On Sept. 13, the College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture series presents Niklaus Largier speaking on Robert Musil, mysticism, and the invention of aesthetic experience. (Sept. 2, 2011)
During their three-week winter break tour, the Cornell Chorus and Glee Club traveled through Guatemala and Mexico, where they they filled churches, sang at orphanages and made a studio recording.
College of Arts and Sciences holds series of alumni events during winter break in New York City and Washington, D.C. to give current students a glimpse of what the future may hold for them upon graduation.
Events on campus this week include the Cornell Business Impact Symposium, music at the Johnson Museum, Moshe Vardi on robotics and automation, photographer Rosamond Purcell, comedy and a rap concert.
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)
British fashion designer Helen Storey brings some of her innovative work in art and science to campus Sept. 12-24 as the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design's first designer-in-residence.
Cornell's Society for the Humanities has received a challenge grant of $1,330,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, contingent on a $2 million match. (Oct. 24, 2012)
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)