Poetry in the air with MFA writers at high school slam

Six MFA students in Alice Fulton's poetry seminar joined middle and high school students, teachers, parents and administrators for a poetry slam April 28 at Ithaca High School. (April 29, 2011)

MFA artists exhibit work in Brooklyn April 28-May 7

Eleven graduate student artists are showing their individual approaches to what art can be and how to create in times of crisis, in a group exhibition of their work April 28-May 7 in Brooklyn. (April 29, 2011)

Lieberman's 'They Call It Myanmar' shows the hidden Burma

Filmmaker and senior lecturer in physics Robert H. Lieberman risked imprisonment and deportation while making a documentary in Burma. Cornell Cinema shows 'They Call It Myanmar' May 3. (April 28, 2011)

Cornell poet describes thinking outside the humanoid box

Poet Joanie Mackowski described her efforts to challenge herself and write about non-humans in her poetry, speaking April 25 at this semester's final Literary Luncheon. (April 27, 2011)

Language reveals mysteries of human mind, expert says

Linguist Gillian Ramchand explained how language is used to better understand human cognition when she gave a humanities lecture April 14 on campus. (April 27, 2011)

Hip-hop's global culture 'affects everyone,' pioneers say

Hip-hop pioneers came to campus April 13-15 to discuss the importance of the Cornell archive documenting the culture's origins, tour the archive and the community, and throw a party. (April 20, 2011)

Wide-ranging styles sashay down the runway at annual student fashion show

At the 27th Cornell Fashion Collective spring fashion show April 16 in Barton Hall, 65 student designers 'put (their) hearts out on the runway,' said designer Nhu-Thu Nguyen '11. (April 18, 2011)

Otherworldly outfit takes top prize in high school contest

The winner of the 2011 Cornell Fashion Design Award for High School Students is Tiffany Zhang of California for her design of a fanciful extraterrestrial outfit. (April 18, 2011)

$1 million gift establishes Artist in Residence Program <br />for theatre, film and dance

The Carol B. Epstein '61 Artist in Residence is the first endowment to support entertainment industry professionals who come to Cornell under the new Performance and Media model in Theatre, Film and Dance. (April 18, 2011)