More than 1,000 staff, faculty, retirees and relatives gathered on campus Oct. 14 for the annual Employee Celebration, which included athletic events, a community dinner – and, for the first time, family rock climbing, bowling and a scavenger hunt.
Organizers added a strikethrough to the conference name this year, recognizing that the word “frontier” is rooted in a history of white-settler colonialism.
At a luncheon on May 21, 42 Merrill Scholars celebrated the mentors who had the greatest influence on their early education and the Cornell faculty or staff members who contributed most significantly to their college experience.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Carl Wieman will visit campus Sept. 25-29 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large, working with students and faculty and offering a public talk about his work in science education.
Throughout history, sonar’s distinctive “ping” has been used to map oceans, spot enemy submarines and find sunken ships. Today, a variation of that technology – in miniature form, developed by Cornell researchers – is proving a game-changer in wearable body-sensing technology.
Applications are open for the Contribution Project, a program that grants $400 each to undergraduates with ideas for how to make a difference in the world.
For its work supporting international scholars whose work puts them at risk in their home countries, Cornell has been awarded the Institute of International Education’s Centennial Medal. It was presented to Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff on Oct. 30.
Pioneering multimedia artist Laurie Anderson will offer a public talk in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts as part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Arts Unplugged series during her two-day visit to campus.