'All art is about what life feels like': The Skortons prove a point with readings on jazz, food, medicine, dogs and haiku

From poetry to recent nonfiction to haiku; from medicine to music to dogs: Cornell President David Skorton and wife Robin Davisson shared selections from their favorite reads at Tompkins County Public Library, March 9. (March 10, 2008)

Architecture studio to visit 2010 World Cup sites in Johannesburg, South Africa

A Cornell Master in Architecture program studio will visit the 2010 World Cup sites in conjunction with their design projects addressing the challenges of a global event for its host country.

Mike Abrams enriches building that inspired him with gift of fifth-century mosaic

A fifth-century mosaic of a lioness attacking an ibex, donated to Cornell by M.H. (Mike) Abrams, now graces the entrance of Goldwin Smith Hall, where Abrams wrote his acclaimed books of literary criticism.

Visiting writer Denis Johnson hosts Cornell undergrads at a staged reading of his play in New York

National Book Award-winning novelist and short story writer Denis Johnson hosted nine Cornell undergraduates enrolled in his seminar at a staged reading of his play 'Des Moines,' Feb. 29 at The Flea Theater in Manhattan. (March 4, 2008)

'Spoglia' dramatically re-creates Rome

The multimedia dance production 'Spoglia' combines the black-and-white cinema, culture and architecture of Rome, March 6-9 the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.

Skorton and Davisson to speak on books that helped shape their lives, March 9

Cornell President David Skorton and his wife, Robin Davisson, will share from and discuss books that have had an impact on their lives at the Tompkins County Public Library, Sunday, March 9, at 2 p.m. (Feb. 28, 2008)

Digital deity provides museum visitors with data as art

ArtLinks allowed viewers of a statue in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art to record their reactions and view the perceptions of pervious viewers. (Feb. 27, 2008)

Retiring Stephen Cole leaves legacy onstage -- and off

Stephen Cole, professor of theater for almost 40 years at Cornell, will retire this year, leaving a legacy on campus and in the Ithaca theater scene. (Feb. 21, 2008)

An 80-year-old student project revealed in the guise of dolls

Cornell's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections includes the Dora Erway Doll Collection, which comprises 37 costume dolls whose clothing and bodies were largely made by students in the 1920s. (Feb. 21, 2008)