Things to Do, May 16-23

Events this week include Mayfest chamber music concerts, student films, a lecture on dinosaurs, a 'Cosmos' campus screening, a Science Cabaret on fertility and a wellness celebration.

Climate change caused empire's fall, tree rings reveal

Archaeologist Sturt Manning and colleagues have precisely dated an arid climate event circa 2200 B.C. through tree ring samples taken from an Egyptian coffin.

Social sciences project to study creativity, entrepreneurship

The next two-year theme project of the Institute for the Social Sciences is "Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship."

Thomas Seeley waxes poetic on bees

Biologist Thomas Seeley read passages from his book 'Honeybee Democracy' at a Literary Luncheon hosted by President David Skorton and Robin Davisson, who, with Seeley's help, recently took up beekeeping.

Things to Do, May 9-16

Events this week include activities at Cornell Plantations, an MFA student reading, a "Frozen" sing-along at Cornell Cinema, student exhibitions and Michael Jerling on "Bound for Glory."

Thinkers tackle atomic war, climate change in diacritics

The new issue of diacritics, the review of contemporary criticism published since 1971, focuses on climate change, the threat of nuclear war and the legacy of Jacques Derrida.

Lehman Fund makes seven awards for China study

The Jeffrey S. Lehman Fund for Scholarly Exchange with China has made grants to Cornell faculty members and graduate students to support collaborative research projects.

Mellon courses are curating interest in museum practice

Undergraduates and graduate students are learning about museum practice from a variety of disciplinary perspectives in courses partnering the Johnson Museum with other academic resources at Cornell.

College Scholars tackle research from art to engineering

Seniors in the College Scholar Program pursued research projects ranging from humor cognition as a clinical diagnostic tool to decisions in the art market and designing a small satellite.