Rice University Professor Cary Wolfe will deliver a lecture, 'Humans and Animals in a Biopolitical Frame,' Sept. 27 at 4:30 p.m. at Cornell's Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall. (Sept. 14, 2011)
Provost Kent Fuchs has announced that Stephanie Wiles, director of Oberlin College's Allen Memorial Art Museum since 2004, will be the next director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
The 20th anniversary of Akwe:kon - Cornell's 'Indian country' - was celebrated on campus Sept. 9; speakers included Cornell President David Skorton. (Sept. 13, 2011)
Stephanie Owens, an artist, writer, curator and a visiting assistant professor of art in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), has been named director of the Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA).
Professor Emerita Mary Jacobus, who taught at Cornell from 1980-2000, is teaching and lecturing on campus this year as the M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor for 2011-12. (Sept. 6, 2011)
On Sept. 13, the College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture series presents Niklaus Largier speaking on Robert Musil, mysticism, and the invention of aesthetic experience. (Sept. 2, 2011)
The Mellon Foundation is renewing its support for the Central New York Humanities Corridor for three more years with a $1 million grant. Cornell is a member of the interdisciplinary partnership. (Sept. 1, 2011)
English professor Molly Hite and garden photographer David McDonald presented 'Literature, Life, Gardens: The Influence of Vita Sackville-West' Aug. 24. (Aug. 31, 2011)
Mike Cheng-Yu Lee, a graduate student in the field of music, placed second in a worldwide fortepiano contest, despite focal dystonia, a neurological movement disorder that affects his hand. (Aug. 26, 2011)
