The Society for the Humanities will hold its annual theme conference Oct. 23-24 in A.D. White House. Titled “Celebrating Society@50: Time, on the Critical Edge,” it features international speakers.
Will Gluck ’93, who recently co-wrote and directed the reimagined film "Annie," returned to campus Oct. 16 as part of the Munschauer Career Series to offer students career advise.
Emeritus Professor of Music Marice Stith, who as director of bands conducted the Cornell University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band for 23 years, has died. He was 89.
Seven students from the College of Human Ecology have unveiled their creations in “Maladjusted,” the Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholars' Fiber Arts and Wearable Art Exhibition, on view through Nov. 15.
Political scientist Steven Levitsky, the Sundance Institute’s Keri Putnam and biomedical engineer Stephen Quake have joined the ranks of leading scholars and public intellectuals at Cornell as Andrew Dickson White Professors-at-Large.
Chen Jian, Cornell’s Michael J. Zak Professor of History for U.S.-China Relations in the Department of History, has been named a Woodrow Wilson International Center global fellow.
Isabel V. Hull, the John Stambaugh Professor of History, has won the inaugural International Research Support Prize of the Max Weber Stiftung and the Historisches Kolleg.
Virtual events and resources at Cornell include a panel discussion on protests and democracy, a series of staff forums, virtual tours of Cornell Botanic Gardens and the Fall Creek gorge, and a new online gallery of art students' senior thesis projects.
On May 23, more than 60 people gathered at the College of Architecture, Art and Planning's studio space in New York City to consider how built environments can help meet climate change challenges.
Slavery in West Africa has an ancient lineage dating to Biblical times. Sandra Greene’s new book, “Slave Owners of West Africa: Decision Making in the Age of Abolition,” explores the lives of three West African slave owners during abolition in the 19th century.