Creativity, dissidence and autobiography are topics for Egyptian authors Nawal el Saadawi and Sherif Hetata in Nov. 29 Cornell talk

The Cornell Lectures Series will present a symposium, "Creativity, Dissidence and Autobiography: Two Egyptian Voices," with Nawal el Saadawi and Sherif Hetata on Nov. 29, at 3 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall.

Cornell's affordable 'library-in-a-box' is bringing the latest in agricultural and life science research to developing countries

Researchers in developing countries find it frustrating trying to keep abreast of the latest agricultural research because hard currency shortages prevent the purchase of hugely expensive scientific journals. Now, Cornell's Albert R. Mann Library is offering a solution: an information source it has dubbed "library-in-a-box."

Bruce Levitt is new arts liaison and faculty director of the Cornell Council for the Arts

Bruce Levitt, professor and former chair of Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, has been named faculty director of the Cornell Council for the Arts.

Tango! concert and dance performances at Cornell Oct. 30

Ithaca Tangueros is hosting Tango! a concert and dance performance Saturday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in the Statler Auditorium at Cornell. The show includes live tango music and performances by some of the finest Argentine Tango couples dancers in the world.

Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust writer, to speak at Cornell Nov. 4

Elie Wiesel will speak in Bailey Hall on the campus Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. Imprisoned in the Nazi death camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald at age 15, Wiesel survived to write about the horrific experience in such books as Night.

Prominent guest speakers visit during Latino Heritage Month; help launch yearlong series

The Latino Studies Program at Cornell is welcoming two prominent guest speakers in October and is celebrating Latino Heritage Month with its annual Unity Dinner.

Filmmakers and experts discuss issues Oct. 22-28 at Cornell Environmental Film Festival

From disappearing frogs and Alaskan fisheries to Gypsy herbs and West African deforestation, filmmakers will talk about their artistic visions at the third annual Environmental Film Festival Oct. 22-28.

Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. marks 30th anniversary with guest Robert Moog

Mother Mallard, the world's first portable synthesizer ensemble, celebrates the 30th anniversary of its electronic debut at Cornell on Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre of the Center for Theatre Arts.

Prize-winning author Michael Kammen reveals passion for art as well as for history

Historian Michael Kammen's two most recent books are a rare and impressive display of vocation and avocation fulfilled in service to history and to art.