‘Facing the Abyss’ explores literary response to 1940s events

In his new book, George Hutchinson asks how epochal moments in the 1940s resonated in literary culture, and how artists brought shape and meaning to the world in the wake of such events.

Wicked Witch’s iconic gazing ball visits Cornell Library

The crystal ball from the movie “The Wizard of Oz” – one of Hollywood’s most iconic objects – is coming to the library this spring.

Things to Do, April 20-27, 2018

Events this week include Harry Potter Night in Risley Hall; Our Place in Space on the Arts Quad, celebrating aerospace engineering and astronomy; Dairy Day at Stocking Hall; a debate on North Korea and a lecture with piano accompaniment on music, math and mortality.

Colleagues celebrate A.R. Ammons in Temple of Zeus

Poet and legendary faculty member A.R. Ammons was remembered by colleagues and friends with a plaque reinstalled in the Temple of Zeus at a reception April 9 in Klarman Hall.

Media Studies lecture on networks and proxy politics is April 25

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, professor of modern culture and media at Brown, will speak on “Critical Data Studies: The Case of Proxy Politics” April 25.

New podcast explores ‘Where Is the Human in Climate Change?’

The new season of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast and essay series will showcase the newest thinking across academic disciplines about humans and the environment.

Society for the Humanities lecture to examine popular will and politics

Cornell political theorist Jason Frank will speak on “The People as Popular Manifestation” April 18 in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall.

Sarah Kreps, Jeremy Braddock named inaugural Milstein Faculty Fellows

Sarah Kreps, government, and Jeremy Braddock, English, are the first fellows in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity.

Video/sound installation explores undocumented lives

“From Land to Land,” a video and sound installation created by Dehanza Rogers, explores the vulnerabilities of undocumented status.