If a Danish newspaper doesn't have the freedom to publish cartoons depicting Muhammad, should the TV cartoon show "South Park" also not be free to satirize Mormons? That was the question posed by Michael Shapiro, associate professor of communication at Cornell, in a panel discussion Feb. 21.
Mark Gearan, president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, will deliver the keynote address, "Civic Engagement in the 21st Century," for the 2006 Cornell Commitment Convocation, Friday, March 3, at 6:30 p.m. in Call Alumni…
Design historian Jan Jennings new book, "Cheap and Tasteful Dwellings: Design Competitions and the Convenient Interior, 1879-1909" (University of Tennessee Press).
"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…
If a Danish newspaper doesn't have the freedom to publish cartoons depicting Muhammad, should the TV cartoon show "South Park" also not be free to satirize Mormons?
That was the question posed by Michael Shapiro, associate…
When it comes to terrorism, Muslim Americans aren't part of the problem, they're part of the solution, according to Ahmed Younis, national director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
According to Younis, the author of …
The 2005 Cornell University United Way Campaign closes a very successful fund-raising effort with a celebratory luncheon Tuesday, March 7, at noon in the Duffield Hall atrium.
An increase in high-risk drinking among Cornell's undergraduate women has led to a media campaign designed to reduce both the incidence and the consequences of high-risk drinking, particularly among women.
The "Smart Women"…
Faculty, academic staff, and junior and senior students have until March 8 to submit nominations for the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows Award. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1992, the award recognizes tenured…