Dianne Harris to deliver Future of the Humanities Lecture

 “Access and the 21st Century University,” March 23, will focus on the meaning of  "access" to liberal arts education.

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Enrollment now open for Summer Session 2022

Students are invited to enroll now for Cornell’s Summer Session where they can earn up to 15 credits. Courses are offered online, on campus and around the world in three-, six- and eight-week sessions between May 31 and August 2, 2022.

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NYC, Cornell artists produce ‘quarrelsome’ opera

Rebecca Harris-Warrick’s opera project, “The Pleasures of the Quarrel” will be shown March 27 at Bailey Hall. This is a collaboration between the New York Baroque Dance Company, the Cornell Chamber Orchestra, four professional singers and students.

Ilya Kaminsky to read from poetry collections March 24

Poet, translator, and essayist Ilya Kaminsky will read poems, discuss his collections “Dancing in Odessa” and “Deaf Republic,” and speak about his new work on March 24.

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Historian delves into the battle that shaped the Roman Empire

In his new book, “The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium,” historian Barry Strauss presents a more accurate, nuanced narrative of a crucial moment in the history of Ancient Rome.

Tint of life: Color catalog built to find frozen worlds

As ground-based and space telescopes improve, astronomers need a color-coded guide to compare Earth’s biological microbes to cold, distant exoplanets to grasp their composition.

Abergel illuminates Israeli Black Panthers’ struggle

On March 22, co-founder and former leader of the Israeli Black Panthers will give a talk, "Darkness in the Holy Land: The Israeli Black Panthers’ Struggle for Human Rights and Against Racism."

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Klarman fellow blends physics and math to explore string theory

Richard Nally will spend his three-year Klarman fellowship seeking to understand the mathematical structures at the root of gravity and quantum mechanics.

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American slavery focus of Becker Series in History

The lecture series will link the economic relationship between the northern and southern United States, following 'plantation goods,' in three talks by Seth Rockman, associate professor of history at Brown University.

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