Drama critic Michael Feingold wins Nathan Award

Michael Feingold, a former Village Voice theater critics who now writes for the website TheaterMania.com, has received the 2013-14 George Jean Nathan Award for his criticism.

From trauma, Fulton finds darkness, light in poetry

Written in large part after the death of her mother, Alice Fulton's new poetry collection, "Barely Composed," balances heavy themes – time, love and death – with lighter topics and humor.

D.C. panel on training leaders March 23

A panel of experts will consider what role universities have in training the country's leaders in “Creating a Class of Government Experts and Managers” in Washington, D.C. March 23.

New take on ‘Vagina Monologues’ aims to spur discussion

A new production of "The Vagina Monologues" on stage March 7 takes a new approach to the play and includes less frequently performed monologues staged by a male director, Aleksej Aarsaether ’17.

Forensics team wins debate championship

A Cornell Forensics Society team made up of Julia Montejo ’17 and Jose Martinez ’18 took top honors in the Spanish division of the Pan American University Debating Championship Jan. 25 in Miami, Florida.

Physicist explores life’s 'most beautiful phenomena'

Princeton theoretical physicist William Bialek will lecture on "More Perfect than We Imagined: A Physicist's View of Life" Wednesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.

Panelists survey rise of radical right in Europe

Right-wing parties in Europe, like France's National Front, are taking advantage of anti-Muslim sentiment in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris, panelists said Feb. 27.

Translation reveals real life in the Hasidic world in Poland

Jonathan Boyarin, the Thomas and Diann Mann Professor of Jewish Studies and professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has translated a history of East European Jewry.

Gettleman shares anecdotes, offers advice

Jeffrey Gettleman ’94, East Africa bureau chief for The New York Times and a Pulitzer Prize winner, shared anecdotes from his time at Cornell and his career Feb. 25.