Cornellians' contributions to the study of poetry are reflected in a new edition of an essential reference work, edited by an alumnus and with entries written by more than 15 faculty and alumni. (Aug. 22, 2012)
Artist Peter Gerakaris, BFA '03, has created a tropically themed art installation at a community gallery on Roosevelt Island, commissioned to coincide with the Cornell Tech groundbreaking celebration.
Events this week include a Lego expo with local student teams, jazz bassists Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer, and a new film on rethinking public education.
A collection of visual and written materials on South Asian architecture and material culture assembled by the late Cornell professor and dean Robert 'Scotty' MacDougall is now available to a global audience. (Feb. 2, 2009)
Following its Sundance Film Festival screening, “Kill Your Darlings," co-written by assistant professor Austin Bunn, gained a major distributor and is tentatively scheduled to be in theaters this fall.
Judith Byfield, Cornell associate professor of history and Africana studies, will serve in 2009-10 as vice president of the African Studies Association, an international group of scholars. (June 15, 2009)
A new exhibit, “Chinese Traditional Dress and Its Influence,” provides an overview of Chinese dress of the Qing period and the influence of Eastern style on Western fashions in the early 20th century.
Jonathan Culler defined the lyric and argued for poetics taking priority in literary studies in his July 24 lecture for the School of Criticism and Theory.
Seven undergraduates in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design have each received $5,000 scholarship awards in a prestigious national fashion design and management competition. (Jan. 16, 2012)