Events this week include "RBG" at Cornell Cinema, plays dramatizing religious and genetic science issues, fall harvest sampling at Cornell Orchards, and a local AAUW celebration of 100 years of social action.
Faculty, staff and students gathered Sept. 9 in Morrill Hall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Department of Science and Technology Studies and the department's move to new space in Morrill.
Events this week include an environmental fashion show, the Centrally Isolated Film Festival, Ag Day and Springfest celebrations on campus, composer Caroline Shaw, and alumna Gretchen Goldman on science and public policy.
At Wednesday's faculty Senate meeting, Interim President Hunter Rawlings discussed his desire for the university faculty to review the undergraduate curriculum with an emphasis on the value of a liberal education.
Cornell has long been a leader in ethnic-related identity studies, with programs in Africana studies; Asian American studies;Latina/o studies; Jewish studies; and American Indian studies.
On April 12, the College of Arts and Sciences brought together faculty working on migration in a Big Ideas panel, part of the New Century for the Humanities celebration in Klarman Hall.
A.D. White Professor-at-Large Wynton Marsalis spent a week on campus mentoring and performing with students, offering insights on jazz and a variety of topics, and interacting with local youths.
Classics professor Fontaine details his discoveries about an unknown 17th century play by Joannes Burmeister in his new book, "'Aulularia' and Other Inversions of Plautus."