Powers' three volumes look inside Islamic legal thought

David Powers, professor of Islamic history and law in Near Eastern studies, has co-edited a three-volume series on Islamic legal thought through history.

'Titus Andronicus' makes a bloody comeback at Schwartz Center

The Department of Performing and Media Arts will stage one of William Shakespeare’s earliest and bloodiest plays Jan. 31 to Feb. 8 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.

Renovations bring Cornell Cinema into sharp focus

This spring Cornell Cinema offers patrons a new digital projection system, a new bright screen, live music and visits from directors and producers of some of the films.

Hunt for muon's magnetic field to get Cornell insight

An international high-energy physics collaboration that could provide the deepest glimpse yet into the nature of the elusive subatomic particle known as the muon is receiving key insights and expertise from Cornell scientists.

Teatrotaller marks 20 years of Spanish theater

Spanish-language theater group Teatrotaller celebrates its 20th year of producing works by American and international Latino writers.

With 10 years as Martians, rovers unveil true grit

Cornell professor Steve Squyres and Bill Nye provide key lectures at the “Opportunity: Ten Years on Mars” event Jan. 16 at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.

Chilean government grants land for giant telescope

On Jan. 9, the Chilean government gave land to a Cornell-led project to build the largest submillimeter telescope in the world.

Focusing on the undocumented hurts immigration debate

Michael Jones-Correa, professor of government, argues against falling into the “illegality trap” of focusing on undocumented U.S. residents deflects attention from larger immigration policy issues.

Steve Strogatz wins Euler Book Prize

Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, has received the Euler Book Prize from the Mathematical Association of America.