Celebrating “What Works” in creating engaging learning experiences

The Center for Teaching Innovation will host “What Works,” on Oct. 1, featuring presentations, the Canvas Course Spotlight awardees, and a poster showcase that will demonstrate engaged learning approaches from Cornell faculty teaching in a diverse range of courses and fields.

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Teens’ portraits celebrate Toni Morrison as community-builder

High schoolers from Ithaca and Brooklyn produced the artworks depicting Morrison and a local student, a collaboration that promises to introduce Morrison's work to new generations of New Yorkers.

Culler receives 2026 Wayne C. Booth Lifetime Achievement Award

A specialist in literary and cultural theory and French literature of the 19th century, Culler will receive the award in June 2026 during the International Society for the Study of Narrative conference in Denmark.

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Yearlong celebration honors a century of Willard Straight Hall

Cornell will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Willard Straight Hall – one of the country’s first student unions – with a yearlong series of events honoring its legacy as a hub of student life and community.

Music Oct. 2-5: Homecoming concerts and historical keyboards

Cornell orchestras, vocal ensembles and the Center for Historical Keyboards plan performances.

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‘Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignty’ exhibit opens Sept. 24

The outdoor exhibit celebrates the centenary of Deskaheh Levi General’s 1923 intervention on behalf of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy at the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. 

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Politics gets personal for China scholar

Historian Peidong Sun began her new book “Unfiltered Regard for China: French Perspectives from Mao to Xi” amid profound personal upheaval: An exit ban from China and a move to France.

Inaugural “Freedom Party” in Ithaca centers on community connection

A Sept. 27 event taking inspiration from the foundations of the Harlem Renaissance will highlight collaboration, resource sharing and storytelling. 

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Research at risk: Cultural fluency and critical language expertise

The federal government ended a program that has funded Cornell's Southeast Asia Program and South Asia Program for decades.