$750,000 awarded to Cornell's Society for the Humanities

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $750,000 to Cornell’s Society for the Humanities in support of the Central New York Humanities Corridor.

Things to Do, Dec. 5-12

Events this week include the Cornell Town-Gown Awards celebration, films for children of all ages, Christmas Vespers in Sage Chapel and student shows and screenings at the Schwartz Center.

El Barrio artwork opens students' eyes to East Harlem stories

Students in an interdisciplinary class studied murals in New York City's El Barrio, learning about neighborhood aspects such as culture, history and preservation, and organized a new campus exhibit.

TBS executive: English major prepared me for research job

Bruce Tyroler ’80, who studied English at Cornell, returned to campus Nov. 21 to offer career advise for students in liberal arts fields.

Desert sound as a shaper of religious identity

Near Eastern studies professor Kim Haines-Eitzen explores how natural desert sounds influenced monastic texts, from tropes like the wind as God's voice to demons sounding like thunder.

The case of Hu Shih as the 'Greatest Cornellian'

Sherman Cochran, the Hu Shih Professor of Chinese History Emeritus, presented his case that Hu Shih, Class of 1914, is the greatest Cornelian in a Nov. 20 talk on campus.

MFA alumna Bulawayo's fiction stays close to home

Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo, MFA ‘10, spoke on campus DATE about her creative writing process and the influence of Cornell's MFA program on her work.

Iceland president honors Fiske Collection curator

During his two-day visit to campus, the president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, recognized a librarian with one of his country's highest honors.

New prize for African literature announced

The new Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature recognizes excellent writing in African languages and encourages translation from, between and into African languages.