In a recent lecture, Brett de Bary cited texts and translations of Japanese author Tawada Yoko, whose works deal with the arbitrary nature of cultural boundaries in differentiating language and words. (March 4, 2010)
Two professors, Steven Squyres and Mary Beth Norton, are planning a course on exploration that combines their backgrounds and their passions. (March 2, 2010)
Reknowned composer and director Heiner Goebbels will be an artist-in-residence on campus from March 7-17, interacting with students and faculty involved with theater, film, music and literature. (March 2, 2010)
The late Erna Gramse, MP '33, a longtime librarian and a graduate chemistry student at Cornell during the Great Depression, has bequeathed a gift to Clark Physical Sciences Library. (March 1, 2010)
The American Research Center in Sofia, founded in 2004 by two members of Cornell's classics department, has been awarded a $750,000 Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. (Feb. 26, 2010)
The unique Teatrotaller (Spanish for theater-workshop), a mix of academics and performance in Spanish, has been going strong ever since Cornell students founded it in 1993 to promote Latino cultures. (Feb. 26, 2010)
Assistant professor of English Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon has been named a finalist for a 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, for her National Book Award-nominated poetry collection 'Open Interval.' (Feb. 26, 2010)
Cornell University Librarian Anne Kenney discusses the challenges facing the library and how she will rely on faculty to move forward in economically trying times. (Feb. 25, 2010)
The libraries at Cornell and Columbia universities are collaborating on a study that aims to discover if libraries can help humanities doctoral students finish their Ph.D.s within 10 years. (Feb. 24, 2010)