AAP semester snapshot: fall 2026 in focus

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.

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India’s economy, heritage forensics, WWII mobilization examined

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.

Marvel actor Dominique Thorne ’19 visits campus for screening, talks

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.

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Edouard Kopp named director of the Johnson Museum

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.

Second annual “Freedom Party” to celebrate joy, freedom, and learning

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.

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Locksley Edmondson, scholar of the African diaspora, dies at 92

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.

‘Heritage Forensics’ investigates cultural heritage caught up in war

Researchers from Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences have developed a forensics framework to document cultural heritage destruction. Their new book, "Heritage Forensics," examines threats to historic sites and advances methods for protecting endangered cultural heritage in war zones. 

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Cornell Cinema unveils Fall 2026 season featuring high school hijinks, film noir

The cinema's fall 2026 season bridges Hollywood spectacle, restored classics, animation and documentary filmmaking.

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Professor, students produce films for Obama Presidential Center

Jeffrey Palmer, associate professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts, worked with former president Barack Obama and his advisers to create two films for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.