Arts & Humanities

Architect Libeskind builds politics, emotion into designs

In a Nov. 4 talk, Daniel Libeskind described how his experiences growing up in post-war Poland, his immigration to America as a teenager and his identity as a Jew have shaped his architectural vision. (Nov. 6, 2009)

'Most important French judge' explains recent reforms to French Constitutional law

Institutional reforms passed in France in 2008 are the most significant in that country in many years, said Justice Guy Canivet at the Cornell Law School Nov. 2. (Nov. 5, 2009)

Cornell Cinema: an education in the dark

Cornell Cinema's eclectic year-round repertory and specialty programming offer film buffs access to a wide range of films, and co-sponsorships with a variety of academic programs. (Nov. 3, 2009)

Cornell Cinema faces 'devastating' decrease in Student Activity Fee funding

The undergraduate Student Assembly has upheld a decision to cut Cornell Cinema's funding from the Student Activity Fee by 22 percent. (Nov. 3, 2009)

Library collaboration with China strengthens scholarship

Cornell University Library and Tsinghua University Library in China cemented a formal collaboration during an Oct. 29 ceremony on Cornell's campus.

Cornell's VIVO concept will expand to connect researchers nationwide

A $12.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will create VIVOweb, a multi-institutional version of Cornell's VIVO system to encourage communication between biomedical researchers. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Historian: Early black students were 'part and apart' at CU

Historian Carol Kammen discussed the experiences of black students early in Cornell's history Oct. 15 at the Africana Studies and Research Center. (Oct. 23, 2009)

Classifying clicks helps scholars understand endangered African languages

Linguistics scholar Amanda Miller is doing research with high-speed ultrasound technology to help her and fellow researchers successfully record and classify clicks in an endangered African language. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Expert: Lincoln stretched Constitution to preserve the U.S.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson gave a lecture Oct. 20 to launch Cornell Library's celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and a new exhibition on Lincoln.