The Critical Inquiry into Values, Imagination and Culture initiative, part of the provost’s Radical Collaboration effort that is focused on the humanities and the arts, has made six hires for this school year.
Harold Bloom ’51, a prolific and best-selling literary critic who began lifelong friendships at Cornell with professors A.R. Ammons and M.H. Abrams, died Oct. 14.
Events this week include “War and Peace” on film; the Lorelei Ensemble in Bailey Hall; a ceremony hosted by Hindu students and a reading by Desiree Cooper.
Cornell University Library’s Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences has awarded funding to five projects representing a range of study.
Events this week include a plant sale and workshop; film series featuring cinematic cities and French-language cinema; a book talk on fighting aquatic diseases; and a humanities conference on energy.
For the first time in Cornell’s 154-year history, students this year can take a class to learn the language of the Cayuga Nation, whose traditional territory is now home to Cornell’s Ithaca campus.
Cornell’s newest film professor will share advice for creating a powerful documentary and screen his latest film in the second event in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Arts Unplugged series, Oct. 17 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
“Ada,” a responsive, photoluminescent fiber pavilion designed by Cornell’s Jenny Sabin, has just opened, suspended in a light-filled atrium at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington.