Novelist Amara Lakhous spoke about European immigration in an Oct. 22 campus talk and referred to his own journey from Algerian immigrant to Italy to academic and literary success.
Nine projects, many multidisciplinary, are receiving grants of approximately $155,000 this year from the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs.
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.
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a symposium at Cornell Plantations March 15. The event is free and open to the public.
Events this week: Films by French master Jean Vigo; vocal and community jazz concerts; a pair of Valentine's Day events on campus; new exhibits and events at the Johnson Museum; and a faculty book talk on the anti-Trump resistance.