'Celebrating Black History: Pivotal Moments, Unique Collections,' a Cornell University Library exhibition, honors the history and contributions African-Americans have made to American life. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Event this week include book talks on aging and emotions and artist Cy Twombley's inspirations; Mac Benford on "Bound for Glory"; "Sonic Sea" at Cornell Cinema; and plays written "After Orlando."
More than 100 scholars, artists and clinicians will visit campus Aug. 10-14 for a joint conference of the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies and the International Association for Jungian Studies. (July 6, 2010)
John Saylor, who manages Cornell University Library's materials budget and collection development, becomes associate university librarian for scholarly resources and special collections Feb. 1. (Dec. 23, 2008)
A permanent exhibit of simple black silhouettes of North and South American birds now graces the white north wall of the visitor’s center at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Philosopher Jill North, a proponent of wave function realism, has published an essay titled “The Structure of a Quantum World," included in a new book of essays on the metaphysics of quantum mechanics.
A Jan. 24 reception celebrated the James McConkey Summer Fellowship in Creative Writing, which will support a second-year MFA student who is completing a thesis. (Jan. 29, 2008)
Events on campus this week include Cornell Library's Punkfest: "Anarchy in the Archives;" song cycles performed in Klarman Hall and the Johnson Museum; and a gathering of robotics enthusiasts.