A.D. White House is the stage for student play about White

Students have created a performance piece based on the life of A.D. White, in which the audience and the A.D. White House will be a part of performances Feb. 16-18.

Turkish director empowers students in filmmaking workshop

Filmmaker Neko Celik led a group of middle and high school students in making socio-political documentaries at a Cornell workshop Feb. 11. 'They have the cameras,' Celik said. 'They have the power.'

Library's photo collection of African-Americans illustrate everyday life, celebrities

Cornell library is exhibiting a portion of a new collection of photographs of African Americans that illustrate everyday life and momentous events.

Mahatma Gandhi's grandson to give MLK lecture Feb. 13

Arun Gandhi will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Feb. 13, speaking on nonviolence, food insecurity and social justice.

Public lecture series to explore the rise of China

The Cornell Program on Ethics and Public Life launches a major series of lectures on the politics and ethics of the rise of China. (Jan. 26, 2012)

Cyber literacy links librarians with counterparts in India

Four Cornell librarians and information technologists conferred with counterparts in India at a workshop on information literacy. An outcome is that Indian librarians will come to campus. (Jan. 25, 2012)

Special journal issue wins award

A special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly - 'Sovereignty, Indigeneity and the Law' - co-edited by Professor Eric Cheyfitz, has won a best special issue of the year award. (Jan. 23, 2012)

Trustees move forward with new humanities building

The Buildings and Properties Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees unanimously approved the design phase of the new humanities building, the first at Cornell in over 100 years. (Jan. 20, 2012)

Musicology graduate student wins Pisk Prize

Mark Ferraguto has been awarded the American Musicological Society's Pisk Prize, which recognizes the most outstanding scholarly paper read by a graduate student at the society's annual meeting. (Jan. 19, 2012)