Industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata will discuss corporate social responsibility and his company's revolutionary new car, the Tata Nano, at events during 2009 Reunion Weekend, June 4-7. (May 27, 2009)
Elias was the Goldwin Smith Professor of English Literature and American Studies at Cornell, and a respected scholar in the field of American literature. He died Aug. 16 in Brookline, Mass. (Sept. 5, 2008)
Mark Bertolini, MBA '84, chairman, CEO and president of Aetna Inc., said technology was key to making the health care system easier to use and affordable in the 2012 Durland Lecture April 5. (April 11, 2012)
After a two-year strategic planning and engagement process, Cornell Plantations is looking to rebrand as Cornell Botanic Gardens, which will better reflect its mission, says Plantations Director Christopher Dunn.
The recently endowed Charles T. Stewart '40 Fund for the College of Arts and Sciences will support the college in perpetuity. The fund was established in honor of Stewart, who passed away in January. (Sept. 2, 2008)
Cornell librarian Janet McCue has co-written an 80-page biographical introduction to a classic outdoors text whose author had many Cornell ties. (Oct. 11, 2011)
Events this week include traditional Javanese and new electronic music, a talk on the history of synthesizers, the Locally Grown Dance Festival, a panel on Latin American violence and Slope Day.
The technology of the future will come sooner, and be stranger, than any of us can imagine, said Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google Inc., at the Sept. 20 Hatfield lecture. (Sept. 24, 2012)
An undocumented Chinese immigrant who expects permanent U.S. residency within weeks shared her story with an audience of about 80 at Sage Chapel, March 29 at the last of the 2012 Soup and Hope series. (April 5, 2012)