David I. Grossvogel, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Studies Emeritus and founder of the influential literary journal Diacritics, died June 14 at age 94. He taught at Cornell from 1960 to 2000.
Mitchell Duneier of Princeton will visit campus April 11 at 4:30 p.m. in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall, to talk about his book, “Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, The History of an Idea.”
The Cornell University Glee Club, the university’s oldest, continuously operating student organization, will celebrate its sesquicentennial with a free concert. The group will sing pieces from different eras Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. in Sage Chapel.
The Cornell University Glee Club and Chorus perform on a new CD of works composed by Roberto Sierra, the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities.
Robert Morgan, an influential American writer and one of Cornell’s most beloved professors, will be honored at a celebration on campus on his 75th birthday.
Voteology, a site helping students assess where their vote will have the most impact, won the inaugural Pitch for the People, a virtual competition focused on the humanities and social sciences.
Journalist Masha Gessen and linguist John McWhorter discussed free speech in the age of cancel culture as part of The Peter ’69 and Marilyn ’69 Coors Conversation Series, Oct. 1.
A new exhibit at Cornell University Library’s Catherwood Library, “The Other Side of the Tracks," exposes the plight of marginalized African American and women railroad workers early in the 20th century.