Three post-colonial exiles in the 1990s are brought together by common histories of betrayal and violence in Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s latest novel, 'Mrs. Shaw.'
Anjum Malik ’16 is researching why Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria have destroyed museums and heritage sites and reminds us that Western powers did the same thing a century ago.
In July, 14 students visited Cornell for an intensive one-week course, the Warrior-Scholar Project, designed to facilitate their transition from combat life to institutions of higher education.
The Westfield Center's "Forte/Piano" festival Aug. 5-9 will celebrate pianos and piano music as the instrument has evolved from the early 18th century to today, with concerts, lectures and recitals.
Thirty-seven students from Latin America have been working with research faculty on campus as part of CienciAmerica, an eight-week summer program at Cornell.
Evan Earle ’02, M.S. ’14, the newly appointed Dr. Peter J. Thaler ’56 Cornell University Archivist, comes from a Cornell family and from an early age has immersed himself in Cornelliana.
Using new imaging technology, Cornell University Library confirmed that its copy of a 400-year-old scientific text was stolen from Sweden's National Library in the 1990s. It was returned in June.
Associate professor of English Dagmawi Woubshet finds a "poetics of compounding loss" among mourners responding to AIDS deaths in the U.S. and Ethiopia in his new book, "The Calendar of Loss."
