Arts & Humanities

Megan Shull, a positive storyteller for young readers

Alumna Megan Shull gives kids food for thought in her new novel "The Swap." She'll discuss the book Sept. 9 at the Hangar Theatre with Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 and columnist Amy Dickinson.

Things to Do, Aug. 29-Sept. 5

Events on campus this week include 'Surrealism and Magic' at the Johnson Museum; film series on blaxploitation and robots; free concerts and a panel on Latinos and Latinas at Cornell.

Poet Phyllis Janowitz, professor emerita of English, dies

Poet and Professor Emerita of English Phyllis Janowitz has died. Janowitz, 84, passed away Aug. 17 in Montour Falls, New York.

Harpham to teach M.H. Abrams seminars this fall

Geoffrey Harpham, president and director of the National Humanities Center, will teach two M.H. Abrams seminars on campus this fall.

Thai expert publishes book of essays

Cornell Professor Benedict Anderson has published a new collection of essays, “Exploration and Irony in Studies of Siam Over 40 Years.”

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.