Isaac Kramnick, the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government, is retiring after 43 years at Cornell. Friends, colleagues and many former students packed the A.D. White House May 30 to attend panels on his scholarship, teaching and contributions to Cornell.
Events on campus this week include alumni art exhibitions, a lecture on the history and nature of personally transformative objects, and stargazing at Fuertes Observatory.
Using image processing tools and data analysis, Cornell scientists, scholars and curators shared their expertise with students and each other in a spring course on art and science intersections.
Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies, explores problems that African countries are currently facing and the progress of those nations in recent years in his new book, "Africa Must be Modern."
Events on campus this week include sesquicentennial exhibitions of fossils, plaster casts and a variety of objects, documents and artifacts tied to Cornell's history; and Argentinian tango practice.
Chinelo Onyilofor ’15, a dual major in chemistry and art history who will graduate Saturday, credits the liberal arts with expanding her combine subjective and objective disciplines to solve problems.
At the Cornell Institute of Fashion and Fiber Innovation spring symposium May 18, faculty, staff and students demonstrated cutting-edge fiber and material technologies.
