Leela Gandhi speaks on postcolonial ethics in first Humanities Lecture

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.

Students team up with incarcerated teens to develop illustrated book

'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)

CU trivia buff recounts live bear mascot, fictional Cornell rascals and the giant pumpkin prank

Cornell trivia buff Corey Earle '07 spoke of Cornell legends and 'the good ol' days' in a presentation at Kendal at Ithaca March 29.

Taylor chapel pipe organ will feature historic design, tone

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)

Library, university press launch German studies book series

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.

Grants available for new digitization projects

New grants are available to Arts and Sciences faculty members to digitize scholarly and teaching materials. (March 30, 2010)

Writers Baraka, Sanchez, Glissant to visit campus in April

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)

Rare finds: Book collectors share the thrill of the hunt

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)

Dragon to swoop across campus and meet phoenix

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.