Arts & Humanities

Cornell artists win global soil painting competition

A soil painting created by Cornellians won first prize in the university category of a global soil painting competition.

Gifts create new Arts and Sciences professorships

Four new alumni gifts have helped the College of Arts and Sciences create three new professorships and fund a new graduate student position.

Second-century mosaic installed in Klarman Hall atrium

A fragment of a second-century floor mosaic now holds a place of honor in the Groos Family Atrium in Klarman Hall.

Sara Holdren wins 2016-17 George Jean Nathan Award

Sara Holdren won the 2016-17 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, administered by Cornell's English department.

New volume offers a wider view of Africa

"Global Africa: Into the Twenty-First Century” offers an image of Africa at odds with the Western narrative of a backward continent.

Circus musical ‘Pippin’ at Schwartz Center Jan. 12-14

An Ithaca-area youth community theater company will present the circus musical "Pippin" from Jan. 12-14 at Cornell’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.

Jewish Studies Program holds two NYC events in 2018

The Jewish Studies Program and the Center for Jewish History in New York City will present events Jan. 8 and March 28, 2018.

Composer Roberto Sierra wins top Spanish prize

Roberto Sierra, professor of music, has been awarded Spain's Tomás Luis de Victoria Prize, the highest honor given in Spain to a composer.

Government alumnus takes on the system

Ethan Felder ’09 isn’t shy about standing up for what he believes in – even if that means literally standing up in front of a crowd of 1,000 people at a Queens neighborhood rally.

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