchestra, a book party for Alice Fulton's new poetry collection and a talk on the human development of killers.
The Department of Design and Environmental Analysis has been ranked the best program in the East and second nationwide in the annual survey conducted by DesignIntelligence magazine. (March 29, 2007)
John Alexander '74, MBA '76, 2012 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year, reflected on his career as founder of CBORD group and philanthropy at April 19 celebration. (April 23, 2012)
As part of inauguration events, President Elizabeth Garrett moderated a faculty panel on the challenges inequality poses for democratic institutions Sept. 18 in Bailey Hall.
Students throughout the College of Human Ecology participate in summer research that deepens their understanding of various fields and sometimes causes them to re-evaluate their career paths.
Professor Matthew Evangelista, in giving one of the Cornell Context lectures for the 2013 New Student Reading Project, said that human rights violations, such as the Japanese-American internment in World War II, persist today.
Events at Cornell include "Ask an Astronomer," classic films in the Cinema Under the Stars series and a variety of free summer lectures, performances and concerts.