Thanks to a $25,000 library grant, 225 talks from the Cornell Lecture Tapes Collection - including talks by Jacques Derrida, Toni Morrison and Timothy Leary - have been digitized and are publicly available online.
Jonathan Boyarin, director of the Jewish Studies Program, and Kim Haines-Eitzen, incoming director of the Religious Studies Program, discussed "Jewish Studies at Cornell, Today and Tomorrow."
A new book by Mostafa Minawi tells the story of the Ottoman Empire’s expansionist efforts during the age of high imperialism at the end of the 19th century.
Events on campus this month include free performances, lectures and concerts; new exhibitions at the Johnson Museum, wearable tech in the Jill Stuart Gallery and an exoplanet researchers' symposium.
Constitutional scholars – Michael Klarman and Michael Dorf – offed their thoughts on the history of the U.S. Constitution at a panel during the May 26 Klarman Hall dedication.
Entrepreneurial silent-film star Irene Castle, who filmed for Ithaca's Wharton Studios, enabled new fashion possibilities that came to epitomize 1920s style. A multimedia exhibit runs through Aug. 15.
At the May 26 “Transformative Humanities: Faculty Reflections on Life-Changing Creative Works” panel, three faculty members shared encounters with great works in the arts and humanities.
Students in a College of Human Ecology station class created three sets of designs for a new 4,200-square-foot wing addition to an overcrowded Honduran infant hospital.
Cornell dedicated Klarman Hall May 26 with a celebration featuring poetry, music, a time capsule reflecting life in 2016, and an open house, along with academic panels.
