Maria Cristina Garcia, a professor of history and the Howard A. Newman Professor of American Studies, has been named a Woodrow Wilson Center fellow for 2013-14.
In her new book, "How Things Make History: The Roman Empire and Its Terra Sigillata Pottery," Astrid Van Oyen argues the ubiquitous Roman pottery doesn't imply cultural Romanization.
Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa makes his last official visit to Cornell in his role as a visiting scholar Oct. 26-28, when he'll meet with students on campus and speak at public events in Ithaca.
Pianist Vikram Potdar '14 is the winner of the ninth annual Cornell Concerto Competition, held Dec. 9. He will perform his winning concerto with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra on March 7, 2013. (Dec. 11, 2012)
Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies, explores problems that African countries are currently facing and the progress of those nations in recent years in his new book, "Africa Must be Modern."
Cornell Orchestra members traveled to Argentina over spring break to collaborate with professional symphony musicians for a concert performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in the city of Neuquén.
"Side by Side," artist Pepón Osorio's Cornell Council for the Arts Biennial installation in Rand Hall, depicts one local family in the context of empathy as a point of contact within social systems.
According to Cornell professor emeritus of food science Joe Regenstein ’65, M.S. ’66, consumer fears about genetically modified food are mostly misplaced. He spoke at Mann Library Feb. 18.
Jobs With Justice, a nonprofit workers’ advocacy organization, will donate archival materials from its 25-year history to the ILR School’s Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation and Archives.
In his new book, associate professor Alejandro L. Madrid explores the historical and contemporary significance of the danzon, a cultural phenomenon spreading from Cuba to Mexico and its border with the U.S.