García book explores history, complexities of U.S. refugee policy

Historian María Cristina García examines the challenges and history of refugee and asylum policy in the United States in her new book, "The Refugee Challenge in Post-Cold War America."

Symposium, exhibit to celebrate work of the Bombay poets

Cornell is celebrating the Bombay poets, who transformed English-language Indian poetry from flowery to gritty in the second half of the 20th century, with an exhibition and symposium.

Students work around the clock on Festival 24

On Aug. 26, more than 45 actors, dancers, directors, playwrights, stage managers and technical crew came together to produce four plays in 24 hours during the annual Festival 24.

A gender-bending Hamlet silent film with live music screens Sept. 14

The restored 1921 German silent film “Hamlet,” starring Denmark’s most famous film actress, Asta Neilsen, as Hamlet, screens Sept. 14.

New book explores abolition in West Africa

Slavery in West Africa has an ancient lineage dating to Biblical times. Sandra Greene’s new book, “Slave Owners of West Africa: Decision Making in the Age of Abolition,” explores the lives of three West African slave owners during abolition in the 19th century.

Things to Do, Sept. 1-8, 2017

Events on campus include jazz and classical performances, glass sea creatures and a fall party at the Johnson Museum, a book talk on roads in the Himalayas and a reading by poet and novelist Ron Rash.

New engaged learning curriculum offers gateway to the world

The Department of Anthropology’s new Global Gateways course sequence will give students the opportunity to prepare for, and make the most of, Cornell’s off-campus opportunities.

Animal depictions in the ancient world explored in conference

“Zoographein – Depicting and Describing Animals in Greece, Rome, and Beyond,” will be held Sept. 8 to 10 at Cornell.

Pulitzer Prize-winning alum pens book about adventures in love and work

Jeffrey Gettleman '94 has chronicled his career in journalism, his relationship with his wife, Courtenay Morris '94, and his time at Cornell in "Love, Africa."

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