A gender-bending Hamlet silent film with live music screens Sept. 14

The restored 1921 German silent film “Hamlet,” starring Denmark’s most famous film actress, Asta Neilsen, as Hamlet, screens Sept. 14.

Top neuroscientists to speak at Cornell Neurotech symposium

The second annual Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium on Sept. 22 will feature three neuroscientists who will discuss their research exploring the brain.

New book explores abolition in West Africa

Slavery in West Africa has an ancient lineage dating to Biblical times. Sandra Greene’s new book, “Slave Owners of West Africa: Decision Making in the Age of Abolition,” explores the lives of three West African slave owners during abolition in the 19th century.

John Cleese returns to Cornell for a ‘Conversation’ Sept. 11

“A Conversation With John Cleese,” hosted by the Office of the Provost and the Cornell University Program Board, is set for Monday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. in Bailey Hall.

How best to say, ‘Keep out!’ 10,000 years into the future

How do you warn generations far in the future about buried nuclear waste? A faculty member critiques two approaches.

New engaged learning curriculum offers gateway to the world

The Department of Anthropology’s new Global Gateways course sequence will give students the opportunity to prepare for, and make the most of, Cornell’s off-campus opportunities.

Animal depictions in the ancient world explored in conference

“Zoographein – Depicting and Describing Animals in Greece, Rome, and Beyond,” will be held Sept. 8 to 10 at Cornell.

Pulitzer Prize-winning alum pens book about adventures in love and work

Jeffrey Gettleman '94 has chronicled his career in journalism, his relationship with his wife, Courtenay Morris '94, and his time at Cornell in "Love, Africa."

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Language Resource Center opens in Stimson Hall

After 25 years in Noyes Lodge, the Language Resource Center has a new mission and a new space on the ground floor of Stimson Hall.