Charioteer of Delphi is restored to its former glory

A plaster cast of the charioteer of Delphi in Goldwin Smith Hall has been restored, and a new piece was added to the cast collection: a Hellenistic sculpture of the head of a fisherman. (Sept. 27, 2010)

Rappers fueled anti-Semitism in '90s, professor says

Glenn Altschuler presented the first talk in the Jewish Studies lecture series Sept. 21 with a lecture on rappers, anti-Semitism and racism. (Sept. 23, 2010)

Digital humanities initiatives inform new approaches to research, art, media

Scholars, artists and graduate students are engaging in collaborative initiatives in the digital humanities, with support from Cornell's Society for the Humanities. (Sept. 23, 2010)

Speaker: Muslim women can use Quran to counter the 'hijacked' authority by Muslim men

Research fellow Nimat Hafez Barazangi said Muslim women can use the Quran to build a stronger identity for themselves in Muslim societies at a talk at Cornell Sept. 16. (Sept. 22, 2010)

Grants create digital collections of plaster casts and more

The Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences has awarded five grants, from creating an online collection of Cornell's plaster casts to digitizing 25,000 pages of Nepali texts.

Meetings build bridge between philosophy and psychology

A conference Sept. 11-12 at Cornell brought together scholars to examine how psychologists and philosophers can learn from one another. (Sept. 21, 2010)

McEneaney shares stories of 9/11 victims' loved ones

Bonnie McEneaney, MPS '78, shared the experiences of friends and family of 9/11 victims in a Sept. 16 reading from her book 'Messages: Signs, Visits, and Premonitions From Loved Ones Lost on 9/11.' (Sept. 21, 2010)

Cornell and Columbia University libraries to jointly develop Slavic and East European collections

Cornell and Columbia University libraries will collaboratively support Slavic and East European collection development at both institutions. (Sept. 16, 2010)

A.D. White Professor-at-Large Hélène Cixous to visit

Influential French writer, theorist and feminist scholar Helene Cixous will be on campus Sept. 19-23 for a conference and lecture during her first visit as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large. (Sept. 16, 2010)