Oct. 26 panel focuses on Israel-Palestine conflict

The Department of Near Eastern Studies offers “Understanding Events in Israel – Palestine” from 5-6:30 p.m. in Room G22 of Goldwin Smith Hall.

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Conference highlights humanities projects on the theme of “Crossing”

The Society’s fall conference on Oct. 27 will feature talks by seven multidisciplinary fellows.

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Inquiry through making

Director of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of Art Oscar Rene Cornejo offers insights into his creative practice, approach to pedagogy, and the college's Bachelor of Fine Arts program he helps to shape and lead.

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Library publishes catalog on Jewish fables

Cornell University Library published the catalog Fables in Jewish Culture: The Jon A. Lindseth Collection, a comprehensive guide to the nearly 400 Jewish fables from around the world that Lindseth entrusted to the library in 2018.

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‘Desdemona’ celebrates Morrison’s Nobel Prize anniversary

As part of the 30th anniversary celebration of Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, Cornell will present the author’s “Desdemona” Oct. 27 and 28 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.

Students from all majors invited to mathematical modeling contest

The annual competition, slated for Nov. 10-13, allows students to work on open-ended real world problems, showcasing the multifaceted nature of applied mathematics. 

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Clothing is key: Van Dyck portrait captures ‘moment in the history of race-making’

Ana Howie used her expertise in cultures of dressing and European imperialism to uncover a story tying Genoa’s elite families to globalized material trade – and Atlantic and Mediterranean slavery.

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Field-based art class boosts green consciousness

For Cornell students studying environmental science, creating art with naturally dyed yarn, soil paintings to depict climate change and woodcuts featuring poetry brought ecology into focus.

Award-winning Simon Shaheen to perform, lecture on Arab music

“Simon Shaheen is widely celebrated as a virtuoso violinist and oud player, incomparably creative composer and master teacher of Arab music."

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