Professors N'Dri Assie-Lumumba and Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo have each received the 2010 Distinguished Africanist Award from the New York State African Studies Association. (April 15, 2010)
Examining social movements to Facebook addiction, more than 50 graduating seniors showcased their research prowess at the 2015 Senior Expo for the Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars.
A Sept. 7 conference on campus titled “Speaking to Power in Latin and Greek Literature” brought scholars from around the world to honor Cornell classicist Fred Ahl.
Cornell writer-in-residence and visiting professor in the Department of Government Irakli Kakabadze was awarded the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award 2009 in The Hague, Nov. 18. (Nov. 24, 2009)
Michael Fontaine's studies underscore that many of our current concerns are rediscoveries of themes from Rome and Greece. He has been tracing these parallels in a field not often studied in classics departments: modern psychiatry.
Beginning in November, Chinese librarians will come to Cornell to learn from library specialists how to preserve and protect valuable books. (Oct. 5, 2012)
The Africana Studies and Research Center will host a 40th anniversary conference, 'Looking Back/Moving Forward: The Future of Africana/Black Studies,' April 15-17. (April 8, 2010)
The winner of the 2011 Cornell Fashion Design Award for High School Students is Tiffany Zhang of California for her design of a fanciful extraterrestrial outfit. (April 18, 2011)