Last July the U.S. government officially declared that genocide was occurring in the Darfur region of western Sudan. This July 12 a group of Cornell students will begin a Ride Against Genocide, a 600-mile bike ride to help rally the world to halt it. Their destination is Ottawa.
Faculty, undergraduate students, graduate and professional students, and staff members are all represented and have a voice in university concerns through Cornell's shared governance system.
A $650,000 bequest from the late Professor Emerita Helen L. Wardeberg will support scholarships for College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' transfer students and Mann Library services and purchases. (April 9, 2012)
Alan Schwartz '53, an entertainment and intellectual property lawyer in Los Angeles who represented such clients as Mel Brooks and Tennessee Williams, will speak on campus Oct. 22. (Oct. 6, 2010)
Superconductivity and magnetism tend not to coexist, but theoretical physicists at Cornell have engineered a system in which these conflicting properties are believed to put aside their differences.
Two professors disagreed with a war veteran over what the United States should do next in Afghanistan. Their roundtable discussion took place Jan. 31 in the A.D. White House. (Feb. 2, 2011)
Cornell graduate Michael Schwam-Baird '02 has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship to attend Oxford University, where he will pursue a master's degree in economic and social history. Schwam-Baird is a native of Jacksonville, Fla.
Richard Meier, the architect of the Getty Center heads a list of distinguished artists, educators and critics who will offer insight into America’s cultural climate during a symposium Oct. 4-6 at Cornell.
Check in to conservation and check out sustainability: Cornell’s Statler Hotel will receive the 2014 Good Earthkeeping Award, the greenest award bestowed by the New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association.