Cornell Arabic literature professor Shawkat M. Toorawa has received a $50,000 post-fellowship award to continue his work on several literary projects. (Aug. 9, 2011)
Five finalists, including two Cornellians, performed an hour of music each on historic keyboard instruments Aug. 6 at the Schwartz Center for the first Westfield International Fortepiano Competition. (Aug. 8, 2011)
Trying to rebuild the World Trade Center involved a multitude of obstacles, said experts involved in the project, all Cornell alumni, at a panel discussion in New York City July 18. (July 27, 2011)
The first International Fortepiano Competition held in America will be hosted by the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies at Cornell; the performances are free and open. (July 18, 2011)
An expansion of the Cornell and Columbia university libraries' collaboration will grant greater access to materials for students, faculty and staff of both institutions. (July 15, 2011)
A group of Buddhist monks, visiting the U.S. to assist the Dalai Lama, will come to the Cornell campus with prayers for world peace on July 21. (July 15, 2011)
Lecturer and fiction writer Elizabeth Tshele, MFA '10, whose pen name is NoViolet Bulawayo, has won the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing, for her short story 'Hitting Budapest.' (July 15, 2011)
This year's School of Criticism and Theory, June 19-July 28, is addressing trends in literature, political theory, history, philosophy, art and anthropology with some of the world's leading scholars. (July 6, 2011)
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)