Rev. Robert S. Smith, Catholic chaplain at Cornell, dies

The Rev. Robert S. Smith, a chaplain with the Cornell Catholic Community since 2002, has died. (Aug. 5, 2010)

Summer session offers diverse ideas, approaches to theory

The School of Criticism and Theory attracted graduate students and scholars from around the world for dynamic intellectual inquiry and interaction with leading critical thinkers and theorists. (Aug. 4, 2010)

Southern Quarterly features Robert Morgan in special issue

The spring 2010 issue of The Southern Quarterly focuses on the work of Professor of English Robert Morgan, who contributed 12 new poems and an excerpt from his forthcoming novel. (Aug. 3, 2010)

Linguist Harbert appears to have a trapdoor to Middle Earth

Wayne Harbert, professor of linguistics and director of undergraduate studies for the department, translates Old English kennings about swords from firsthand experience with blacksmithing. (July 21, 2010)

International Jungian studies conference set for Aug. 10-14

More than 100 scholars, artists and clinicians will visit campus Aug. 10-14 for a joint conference of the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies and the International Association for Jungian Studies. (July 6, 2010)

Engineering Library's electronic access to be emphasized as physical collection moves

Print materials in Cornell's Engineering Library will be moved out of Carpenter Hall by the end of next summer. The library's patrons primarily use electronic resources.

New A.D. White Professors-at-Large include a poet and experts in autism, political resistance and economic history

Four new A.D. White Professors-at-Large have been appointed: autism researcher Simon Baron-Cohen, poet Anne Carson, political scientist James C. Scott and economic historian Robert Skidelsky. (June 21, 2010)

Nearly 100 scholars to attend six-week School of Criticism and Theory program

The six-week School of Criticism and Theory will host almost 100 participants from around the world to ponder critical theory. (June 16, 2010)

Simone Pinet wins Guggenheim fellowship

Simone Pinet in the Department of Romance Studies will research medieval Spanish literature with a 2010 Latin American and Caribbean Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. (June 15, 2010)