Cornell’s newly admitted class of freshmen is the most diverse and international in its 150-year history, with prospective undergraduates representing 100 nations from around the world, based on citizenship.
Cornell Cinema is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Janus Films -- the renowned distributor of foreign and classic films -- with screenings of several Janus titles and a raffle of the 50-DVD boxed set. (April 18, 2007)
'Queer Cornell: LGBT student activism, 1968-2008' is a new Olin Library exhibition documenting some of the actions taken by Cornell's early lesbian and gay activists. It is on view through Reunion Weekend. (April 30, 2008)
Cornell professor Laurent Dubreuil will investigate non-standard logic and the cognitive study of language with the help of a $274,000 Mellon New Directions Fellowship. (April 2, 2009)
Arthur Miller's post-World War II drama "All My Sons" -- an exploration of personal ethics and the paradoxes behind the American dream -- will open the 2006-07 theater season at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts on Sept…
The president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, visits campus Nov. 20-22. He will deliver a public lecture, “Iceland’s Clean Energy Economy – A Roadmap to Sustainability and Good Business,” Nov. 21 at 4 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium.
Peering deep into time with one of the world’s newest, most sophisticated telescopes, astronomers have found a galaxy that gives birth annually to 500 times the number of suns as the Milky Way galaxy produces.
The eyes have it this month as Cornell hosts a month-long, cutting-edge exhibition of international CD-ROM art projects at electronic sites around campus, in conjunction with a two-day public workshop on the digital arts.