Glee Club '66 tour alums re-create melodic diplomacy

When members from the Cornell Glee Club's 1966 tour of Southeast Asia joined current members on stage Sept. 19 at Bailey Hall, musical passion poured out - making it a Homecoming concert for the ages.

No. 2 at CIA looks to the agency's future in campus talk

David S. Cohen '85, deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, spoke on campus Sept. 17 about future plans in the agency to become more diverse and increase the focus on digital security threats.

Chapbook captures Garrett's historic inauguration

A small chapbook will serve as a souvenir and memento of Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett's Sept. 18 inauguration.

Things to Do, Sept. 18-25, 2015

Events on campus this week include printmaking activities at the Johnson Museum, a fiction reading by novelist Colson Whitehead and a talk on eating disorders by Olympic athlete Jamie Silverstein ’08.

Cornell Rewind: Exploring our world and beyond

Not long after Cornell University opened its doors, professors organized expeditions. For 150 years, the faculty and students have traveled around our globe and others.

New Africana initiatives connect academics, activism

The Africana Studies and Research Center is launching new initiatives including speakers, mentoring efforts, special events and even classroom renovations, to help students impact the world.

M.H. Abrams remembered with verse, music, stories

A memorial celebration Sept. 12 in Statler Auditorium brought together much of what M.H. "Mike" Abrams cherished - poetry, Elizabethan music, family, friends and colleagues.

Peter Katzenstein sees no new Cold War

In a Sept. 10 campus talk, Peter Katzenstein, Cornell's Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies, contended that the U.S. and Russia are in a Cold Peace rather than a Cold War.

Ezra Cornell letter about Lincoln on display at library

A letter by Ezra Cornell, who met Abraham Lincoln on the eve of his inauguration, reflects the founder's plain-spoken optimism. The letter will be on display Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Kroch Library.