Professor advocates for new method of criticism

A new book by English Professor Fredric V. Bogel argues for a new kind of literary analysis to be used in addition to the approaches that have come to dominate the field in the last 50 years.

Jesuit: God and science are not incompatible

A Jesuit priest argued that faith can inform science rather than impede it in the semiannual Beggs Lecture on Science, Spirituality and Society on campus Nov. 11.

Cushing Strout, professor emeritus of English, dies

S. Cushing Strout, professor emeritus in the Department of English, died Nov. 21 in Ithaca at age 90.

JFK called 'icon of hope' by faculty panelists

Three Cornell faculty members gave their take on the JFK legacy, exactly 50 years after his assassination.

Arts and Sciences announces Africana Ph.D. program

The College of Arts and Sciences will offer a Ph.D. program in Africana studies, the first such program in New York state.

Cornell commemorates Gettysburg Address

To commemorate its 150th anniversary, Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections sponsored a faculty panel discussion and a reading of the Gettysburg Address by President David Skorton Nov. 19.

Things to Do, Nov. 22-Dec. 6

Events on campus include a panel on the Kennedy assassination 50 years later, plays and concerts, a community Thanksgiving dinner and a screening and discussion on electric cars and the auto industry.

Mary Beth Norton reveals the Pilgrims' strange world

Cornell historian Mary Beth Norton gave insights into the strange beliefs of early American colonists in a November campus talk.

Christiansen tackles 'cultural evolution' in new book

“Cultural Evolution: Society, Technology, Language and Religion,” co-edited by Morten H. Christiansen, highlights the integrating role of cultural evolution across the social sciences and the humanities, similar to that of organic evolution in biology.