Events in June include the Cornell Savoyards' sesquicentennial adaptation of "Princess Ida"; the fourth IT@Cornell conference, an outdoor screening of "The African Queen," lectures and concerts.
The new 67,500-square-foot Klarman Hall, set to open in January, will include 124 spaces for offices and conferences rooms and a 330-seat auditorium, the largest on the Arts Quad.
At a May 23 dinner, College of Arts and Sciences faculty members received awards for exceptional teaching and advising, and graduate teaching assistants won prizes for teaching.
Isaac Kramnick, the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government, is retiring after 43 years at Cornell. Friends, colleagues and many former students packed the A.D. White House May 30 to attend panels on his scholarship, teaching and contributions to Cornell.
Events on campus this week include alumni art exhibitions, a lecture on the history and nature of personally transformative objects, and stargazing at Fuertes Observatory.
Using image processing tools and data analysis, Cornell scientists, scholars and curators shared their expertise with students and each other in a spring course on art and science intersections.
Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies, explores problems that African countries are currently facing and the progress of those nations in recent years in his new book, "Africa Must be Modern."
