Graduate student, alumnus win music awards

First-year DMA graduate student composer Tonia Ko is one of 16 recipients of this year's American Academy of Arts and Letters awards in music, along with Steve Burke, DMA '01.

Morrison speaks on evil, language and 'the white gaze'

The Nobel Prize-winning author returned to campus March 7 for a conversation about literature, politics and, especially, language.

Philosophy students serve up the ethics of eating

Contemplating concepts like sustenance grown nearby and global dietary choices, students from the Ethics of Eating course turned local food into a feast for food columnist Mark Bittman.

Logevall named vice provost for international relations

Fredrik Logevall, the John S. Knight Professor of International Studies and director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, will succeed Alice Pell, effective July 1.

Tim Squyres '81 – from fleeing physics to 'Life of Pi'

Film editor Tim Squyres '81, who introduces his latest movie with Ang Lee, “Life of Pi,” March 10 at Cornell Cinema, talks about his embrace of film production as a Cornell student.

Writer Andrew Boryga is Undergraduate Artist of the Year

The Cornell Council for the Arts has announced the selection of fiction writer Andrew Boryga '13 as the Undergraduate Artist of the Year for 2012-13. A reading and award presentation is April 25.

Things to Do, March 8-15

Events on campus this week include music of the Irish-American experience from Solas, a book talk on Abraham Lincoln's rhetorical power, a Glee Club collaborative concert and new foreign films.

Library to help researchers meet new requirements

Cornell University Library will work with researchers to meet new requirements for federally funded research that call for free access to funded research and data.

Changes in study of natural history also changed poetry

As the study of natural history changed over time, so too have the words writers used to describe the natural world, said Lawrence Lipking, Ph.D. '62, a visiting professor in a Feb. 26 campus lecture.