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.
Approximately 500 Cornell alumni and friends gathered Jan. 29 in New York City to mark the completion of Cornell's capital campaign, which raised $6.36 billion for university priorities.
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.
Cornell has announced four finalists in an invited architecture design competition for its College of Architecture, Art and Planning. The $25 million project is intended to provide new studio space and other related services and offices for the Department of Architecture.
National Book Award-winning novelist and short story writer Denis Johnson hosted nine Cornell undergraduates enrolled in his seminar at a staged reading of his play 'Des Moines,' Feb. 29 at The Flea Theater in Manhattan. (March 4, 2008)
Cornell President David Skorton, Wells College President Lisa Ryerson and Ithaca College President Tom Rochon opened the annual Native American Homecoming Festival Sept. 20. (Sept. 25, 2008)
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)
Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences will host 12 of the university's top social scientists for one semester, providing them with office space and $10,000 for research.
First-year architecture students worked all day Thursday, March 15, and all night into Friday morning to complete the 2007 dragon for its coming-out parade and destruction by fire. (March 16, 2007)