A Cornell professor of music and a former Cornell visiting professor of anthropology are among the recipients of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awards announced this month. James Webster, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Music, will receive $30,000.
At 7 p.m. March 23, the Big Red women's basketball team will play in its first-ever NCAA tournament game at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn. The game will be telecast live on ESPN2.
"This is a generation that is idealistic in wanting to make a difference. Our challenge is to honor that motivation," said former Peace Corps director and Clinton administration official Mark Gearan talking about civic engagement…
Today, the Big Red faces the Cardinal of Stanford at about 5 p.m. EDT on CBS. This NCAA experience is about learning to cope under a social microscope, smiling under pressure and acknowledging cheers, and the team is savoring it all.
"What thoughts and images come to mind when you hear the words 'Islam' and 'Muslims?'" asked Omer Bajwa, a Ph.D. candidate in Cornell's Department of Near Eastern Studies, speaking on campus last week (Feb. 20).
Far too many…
Many intelligent, reasonable people regard literary theory as the equivalent of -- well, if not of drinking sand, then at least of drinking motor oil. And Cornell English Department chair and Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature Jonathan Culler is well aware of that belief.
Susanna Throop, a May 2000 graduate of Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences and a 1996 graduate of Newfield High School, has been awarded the prestigious Gates-Cambridge Trust Scholarship inaugurated this year.
The annual Cornell Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference will be held Tuesday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. hosted by Cornell's Department of Applied Economics and Management.
James A. Johnson, chairman and CEO of Johnson Capital Partners, a private investment company, will speak at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management Nov. 16 on "Corporate Responsibility in the 21st Century."