Lawyer Kristan Peters-Hamlin '82 has established the Kristan Peters-Hamlin Chair's Fund for Women's Civil Rights in the Middle East in Cornell's Department of Near Eastern Studies. (March 10, 2010)
Building on its existing strengths, coordinating resources and making additional investments will help Cornell enhance and solidify its status as a top school for international studies and engagement, says a new report.
Fuertes Observatory will open its doors for a celebration of the first International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. (Sept. 9, 2010)
The Institute for the Social Sciences has kicked off its Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility theme project, a three-year effort to understand the causes and solutions to chronic poverty. (May 6, 2009)
Metzger Grants were awarded to three Arts and Sciences students - Rachel Jacobs '10, Mara Perman '11 and Emma Tall '11 - who used the funds for service projects in the U.S. and abroad. (Oct. 6, 2009)
Professor Matt Evangelista discussed the history of nuclear disarmament and the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving it in a talk Feb. 18. (March 1, 2010)
The late Erna Gramse, MP '33, a longtime librarian and a graduate chemistry student at Cornell during the Great Depression, has bequeathed a gift to Clark Physical Sciences Library. (March 1, 2010)
David Feldshuh, Cornell professor of theatre, film and dance and artistic director of the university's Center for Theatre Arts (CTA), will launch the popular 'Mind and Memory' lecture series Monday, Jan. 24, from 2:55 to 4:10 p.m. in Uris Auditorium.
The Department of Astronomy will celebrate the life and work of William Gordon, founder of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 15, in G10 Biotech. (April 14, 2010)
Cornell faculty members Gail Holst-Warhaft and Tammo Steenhuis will meet with government leaders, activists and academics in Greece this summer to discuss the water-scarcity problem in the Mediterranean. (May 27, 2008)