Hip-hop founding father, electro-funk pioneer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee DJ Afrika Bambaataa has been appointed to a three-year term as a visiting scholar. (Aug. 20, 2012)
Agostino Agazzari's rarely staged 1606 opera “Eumelio” will be mounted by students, faculty and music professionals March 19-20 in the auditorium of Klarman Hall. The opera draws on the Orpheus myth.
The sounds of the natural environment and their inspiration on composers like Olivier Messiaen – who used recordings from Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology – will be celebrated in a festival March 5-9.
To commemorate its 150th anniversary, Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections sponsored a faculty panel discussion and a reading of the Gettysburg Address by President David Skorton Nov. 19.
Three abstract 1940s murals featured at the Johnson Museum are being conserved after their removal from a Roosevelt Island hospital, and will be reinstalled at Cornell Tech.
DJ Afrika Bambaataa makes his first public appearances as a Cornell visiting scholar Nov. 27, with a discussion of hip-hop history, classroom and community visits and a show at The Haunt. (Nov. 14, 2012)
Robert H. Lieberman's new film, "Angkor Awakens," documents life in modern Cambodia and residents' memories of the Khmer Rouge regime. Cornell Cinema will host a preview screening Oct. 3.
Two students in the College of Arts and Sciences - Daniel Young '13 and Mallory Matsumoto '12 - have won prestigious scholarships for graduate study. (April 17, 2012)