Gender studies goes underground at dig in Israel

Students from a spring Gender Archaeology class joined instructors Lauren and Chris Monroe along with Israeli students and faculty at a new dig site in Israel over the summer.

Tere O'Connor Dance Company to perform 'Cover Boy'

The Department of Performing and Media Arts will present the Tere O’Connor Dance Company performing “Cover Boy,” Friday, Sept. 12, at the Schwartz Center.

'Cornell: A History' looks at university's second 75 years

Professors Glenn Altschuler and Isaac Kramnick's book details Cornell's emergence as a modern research university and the ongoing balance between its ideals of freedom and responsibility.

Megan Shull, a positive storyteller for young readers

Alumna Megan Shull gives kids food for thought in her new novel "The Swap." She'll discuss the book Sept. 9 at the Hangar Theatre with Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 and columnist Amy Dickinson.

Things to Do, Aug. 29-Sept. 5

Events on campus this week include 'Surrealism and Magic' at the Johnson Museum; film series on blaxploitation and robots; free concerts and a panel on Latinos and Latinas at Cornell.

Poet Phyllis Janowitz, professor emerita of English, dies

Poet and Professor Emerita of English Phyllis Janowitz has died. Janowitz, 84, passed away Aug. 17 in Montour Falls, New York.

Harpham to teach M.H. Abrams seminars this fall

Geoffrey Harpham, president and director of the National Humanities Center, will teach two M.H. Abrams seminars on campus this fall.

Thai expert publishes book of essays

Cornell Professor Benedict Anderson has published a new collection of essays, “Exploration and Irony in Studies of Siam Over 40 Years.”

Things to Do, Aug. 22-29

Events on campus include an Orientation Concert with choral groups, free films for new students, a language and international studies showcase and contemporary Taiwanese art at the Johnson Museum.