Scholarship fund grows to help more A&S students

The Todd L. Kiplinger '68 Scholarship was established 13 years ago, now it's been expanded.

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Wondering what to read in 2023? A&S faculty offer ideas

We gathered recommendations from faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences for the best books and poetry to read in 2023. We hope you will enjoy them!

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Fictional civilization leaves behind lasting legacy

Cornell University Library has acquired a trove of archival materials documenting the creation of “The Civilization of Llhuros,” a groundbreaking 1972 art exhibit that satirized the tropes of archaeology and anthropology to draw crucial connections between the past and the present, highlighting the challenges all societies face.

Goffe: Collaboration is key to major humanities grants

Two grants, from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation, are supporting a web of collaborative, public-facing humanities projects initiated by Tao Leigh Goffe, assistant professor of Africana studies and feminist, gender and sexuality studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Celebrating Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy's bard of the periphery

A giant in postwar Italian literature and film, this semester's Cornell in Rome students dive deep into Pasolini's cross-disciplinary work as the city celebrates his centenary.

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Laidlaw scholars at Cornell gain global perspectives

The Laidlaw Scholars Program, hosted at Cornell by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, trains early undergraduates in international research and leadership and sends them out into the world for hands-on experiences.

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Anthology celebrates Nuyorican Poets Cafe founder

The founder used prose and poetry to name, document, and celebrate the New York Puerto Rican experience and its alignment with the sociocultural and political movements of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Film tells story of Kiowa children’s boarding school escape

The short film “Ghosts,” will premiere Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. in the Film Forum at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.

Book: Time for Black women to claim the right to lead

In a new book, scholar Carole Boyce Davies calls our current era “the century for claiming Black women’s right to leadership.”