Tamara Loos, associate professor of history and an expert on gender and sexuality in 19th-century Siam, has consulted on an upcoming revival of "The King and I" at Lincoln Center.
Cornell Orchestras won first place in the Collegiate Orchestras category of the awards given out by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers with the League of American Orchestras.
Ariana Kim, assistant professor of performance in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Music, will perform live excerpts from her new album Nov. 22 in Ithaca.
Cornell researchers will travel to Paris as part of the university's delegation to the global climate change summit, COP21. Delegations from over 190 countries and more than 50,000 people will attend.
Events on campus this week include an exhibition on World War I, a program on hops cultivation and small breweries in New York state and a workshop on protecting your personal brand online.
Sarah Victor '14, an ILR student, wrote and delivered the winning sermon in this year's Harold I. Saperstein '31 Topical Sermon Contest on American Ideals.
A large-scale renovation of the library has been put on hold, but a smaller project is expected to include upgrading Olin's smoke detectors and fire alarms, and installing a sprinkler system. (Aug. 27, 2009)
A partnership between the library, CIT and the Lab of Ornithology seeks to save information across Cornell that is stored on orphaned media and in danger of decay and loss.
Events this week include two nights of Sage Chapel Christmas Vespers, student films at the Schwartz Center, a selection of recent movies at Cornell Cinema, and free talks on bird cams, snakes and pets.