French university honors Jonathan Culler for literary contributions

On March 26, the University of Paris 8 on March 26 recognized Culler for his contributions to literary and theoretical studies and his close ties with French intellectual movements.

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PMA brings musical to Edinburgh Fringe Festival

“The Family Copoli," a “post-apocalyptic burlesque and re-population play,” is the brainchild of playwright Andy Colpitts ’26, a doctoral candidate in PMA, and composer Michael Wookey and the production involves more than a dozen Cornell alumni and students.

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Historian Barry Strauss ’74 wins 2025 Bradley Prize

Barry Strauss ’74, the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a winner of the 2025 Bradley Prize. The award, given by the Bradley Foundation, carries a stipend of $300,000; Strauss will receive the award at a ceremony on May 29 in Washington, D.C.

Share and hear poetry in many languages at this April 9 event

The Language Resource Center event celebrates April as National Poetry Month. 

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Student creates company focused on luxury African bags

The new episode of the Startup Cornell podcast features Cornell student Micere Mugweru ’25, the founder of Mizoma Africa.

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Rosenberg named Poet Laureate of Tompkins County

“I believe poetry offers us valuable opportunities to slow down, to reflect, and to extend our empathy, and I’m excited to share these gifts with our whole community,” Rosenberg said. 

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Balancing various uncertainties in cyber threat intelligence

New Cornell research focuses on two types of uncertainty that play important roles in the cyber threat security industry – coordinative uncertainty and adversarial uncertainty – and analyzes the relationship between them.

Klarman Fellow headed to Yaddo residency

Eraldo Souza dos Santos will work on their next book project, “Everything Disappears,” a family memoir and meditation on the lived experience of Blackness and enslavement in modern Brazil. 

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‘Collaborative creativity’ of Gamelan inspires student band

The Cornell Gamelan Ensemble and a collection of antique instruments sparked the formation of Twin Court – a band that melds rock and traditional Indonesian music.