Postcolonial theorist Leela Gandhi delivered a range of approaches to ethics March 30 in Goldwin Smith Hall, in the inaugural talk in the College of Arts and Sciences' Humanities Lecture Series.
'Release' was just published online. The book is a collaborative effort between students in Tamar Carroll's fall 2009 service-learning course and young women in the Lansing Residential Center. (April 1, 2010)
Craftsmen are assembling a new baroque organ in Anabel Taylor Chapel, intended to replicate the sound and design of historic 18th-century German instruments. (March 31, 2010)
Humanists writing on German topics are gaining a new channel for publication with Signale, a book series based at Cornell that aims to become a sustainable model for humanities scholarship.
Leading activist writers Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez will give a joint poetry reading and hold a book signing on campus April 1. On April 8, the Africana Center will host poet and literary critic Édouard Glissant for a 4:30 p.m. panel discussion at the center. (March 26, 2010)
Several Cornell Library donors talked about the thrill of building specialized collections at a Cornell Library Salon March 16 at the Grolier Club in New York City. (March 22, 2010)
First-year architecture students have designed a moving dragon that will meet a flying phoenix during the 109th annual Dragon Day Parade, starting Friday, March 19 at 1 p.m.