Fahmy wins Urban History Association book prize

Ziad Fahmy won a 2021 book prize from the Urban History Association (UHA) for “Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt." Fahmy’s book was recognized for Best Book in Non-North American Urban History.

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New piano joins historic instrument collection

A new Silbermann piano has joined the instrument collection at the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards.

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Cornell Reading Series features writers with diverse artistic range

Beginning Feb. 24, the Spring 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series will feature a wide range of artistic styles and voices from around the world.

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Course art exhibition teaches expression about social justice

On December 7, Emilia Illana Mahiques and Macarena Tejada López, lecturers in Romance Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, showcased a student art exhibit assignment on social justice concepts with support from the Center for Teaching Innovation and Language Resource Center.

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Helping humanities students explore careers beyond academia

By graduation, humanities Ph.D. students often see only a path to a faculty or research career. The Graduate School offers programs to illuminate careers in industry, government, non-profits and more.

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‘Futurities, Uncertain’: 2022 Cornell Biennial seeks art entries

The Cornell Council for the Arts seeks proposals from faculty and students for artwork, performances, music and design that fit within the 2022 Cornell Biennial theme, “Futurities, Uncertain.” 

Watercolor views advanced the British empire

Watercolor 'views' of enemy coastline, commissioned by the eighteenth century British Royal Navy, are both art and navigational tool, writes Kelly Presutti.

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Historian delves into LGBTQ life and the American home

The intimacy of domestic space was a crucial aspect of LGBTQ life in the postwar era, according to historian Stephen Vider, who explores that history in his new book, “The Queerness of Home: Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Domesticity after World War II.” 

Winter Session celebrates 25 years of digital learning

Victoria Jones, PhD ’01, talks about what it was like to teach one of Cornell's first digital credit-bearing courses in 1997 for Winter Session.

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