Historical marker commemorates Toni Morrison’s time in Ithaca

Cornell faculty, staff, students and community members celebrated the 95th birthday of Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, by unveiling a new historical marker in front of 513 N. Albany St., where she lived while in graduate school.

Bret Stephens and Seth Klarman in conversation, March 6

Stephens, columnist for the New York Times and a Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist, will discuss conservatism and journalism with Klarman ’79, CEO of The Baupost Group.

2024-25 Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism winners announced

Masi Asare of Northwestern University and arts journalist Billy McEntee have been named winners of the 2024-25 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.

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LaFeber-Silbey Lecture considers “A World Without Law?”

Scholar of law Philippe Sands will give the LaFeber-Silbey Lecture in History on March 5, considering "Lessons from History and Literature, from Nuremberg to Pinochet and Beyond.”

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John: The life and times of the ‘maverick’ Gospel

In her new book, Kim Haines-Eitzen explores the fourth Gospel of the New Testament, which holds many of the Bible’s most well-known passages but is also at the root of many controversies.

Computational biologist receives NIH NDRI Pilot Award

Ayshwarya Subramanian researches diabetic kidney disease, the leading cause of kidney failure worldwide, affecting 30% to 50% of people with diabetes.

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Five A.D. White Professors-at-Large on campus this spring

Bram Govaerts, director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, will kick off the A.D. White Professors-at-Large spring 2026 visits with a pair of talks addressing agri-food research and innovation.

New summer course to spark civic engagement in high schoolers

A grant from the Teagle Foundation will allow Cornell faculty and staff to launch a new civic education program for high school students, opening pathways to higher education. 

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Five from Cornell named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows

Five Cornell faculty members are among 126 early-career researchers across North America who have won 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.