Cornell University
5/15/2008
As competition to attend Ithaca heats up, we look at how admission finds the students who will be a “perfect fit.” by Sherrie Negrea
Meg Schneider ’11 knew from the age of seven, when she landed a part in Peter Pan at a community theater in Houston, that she wanted to perform on Broadway. To train for her budding career she...
4/29/2008
The Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, conducted by music performance professor Stephen Peterson, performed John Corigliano’s “Circus Maximus” at Cornell University’s Bailey Hall in February. The piece — which employs a marching band, two sirens, and a shotgun, among more traditional instruments — is designed to create an...
1/28/2008
Biology professor involves the public in an entomological sleuthing mission.
by Chelsea Theis ’08
Roses, beavers, and bluebirds are all commonly found in New York -- a good thing, as they are the official state flower, animal, and bird. But the state insect hasn’t been, er, spotted in New York in 15 years. The...