‘Visions of Dante:’ seeing the Italian poet with new eyes

The exhibition at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art explores the visual nature of the “Divine Comedy,” which has inspired scholars and artists from medieval times through today.

Depth of Field: Tao DuFour on We Love We Self Up Here

The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning's Assistant Professor Tao DuFour, architecture, discusses his transdisciplinary, collaborative film that captures people, labor, migration, and landscape in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Columbus art explores the world’s entrenched colonialism

An art installation in Columbus, Indiana, created by two Cornell AAP professors, highlights connections among places around the world named for Christopher Columbus.

Book explores connections of Alaska’s Native and Asian peoples

In her new book, Juliana Hu Pegues explores the often overlooked connections between Alaska Native peoples and Asian American immigrants.

Project celebrates the beauty of humpback whale songs

“The Whale Listening Project,” which runs Sept. 23-26, is a four-day immersion in the beauty of whale song and a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the best-selling 1970 album, “Songs of the Humpback Whale,” co-produced by Roger Payne, Ph.D. ’61, and Katy Payne ’59.

Wolchover named A&S Zubrow Visiting Journalist

Natalie Wolchover, an award-winning science writer with Quanta Magazine, has been named the Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences for spring 2022.

“TEXTURES” lecture celebrates the history and art of Black hair

Tameka Ellington presented on her new exhibition, which synthesizes research in history, fashion, art and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent. The lecture was part of the “Fashion & Social Justice” lecture series. 

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‘Visions of Dante’ exhibition opens at the Johnson Museum

The new show celebrates the enduring legacy of the Italian poet and showcases Cornell’s Fiske Dante Collection, one of the most significant collections of its kind in the U.S.

West, George defend academic freedom in Coors forum

Scholars Cornel West and Robert P. George discussed “Truth-Seeking, Democracy, and Freedom of Thought and Expression” Sept. 9 in the fourth meeting of Civil Discourse: The Peter ’69 and Marilyn ’69 Coors Conversation Series.