Exhibitions, events celebrate hip-hop culture

Hip-hop pioneers return to Ithaca April 4-7 for the opening of the Cornell Hip Hop Collection’s first major exhibition and a community-wide celebration of 40 years of hip-hop culture.

Conference to honor Robert L. Harris Jr. April 5-6

Retiring Africana professor Robert L. Harris Jr. will be honored at a conference to be held at the Africana Studies and Research Center April 5-6.

Alumni donate books chronicling the black experience

More than 200 books published by the Negro Universities Press, reprinting rare historical materials on the black experience, have been donated to the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library.

Exhibition marks Human Sexuality Collection's 25th anniversary

The 'Hooray for Gay: Pre-Stonewall Images from the Collection of Harry Weintraub' exhibition in New York city marks the 25th anniversary of the library's Human Sexuality Collection.

Muslim students gain a cultural center in Willard Straight

A student-led initiative begun in 2010 has resulted in the establishment of a Muslim cultural center on campus. The space in Willard Straight Hall will be formally dedicated in the fall.

Postdoc examines peace in historical thought

Murad Idris, a postdoctoral associate in the government department and a Mellon Postdoctoral Diversity Fellow, discussed peace across the history of political thought on campus March 8.

Women workers face tradeoffs, researchers find

ILR School shows that fewer U.S. women are entering the work force, and when European women take advantage of state services, they put their career advancement at risk.

Morrison speaks on evil, language and 'the white gaze'

The Nobel Prize-winning author returned to campus March 7 for a conversation about literature, politics and, especially, language.

Cornell Bridges to Community wins Perkins Prize

The student group, which sends students on service-learning trips to Nicaragua and encourages them to become global citizens, has won Cornell’s most distinguished diversity prize.