Feb. 21, 2012
Students take advantage of abnormally fiar winter weather on campus, graduate students celebrate Darwin's birthday with a costume party, and staffers in the Office of Financial Affairs at East Hill Plaza celebrate "Hootie Hoo Day" by waving their hands in the air to hasten the arrival of spring.

Feb. 14, 2012
College of Art, Architecture and Planning students interact with an installation of pendulums in Rand Hall; Larry Bieri of Finger Lakes Koryu-Kai demonstrates various weaponry as part of Martial Arts in Performance, Health and Practice weekend; and Recyclemania kicks off.

Feb. 7, 2012
Chemical and biomolecular engineering graduate student Michael-Paul Robinson studies a slide in an Olin Hall lab, Zimbabwean writer Elizabeth Tshele reads from her selected writings during a Literary Luncheon, and students mentor middle-schoolers during the Math Club Puzzle Night.

Jan. 31, 2012
Cornellians reconnect during the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.; bassist Dave Holland and jazz pianist Jason Moran perform in Barnes Hall; and M.F.A. student Peter Chizinski works on an installation project in the Foundry.

Jan. 24, 2012
Trustees, friends and family celebrate Peter Meinig for a decade of service as chair of the board of trustees, computer scientists Hod Lipson looks at mechanisms that will allow materials to develop in an adaptive way, and the community celebrates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Beverly J. Martin School.

Jan. 10, 2012
In an homage to photographer Harry Callahan for his 100th birthday, University Photography offers picturesque scenics of Cornell's campus during Ithaca's cold but beautiful winter months.

Dec. 20, 2011
At Winter Commencement Dec. 17 in Barton Hall, President David Skorton recognizes nearly 300 January graduates and their friends and family.

Dec. 5, 2011
Students in Professor Charles Williamson's engineering class, Experiments in Fluidics and Heat Transfer, present designs and prototypes for the annual paper airplane competition in Bartels Hall.

Nov. 29, 2011
The Lynah Faithful, avid fans of Big Red hockey, packed the sold-out, non-league game against the Boston University Terriers at New York City's Madison Square Garden Nov. 26. The matchup, a tradition dating from 1925, rarely offered a dull moment. Final score: 2-1 in BU's favor after overtime.

Nov. 22, 2011
Kathleen Alvey and Spring Buck receive Cornell University Partners in Sustainability Awards, participants in the School of Hotel Administration's ninth edition of The Innovation Network get a 3-D printing demonstration, and CALS students prepare for the annual ice cream compeition in Stocking Hall.

Nov. 15, 2011
Graduate students enjoy a Renaissance Ball at the Holiday Inn Nov. 12, Cornell employees attend Benefair in Biotech Nov. 9, assistant professor of architecture Kevin Pratt uses computer simulation software for sustainable building design, and the community commemorates the sacrifices for freedom made by war veterans.

Nov. 8, 2011
Students spend the weekend in a "boot camp" for budding student entreprenuers during 3 Day Startup in Biotech, MBA students participate in the second annual "Battle of the Brands" at the Statler Hotel, and a costume troupe attends "Halloween Happenings" in Willard Straight Hall.

Nov. 1, 2011
Cornellians experience fall weather in Ithaca, professor Satya Mohanty leads an English seminar, a panel discussion on mentorship vs. sponsorship kicks off the Johnson School's diversity symposium, and visitors get a hands-on experience with creepy crawlers at Insectapalooza.

Oct. 25, 2011
The new Human Ecology Building along Forest Home Drive is dedicated, trustees attend the 2011 meeting's Gala Dinner, Rhodes professor and Global Footprint Network President Mathis Wackernagel lectures about resource scarcity, and renowned architect Rem Koolhaas discusses "Progress."

Oct. 18, 2011
Engineering professor and inventor Watt W. Webb showcases his lab's latest multiphoton endoscope protoype, Phenomenon Step Team performs in celebration of the opening of 626 Thurston Ave., and Provost Kent Fuchs speaks at the opening celebration of the new Office for Academic Diversity Initiatives.

Oct. 12, 2011
Jane Mt. Pleasant engages students in a game of food trivia during a sustainability dinner in the Akwe:kon community room, children from Trumansburg Community Nursery School make a fall visit to Cornell Orchards, and master food preserver volunteer with Cornell Cooperative Extension Nancy Norton talks about lacto-fermentation at an afternoon Science Cabaret.

Oct. 4, 2011
Members of various Cornell athletic teams are recognized for their accomplishments, Cornell Orchards offers its fall harvest at the Apple Harvest Festival in downtown Ithaca, and members of the Ordinary People theater troupe perform in Willard Straight Hall for a group of students from South Africa.

Sept. 27, 2011
Robert Frank and P.J. O'Rourke participate in a "Meeting of the Minds" sponsored by the Johnson School in New York City, students rally against hydrofracking with a march from Ho Plaza to Day Hall to acknowledge Moving Planet's worldwide rally for solutions to the climate crisis, and Chef Jacob Kuehn shares new ideas for classic American dishes.

Sept. 20, 2011
Faculty, staff and alumni returned to campus for Homecoming 2011for tailgating, a march, a Fan Festival, a mobile scavenger hunt, alumni networking, viticulture activities and a Cornell football game. The Big Red defeated Bucknell 24-13.

Sept. 13, 2011
Architect Richard Meier '56 talks about the artwork of his lifelong friend, record-breaking rainfall causes flooding in Ithaca, Maria Cristina Garcia discusses refugees and asylum seekers in the United States, and meteorologists on campus gather weather data at the Game Farm Road weather station.

Sept. 8, 2011
The CALS Green energy-cutting contest helps the Big Red go green, graduate students mingle during an opening reception at the Johnson Museum, and the Bronfenbrenner Life Center and the Family Life Development Center merge to create the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research.

Aug. 30, 2011
Bill Nye '77 dedicates the Bill Nye Solar Noon Clock atop Rhodes Hall, new students try out for the Big Red Band, Lobsterfest cooks up more than 3,500 lobsters in Robert Purcell Community Center, and new students at the School of Hotel Administration are welcomed by club members and faculty on Peter Plaza.

Aug. 19, 2011
Boxes, luggage, eager students and teary parents flooded the sidewalks and lawns of North Campus Aug. 19 as Cornell welcomed the Class of 2015. The freshmen began moving in at 8 a.m. and continued into the afternoon, with the hustling and bustling into rooms kicking off a week of orientation events.

Aug. 9, 2011
Students athletes of all ages from around the country flock to Cornell to train in the Big Red's athletics facilities, where they learn new sports strategies and improve their skills in baseball, cross-country running, wrestling and more.

July 13, 2011
Students get an outdoor education during a Cornell Plantations summer intern field trip to a local bog as part of their instruction on natural areas management. Cornell Plantations manages more than 4,000 acres of natural areas, including bogs.

July 5, 2011
University Photography uses summer scenes on campus to spell "Cornell."