A benefit concert for Japanese relief efforts, featuring Cornell's new baroque organ, will be held Saturday, July 2, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Cornell's Anabel Taylor Chapel. (June 22, 2011)
Gail Holst-Warhaft, Ph.D. '92, an adjunct professor of comparative literature, biological and environmental engineering and a poetry writer, was named Tompkins County poet laureate for 2011.
President David Skorton explored themes of dance and celebrated artistic director Judith Jamison's career at the Joan Weill Center for Dance and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Manhattan June 8. (June 20, 2011)
A gift from the estate of architect Edgar Tafel, a member of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship, will establish an endowed professorship in architecture and a lecture series in his name. (June 16, 2011)
Los Angeles artist Jessica Rath worked with Professor Susan Brown to use Cornell apple trees as a basis for a photography exhibit in Pasadena next year. (June 16, 2011)
Cornell Professor Doug Antczak '69 discussed hybrids and chimeras, real and imagined, and how some myths are coming closer to reality with the help of modern science, June 9 during Reunion.
Roxanne Yamins '12 has won the Cornell Undergraduate Artist Award for 2011 from the Cornell Council for the Arts. With its proceeds, she hopes create sculptures reflecting Ithaca's front porches. (June 14, 2011)
Olin Library celebrated its 50th birthday June 10, with alumni on campus for Reunion, including Joel and Suzanne Wiener, who met in Olin's stacks and have been married for 50 years. (June 13, 2011)
At 'The Arts and Mental Health: The Impact on the Human Spirit,' Cornell physicians discussed the role of the arts in mental health and the potential effects of arts funding cuts on well-being. (June 10, 2011)
