Dominicana author Loida Maritza Pérez, a 1987 Cornell University alumna, is the keynote speaker at the Latino Studies Program's eighth annual Unity Dinner Friday, Oct. 20, at 5:30 p.m. in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.
"Privacy in the Age of Media" is the topic of a lecture at Cornell University by Tom Wicker, retired political columnist for The New York Times and one of America's most respected journalists, Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m.
Will there be librarians in the 21st century? Or for that matter will there be books 100 years from now? Alain Seznec, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell and professor of Romance studies, will give his fearless prediction for the future of the library in the information age during a presentation Wednesday, April 10.
Anyone with access to the Web can enjoy almost 100 video-streamed presentations on current topics by some of the university's top professors, for free.
The terrace at Appel Commons, overlooking Rawlings Green on North Campus, was dedicated in honor of Cornell Professor Glenn Altschuler, Sept. 24. (Sept. 29, 2008)
The College of Architecture, Art and Planning welcomed the famed distance runner and humanitarian with a reception Dec. 14 that also launched the Growing Up in Nairobi program and a planning and architecture studio.
Six alumni panelists at the Cornell Club in New York City described how their companies leveraged social media to pursue their entrepreneurial endeavors Aug. 14. (Aug. 16, 2012)
A $5 million grant from the USDA will be used by the new Northeast Bioenergy and Bioproducts Education Program to train science teachers in presenting lessons about bioenergy. (Jan. 24, 2011)
Noted Haitian novelist Edwidge Danticat will be reading from her latest book, The Dew Breaker, Friday, April 16 , at 7 p.m. in Kaufmann Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall at Cornell University. Danticat's reading is part of a two-day conference on campus titled "The Haitian Revolution in Global Context: A Bicentennial Commemoration," April 16 and 17. In addition to being a featured reader during the conference, Dandicat also is the final guest in the Black Authors/New Books Series sponsored by Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center. The reading is free and open to the public, and a book signing and reception will follow. (April 13, 2004)