Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center marks its 40th anniversary with exhibitions, symposia and other events celebrating its history and considering the future of the field it pioneered.
The Cornell University Council for the Art has awarded more than $11,000 to 26 Cornell students and staff members to support a variety of art projects, including fashion design and photography.
At the Conference on the Histories of Capitalism on campus Nov. 7, Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson said the U.S. is devolving into a plutocracy due to disengaged voters.
An interdisciplinary symposium, 'Landscapes: Sublime/Popular/Ruined/Surreal,' is being held on the Cornell University campus Friday, Sept. 28, and Saturday, Sept. 29.
Two dozen scholars and academic administrators launched a new initiative in the humanities on campus with a round-table conversation, "The Humanities at Cornell and Beyond," in Sibley Hall May 9. Led by Provost Biddy Martin, the collective self-examination marked the latest effort at Cornell to address what some academics have framed as a "crisis in the humanities."
Rachel Bean, assistant professor of astronomy, has received a 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for her work in cosmology and theoretical astrophysics. (Nov. 10, 2010)
Faculty considered the future of research libraries in a Feb. 14 forum. Cornell's librarian noted that 60 percent of the library's collections budget goes to licensing electronic content.
Researchers from Cornell and Advanced Design Consulting, Inc. of Lansing are partnering to develop synthetic ropes for use in hoist systems on U.S. Navy rescue helicopters.
In a pilot internship program at Cornell, a group of 20 top-tier undergraduates from Colombia are conducting research in labs across campus until mid-July.