Artist Jenn Houle, MFA '15, has created a large-scale light installation with environmental and local elements to be shown at the Ithaca Falls Natural Area Sept. 26.
Phillip E. Lewis. Lewis, emeritus professor of French literature and former dean of the Cornell College of Arts and Sciences, discussed ways to raise the role of the humanities in public life.
Events on campus include percussionist Ji Hye Jung, author Jon Savage, the Cornell Farmers' Market, a film about Internet prodigy Aaron Swartz and the Ten Minute Playfest at the Schwartz Center.
Seven alumni of Cornell’s music department will participate in a three-day conference and festival on campus Oct. 2–4, celebrating the 300th birthday of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
Veterans' rights activist Gus Kappler ’61, M.D. ’65, spoke on campus Sept. 23 about his experiences as a surgeon in Vietnam and ongoing poor treatment of U.S. veterans.
Historian Edward Baptist provides an account of slavery's role in America becoming a global superpower in his new book, "The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism."
