An Oct. 19 concert by Contrapunkt, Cornell's group for undergraduate student composers, will include music from various genres from opera to electronic to classical using diverse instruments.
The Cornell Council for the Arts awarded grants to support 33 faculty- and student-led art projects being presented on campus in academic year 2015‐16.
In their new books, English professors Jonathan Culler and David Orr add to the field of poetry studies with a sweeping history of lyric poetry and a deep analysis of Robert Frost's most famous poem.
The Hope and Optimism: Conceptual and Empirical Investigations project has received nearly $2 million from Cornell and the University of Notre Dame to fund 18 research projects on hope and optimism.
Amjad Atallah, executive vice president for content for Al Jazeera America and an expert on conflict, will deliver the Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press lecture Thursday, Oct. 15, at 4:45 p.m.
Events this week include classic and contemporary Indian films, a New York state food summit, fiction and poetry read by creative writing alumni, and historian Richard Polenberg's musical book launch.
Events this week include a concert by the Cornell Orchestras, a film screening and lecture with theoretical physicist David Kaplan, a fall harvest dinner on campus and a Science Cabaret on cider.
A gift from Rona and David Picket ’84 to the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of English and its creative writing program frees MFA students to write during the summer.
With a $1 million Mellon grant and a goal of building a model college-in-prison network, the Cornell Prison Education Program will expand to offer classes and degree programs in four upstate prisons.
