‘Facing the Abyss’ explores literary response to 1940s events

In his new book, George Hutchinson asks how epochal moments in the 1940s resonated in literary culture, and how artists brought shape and meaning to the world in the wake of such events.

UN expert panel at Cornell May 11 for science, policy symposium

A symposium exploring how science and policy intersect in driving global sustainable development will be held May 11 at Cornell.

Bretscher, Lord elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Anthony P. Bretscher, professor of cell biology, and Catherine Lord, professor of psychology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, join Barack Obama, Tom Hanks and 209 others as newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Law/economics initiative takes on big questions at kickoff conference

The inaugural conference of the Cornell Research Academy of Development, Law and Economics was held April 12 in New York City.

Colleagues celebrate A.R. Ammons in Temple of Zeus

Poet and legendary faculty member A.R. Ammons was remembered by colleagues and friends with a plaque reinstalled in the Temple of Zeus at a reception April 9 in Klarman Hall.

Thirteen assistant professors win NSF early-career awards

Twelve assistant professors from Cornell's Ithaca and New York City campuses have received five-year awards from the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development program.

Media Studies lecture on networks and proxy politics is April 25

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, professor of modern culture and media at Brown, will speak on “Critical Data Studies: The Case of Proxy Politics” April 25.

New podcast explores ‘Where Is the Human in Climate Change?’

The new season of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast and essay series will showcase the newest thinking across academic disciplines about humans and the environment.

Society for the Humanities lecture to examine popular will and politics

Cornell political theorist Jason Frank will speak on “The People as Popular Manifestation” April 18 in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall.