About 57 years after Cornell opened, Willard Straight Hall opened its doors Nov. 18, 1925. The building, bustling with music, dance and club meetings, achieved instant success and a richer student social life unfolded.
Craftsmen are assembling a new baroque organ in Anabel Taylor Chapel, intended to replicate the sound and design of historic 18th-century German instruments. (March 31, 2010)
Throughout Cornell's history, the campus exists as a fluid representation of history, culture, science, the arts and tradition, which give way to modern mores and contemporary values.
English faculty authors paid sincere tribute, with insight and analysis, to fellow Cornell writers E.B. White '21, Phyllis Janowitz and James McConkey, Sept. 16 in Goldwin Smith Hall.
First-year architecture students have designed a moving dragon that will meet a flying phoenix during the 109th annual Dragon Day Parade, starting Friday, March 19 at 1 p.m.
Abbey Liebman '10 designed a solar-powered jacket that captures the sun's rays to charge cell phones, iPods and other handheld devices. It debuted at the Cornell Design League Fashion Show March 13.
A new Cornell study describes a series of linguistic experiments showing that the sounds (phonology) of a word can indicate whether it is a noun or a verb. An article on the subject will appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Cornell University Librarian Anne Kenney discusses the challenges facing the library and how she will rely on faculty to move forward in economically trying times. (Feb. 25, 2010)
The colors of a 1919 painting by N.C. Wyeth have finally come to light, thanks to cutting-edge technologies developed at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source. (Aug. 20, 2009)