An artist who brings an exhibit of art that depicts Jewish ritual garments -- tallit katans - in a variety of materials, including marbleized silk, comics, dollar bills, stainless steel, Astroturf, woven wire, X-ray film and copper sheeting, will present a public lecture Oct. 7.
Professors Glenn Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick delivered the 2014 Olin Lecture, “The Way We Were – and Are: Cornell Professors and Students, 1940-Present,” June 6 to a packed Bailey Hall.
A new scholarship program funded with a $5 million gift from the Dyson Foundation will soon benefit top students in the Undergraduate Business Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (Feb. 1, 2007)
Scientists at the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education have been working for the last decade on research and development of an Energy Recovery Linac as a new X-ray light source. The research has led to the creation of a new particle accelerator, which offers a wide range of applications beyond the ERL.
Jiwoong Park and Derek Warner are recipients of Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, which honor outstanding researchers near the beginning of their careers. (July 14, 2009)
Strategies for improving retention and achievement among minority college students were explored at a conference sponsored by Cornell, the Teagle Foundation and Credit Suisse, Oct. 2-3 in New York City. (Oct. 4, 2007)
A visual art project that brought Jews and Muslims together on Cornell's campus is the winner of the 2003 James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony.
Free and open to the public, the July 18 event will commemorate the July 1969 landing of NASA's Apollo 11 and man's first steps on the moon. (July 8, 2009)
In a panel discussion Feb. 20, novelists Melissa Bank '98, Junot Diaz '95 and Julie Schumacher '86 praised Cornell's Creative Writing Program and gave advice to aspiring authors. (Feb. 23, 2009)