Events honor the legacy of composer Steven Stucky

The Department of Music will honor the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer with a series of concerts that highlight his legacy and the creativity he sparked in students.

How WWII changed ideas of racial purity in Japan

In “Japan Reborn: Race and Eugenics from Empire to Cold War,” Kristin Roebuck explores what happened to “mixed blood” children born to Japanese women and foreign soldiers from the peak of Japan’s imperial expansion in the 1930s through the empire’s collapse in 1945 and beyond,

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Helping urban youth use AI to navigate the future

Christian Gant-Madison's '25 platform will use AI to connect youth to jobs, skill development opportunities, civic education information and social resources.

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Composers tackle environmental issues in new exhibit

A multimedia Cornell University Library exhibition, demonstrating how music can be a powerful vehicle for raising environmental awareness, opens Feb. 20 at the Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance.

Composer Michael Abels, famed for film scores, to visit campus

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels, best known for his scores for films by director Jordan Peele, will visit campus March 6-7 for two days of public events and concerts.

Museum installation focuses on small figures in large landscapes

A new student-led installation at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art explores how the figures, known as “staffage,” indicate scale in paintings and also tell larger stories about the art.

Pianist, composer Tigran Hamasyan plays Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series

Released on Feb. 6 via Naïve Records, Hamasyan’s album “Manifeste” marks a new chapter for one of the most visionary artists working at the intersection of jazz, progressive rock and global music.

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Three Distinguished Visiting Journalists head to campus

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, New York Times White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs and ProPublica investigative reporter and Pulitzer finalist Keri Blakinger ’14 will appear at Cornell this spring.

CTI’s ‘Art of the Lab’ faculty panel to highlight creative approaches to instruction

CTI’s “The Art of Teaching” series returns Feb. 11 with “The Art of the Lab.” Faculty panelists will share creative instructional approaches for designing student-centered laboratory experiences. 

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