Events this week include legendary guitarist Gary Lucas performing a live film score, the Cornell Symphony Orchestra in Bailey Hall, Locally Grown Dance at the Schwartz Center, and faculty talks on wild honeybees and legalizing cannabis.
Students in the Ceramic Analysis for Archeology class, who study ancient pottery shards, made some new pottery of their own, acquainting them with the process used by human forebears.
Walter LaFeber, Cornell professor of history emeritus, will receive the American Historical Association’s 2013 Award for Scholarly Distinction in January.
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.
Events this week include synthesizer ensemble Mother Mallard's 50th anniversary; Apple Bake-off judging at Cornell Orchards; Andrea Berloff '95 with her film “The Kitchen;” and author Valeria Luiselli on the border crisis.
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.
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.
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.