'You are the unsung heroes and heroines of our society,' media star Katie Couric, co-anchor of NBC's 'Today' show, said in a moving speech to doctors and other health-care professionals gathered to discuss crucial updates and issues in gastrointestinal cancers.
Comedian Stephen Colbert kept the Barton Hall crowd of 5,000 roaring through two sold-out shows, Oct. 26, poking fun at college and politics, both in and out of character. (Oct. 29, 2007)
Events on campus this week include new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum, a look at gender roles in Shakespeare plays, readings by creative writing faculty and a conference focused on Colombia.
Events on campus this week include Darwin Days panels and lectures, Oscar-nominated short films, poetry from Ishion Hutchinson and a faculty forum on the future of research libraries.
Ivy League technology and women entrepreneurs doing business on the Internet will be examined at the fall meeting of the President's Council of Cornell Women, an alumnae group, at the Palo Alto Sheraton Hotel Saturday, Oct. 23.
Starting in the spring, Cornell will move student e-mail service to outside vendors and convert faculty and staff e-mail to the Microsoft Exchange system. (Dec. 10, 2008)
Cornell will host Horses 2002, a two-day conference April 6 and 7, featuring demonstrations, clinics, educational seminars related to equine issues, and speakers, including horse-and-rider relationship expert GaWaNi Pony Boy.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism told an audience of about 5,000 people in Barton Hall Oct. 9 that world peace begins with individuals finding their own inner peace. (Oct. 9, 2007)
For the first time in its 77-year history, the Cornell University Chorus -- an all-female choir -- will perform outside of North America. The 40-member chorus will depart New York City May 25 for a weeklong visit to Taiwan.
Cornell University has been ranked fourth in the nation in the Washington Monthly College Guide, and No. 1 in engineering physics by U.S. News and World Report. (August 31, 2005)