In “Jean Toomer: Writer for a New America,” literature scholar George Hutchinson reveals how Toomer’s theory of a new “American” race, defying old categories, shaped both his literary genius and his personal struggles,
Refreshed learning and making spaces, innovative programming, and expert faculty and staff spanning five departments and three campuses welcome students back to classrooms and studios as Cornell AAP opens a dynamic academic year.
New books from Cornell professors explore India’s economy, heritage forensics in the South Caucasus region, and military mobilization involving troops and defense workers during World War II.
Thorns is the 2026 Heermans-McCalmon Distinguished Guest Artist, a program of the Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Edouard Kopp, chief curator of the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, has been named the next director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell.
The Freedom Party, a block-party style festival that emphasizes community connection, storytelling, and creative and academic freedoms, returns on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 1–4 p.m. at Greater Ithaca Activities Center in downtown Ithaca.
Edmondson joined the Africana Studies and Research Center faculty as an assistant professor in 1983, becoming a full professor in 1987 and retiring in 2017.
