College of Arts and Sciences

American historian Michael G. Kammen dies at 77

Michael G. Kammen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor of American history at Cornell for nearly 50 years, died Nov. 29 in Ithaca.

Professor advocates for new method of criticism

A new book by English Professor Fredric V. Bogel argues for a new kind of literary analysis to be used in addition to the approaches that have come to dominate the field in the last 50 years.

Experts debate the Syrian crisis in age of Facebook

Three panelists looked at the Syrian crisis in a campus event Nov. 25 from historical and political perspectives.

New website is 'one-stop shop' for climate change info

The new website, climatechange.cornell.edu, is a one-stop shop for everything climate change. It's searchable and includes research, outreach programs and issue-specific pages.

Cushing Strout, professor emeritus of English, dies

S. Cushing Strout, professor emeritus in the Department of English, died Nov. 21 in Ithaca at age 90.

Freshman ranks No. 2 among U.S. chess players

Freshman Adarsh Jayakumar, ranked No. 2 among 18-year-old U.S. chess players, incorporates his love of chess with his Cornell studies.

JFK called 'icon of hope' by faculty panelists

Three Cornell faculty members gave their take on the JFK legacy, exactly 50 years after his assassination.

Arts and Sciences announces Africana Ph.D. program

The College of Arts and Sciences will offer a Ph.D. program in Africana studies, the first such program in New York state.

Cornell commemorates Gettysburg Address

To commemorate its 150th anniversary, Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections sponsored a faculty panel discussion and a reading of the Gettysburg Address by President David Skorton Nov. 19.