The Atkinson Forum in American Studies will present 'American Baroque in the 21st Century: Old Meets New at the King of Instruments,' a concert festival and symposium Sept. 21-22. (Sept. 5, 2012)
Events on campus this week include a conference on immigrants and criminalization, a performance of Renaissance and Baroque-era music and dance, a faculty panel discussing "All the President's Men" and contemporary parallels to Watergate, and the St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig singing sacred music.
The Cornell Council for the Arts has announced the selection of fiction writer Andrew Boryga '13 as the Undergraduate Artist of the Year for 2012-13. A reading and award presentation is April 25.
An expansion of the Cornell and Columbia university libraries' collaboration will grant greater access to materials for students, faculty and staff of both institutions. (July 15, 2011)
Lecturer and fiction writer Elizabeth Tshele, MFA '10, whose pen name is NoViolet Bulawayo, has won the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing, for her short story 'Hitting Budapest.' (July 15, 2011)
Restaurateur Dan Barber, who writes on food and agricultural policy and promotes sustainable practices to achieve the best taste in farm and garden-grown foods, will speak in Call Auditorium. (March 17, 2011)
Cornell professor of musicology Judith Peraino will speak at Charter Day: A Festival of Ideas and Imagination, Sunday, April 26, 9-10:30 a.m., at Alice Statler Auditorium.
Faculty considered the future of research libraries in a Feb. 14 forum. Cornell's librarian noted that 60 percent of the library's collections budget goes to licensing electronic content.
Jeremy Handrup and Erin Ferro-Murray, students in the course Parasites! The Art and Media of Imposition, devised art projects that explore the notion of parasites in different settings.