A Feb. 25 concert in Bailey Hall will celebrate the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and conductor Karel Husa, who taught composition at Cornell from 1954 to 1992.
The new 67,500-square-foot Klarman Hall, set to open in January, will include 124 spaces for offices and conferences rooms and a 330-seat auditorium, the largest on the Arts Quad.
Assistant professor of music Joseph Lin has been selected to join the Juilliard String Quartet as first violinist. He also will join the Juilliard School of Music faculty in fall 2011. (Oct. 26, 2010)
At a May 23 dinner, College of Arts and Sciences faculty members received awards for exceptional teaching and advising, and graduate teaching assistants won prizes for teaching.
In her new book, history of art professor and chair Cynthia Robinson reveals the interrelation of the religious practices and visual cultures of co-existing sects in late medieval Iberia.
Isaac Kramnick, the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government, is retiring after 43 years at Cornell. Friends, colleagues and many former students packed the A.D. White House May 30 to attend panels on his scholarship, teaching and contributions to Cornell.
A collaboration between Cornell and Ithaca's Kitchen Theatre Company has found a new way to make physics irresistible, with “Physics Fair,” an original musical theater production.
An open symposium on ancient Iraq to honor David Owen, professor of ancient Near Eastern and Judaic studies, is slated for Oct. 29, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the A.D. White House. (Oct. 18, 2010)
A researcher using data from Cornell's Kheel Center has uncovered the final six victims of the Triangle Factory Fire on March 25, 1911. (Feb. 24, 2011)