“Beauty – Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial,” which opened Feb. 12 at the Smithsonian design museum in New York City, features a knitted textile pavilion by architecture professor Jenny Sabin.
After eight years at the Vatican translating the pope's messages into Latin, Daniel Gallagher is bringing his expertise to Cornell as the Ralph and Jeanne Kanders Associate Professor of the Practice in Latin.
Founded three years ago, the Cornell library witchcraft collection now consists of around 1,200 items – mostly posters, but also related movie memorabilia and advertising such as still photographs and flyers.
Vincent Boudreau, Ph.D. ’91, initially thought he would study African politics. Then he walked into a class taught by Professor Benedict Anderson, an expert on the politics, history and languages of Southeast Asia.
Pioneering photographer of lesbian erotica Honey Lee Cottrell, who died recently, has given her papers to the Cornell University Library Human Sexuality Collection.
“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]” plays on campus Feb. 25 to March 5, with all 37 of Shakespeare's plays crammed into each 100-minute performance.
Six distinguished scholars will address the topic, “After the American Century? Fears and Hopes for America's Future” in a series of talks on campus this fall.
The new Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature recognizes excellent writing in African languages and encourages translation from, between and into African languages.
Research presented at the humanities undergraduate showcase April 23 tackled the linguistics of lying, the architecture of Rio de Janeiro and violence against native Alaskan women, among other things.