Three Cornell faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They were among 159 new Fellows and 26 foreign honorary members to be elected.
Cornell historian Fredrik Logevall outlined how the Vietnam War happened and the lessons the war teaches today in his Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture June 7 during Cornell Reunion 2013.
Fifty Chinese high school students in the Cornell China College Preparatory Program spent the summer on campus engaged in academic work and cultural and language immersion. (Aug. 4, 2008)
Events on campus this week include a concert highlighting concern for climate change, a symposium on international studies issues, and opening events for an exhibition of 19th-century photography. (Nov. 10, 2011)
Archaeologists from the Public Archaeology Facility of Binghamton University will present a slide-illustrated lecture Oct. 21 that describes recent excavations on land that was part of the Ezra Cornell estate, located on what is, today, the West Campus of Cornell University. The event is scheduled for 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Tompkins County Museum, 401 E. State St., Ithaca. Excavations uncovered a mid-to-late-19th century site consisting of artifacts associated with the Christopher Carney family, who lived at 111 University Ave. Carney was an Irish immigrant who worked as a laborer for Ezra Cornell and his family. (October 15, 2002)
When it comes to fraternity drinking, following the leader can be a dangerous game, a new study shows. Leaders of fraternities, and to a lesser extent leaders of sororities, tend to be among the heaviest drinkers and the most out-of-control partiers.
Galen D. Stucky, professor of chemistry at the University of California-Santa Barbara, will present the Herbert H. Johnson Memorial Lectures on campus Nov. 6.
Five individuals who have dedicated their lives to feeding and housing the homeless will participate in a lecture series this spring at Cornell. The lecture series is part of Cornell's Housing and Feeding the Homeless Program, which began in 1988.