Twenty-six undergraduate and 10 graduate Cornell Urban Scholars Program students took part in an eight-week paid internship this summer at 32 organizations, among them some of the city's most innovative nonprofits.
When alumni from the “Classes of 4’s and 9’s” gather on campus June 5-8 for Reunion 2014, the Class of 1939 will hold a Virtual Reunion Reception allowing non-attending classmates to participate.
It's now possible to display math problems online as if they were on a chalkboard, thanks to new technology by Cornell University Library's Project Euclid. (Jan. 11, 2011)
Reaching into its archives, Cornell University is dusting off the original printing plate of the 1933 bachelor of landscape architecture degree to issue one more diploma. It is for Ruth Shellhorn, 96, whose storied career as a landscape architect encompassed bringing to life Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom. A noted landscape architect, Shellhorn, who attended Cornell in the early 1930s, wasn't available to attend the festivities of this year's Commencement Weekend ceremonies, May 28-29, in Ithaca. Instead, she will receive her diploma on June 4 at a special dinner in the Los Angeles area.
Cornell's skyline will boast another tower when Olive Tjaden Hall, located on Cornell's Arts Quad, has its steeple restored as part of the building's $7.5 million renovation project. The 30-foot, 20-ton steeple currently is being built on the ground adjacent to Tjaden Hall.
The son of an alumnus recalls how his father, in his later years, while suffering from Alzheimer's disease, remembers how Cornell United Religious Work helped him in 1930. (May 12, 2010)
3-D printer technology will dramatically change how products are made, designed and consumed, say Cornell professor Hod Lipson and analyst Melba Kurman in a new report. (Jan. 4, 2011)
Several hundred community members learned about Burmese ethnic groups, their food, language and political status May 8 when the Cornell Southeast Asia Program sponsored a daylong workshop. (May 10, 2010)