French and Francophone studies scholars will address challenges and opportunities for the field in a "Francophone Futures" workshop Nov. 16. The fast-growing field is key to the teaching of French and to assessing postcolonial history and studies in literature, arts and culture.
Thousands and thousands of documents: the Library of Congress has received 1,705 boxes of the Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Archive for all of posterity to sift.
Professor Sidney Tarrow's new book, “The Language of Contention: Revolutions in Words, 1688-2012,” looks at role of language in social and political movements.
Nobel laureate Ada Yonath will give the 2013 Efraim Racker Lecture in Biology and Medicine on “Life Expectancy” Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.
Cornell President David Skorton and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi signed a memorandum of understanding Nov. 8 making Cornell the California lab’s latest strategic partner.
