Martin Gardiner Bernal, professor emeritus of government and Near Eastern studies at Cornell and author of "Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization," died June 9, 2013 in Cambridge, England. He was 76.
The Cornell in Turin summer study abroad program June 2-22 brings students to Turin, Italy, for an accelerated course on European and Italian politics.
Associate professor of Africana studies Noliwe Rooks advocated adoption of a second Emancipation Proclamation to ensure U.S. racial integrations at a June 7 Reunion talk.
Cornell historian Fredrik Logevall outlined how the Vietnam War happened and the lessons the war teaches today in his Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture June 7 during Cornell Reunion 2013.
Events on campus in June include a Reunion book signing, outdoor film screenings, a Savoyards performance and other free summer concerts, and Bound for Glory shows.
Hirokazu Miyazaki, associate professor of anthropology, studied a group of Japanese derivatives traders for his new book, 'Arbitraging Japan: Dreams of Capitalism at the End of Finance.'
Events on campus this week include a Biotech Open House, yoga at the Johnson Museum, and lectures exploring mycology history at Cornell and hip-hop culture.
