The seminar Guns: Myth and Manufacture explored the historical impact of firearms and connections between weaponry and architectural design including the use of interchangeable components.
The Hope and Optimism: Conceptual and Empirical Investigations project has received nearly $2 million from Cornell and the University of Notre Dame to fund 18 research projects on hope and optimism.
Events this week include the Alloy Orchestra returning to campus to score “Metropolis,” a concert with singer-songwriter Naomi Sommers and a minimusical that combats stereotypes in representations of mental illness.
Events at Cornell include the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture with Yusef Salaam; pianist Philip Carli and silent films at Cornell Cinema; astrophysicist David Stevenson, Ph.D. '76; and the 2020 Backyard Bird Count.
The Quill Guild, a creative writing club at Cornell, aims to create a community for collaborative learning and writing, was established in fall 2015 by Aisha Rupasingha ’18, an English major.
The Cornell University Wind Symphony will pay tribute to the late Steven Stucky and Karel Husa in a series of concerts featuring memorial commissions honoring the former Cornell professors.
Cornellians gathered March 4 for talks on food ethics by Andrew Chignell, visiting associate professor of philosophy, and on small farms by Anu Rangarajan, director of the Cornell Small Farms Program.
Events this week include Darwin Days in Ithaca, Oscar-nominated short films at Cornell Cinema, a reception for spring exhibitions at the Johnson Museum, "Tartuffe" at the Schwartz Center and a Wikipedia editing workshop for beginners.
"The Darfur Compromised" by Trevor Stankiewicz '15 and directed by Rudy Gerson '15 will preview Sunday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in Beverly J. Martin elementary school before moving Off-Broadway Nov. 2.
William D. Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will deliver the Society for the Humanities' annual Future of the Humanities Lecture Wednesday, Feb. 24 in Klarman Hall.