Mukoma Wa Ngugi publishes 'Nairobi Heat' sequel

Assistant professor of English Mukoma Wa Ngugi's second crime novel, “Black Star Nairobi,” has the 2007-08 Kenyan presidential election season as a backdrop.

Things to Do, July 5-Aug. 2

Events on campus in July include free concerts, lectures and performances; the annual Summer Party at the Johnson Museum of Art, and Staff Development Day for employees.

Language fuels the Balkans' ethnic tensions, linguist says

Linguistics professor Wayles Browne says the use of the Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian languages can have specific cultural connotations that fuel ethnic tensions.

Teachers delve into global water and culture issues

More than 50 middle and high school teachers were on campus June 24-26 for an International Studies Summer Institute at Cornell called The Cultural Geography of Water.

Professor Martin Bernal, 'Black Athena' author, dies at 76

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.

Turin Program gives students taste of politics, culture

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.

Faculty members discuss evolution of teaching

The world has changed a lot since the '60s, and so have Cornell students, a panel of historians told alumni at Reunion 2013.

At Reunion, Rooks calls for end to racial segregation

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.

Logevall: Despite doubts, presidents stoked Vietnam War

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.