Things to Do, Aug. 22-29

Events on campus include an Orientation Concert with choral groups, free films for new students, a language and international studies showcase and contemporary Taiwanese art at the Johnson Museum.

Poetry's evolutionary niche at Cornell Plantations

Poet Joanie Mackowski will present, “You're the Bee's Kinesis: Poetry and Coevolution,” as part of the Cornell Plantations’ William and Jane Torrence Harder Lecture Sept. 3 at 5:30 p.m. in Call Auditorium.

Humanities scholars earn ACLS fellowships

Four humanities scholars have received fellowships to support their research from the American Council of Learned Societies.

Artist and professor Robert J. 'Jack' Lambert dies at 86

Robert J. “Jack” Lambert Jr. '50, professor emeritus of scientific drawing, died Aug. 8 at Kendal at Ithaca. He was 86.

Grant makes historic audio material available soon

Some 250 hours of fragile audio material from Cornell’s ILR School from 1953 to 1978 will be available to the public soon, thanks to a grant from the New York State Library.

Cornell Bhangra ready to compete on 'America's Got Talent'

The student Punjabi dance team Cornell Bhangra performs in the quarterfinal round of "America's Got Talent" Aug. 12. The team is competing for a chance at a $1 million prize.

Arts and Sciences adds 11 humanities faculty

The College of Arts and Sciences will have 11 new faculty members this fall.

Black alumni group awards first literary grant

The Cornell Black Alumni Association is helping first-time alumni authors with a new literary grant program. The first recipient is Dionne M. Benjamin '00, who envisioned a book series called “City Kids.”

Things to Do, Aug. 1-22

Events on campus include free concerts, exhibitions of art quilts and of craft brewing in New York state past and present, stargazing and a paleontology symposium.