Cornell's baroque organ is the first in the world to be equipped with wind systems that let it reproduce sounds exactly as Bach and other period composers intended. (Sept. 11, 2012)
Robert Isaacs has been appointed director of choral music in the Department of Music effective July 1. He will oversee all four choirs at Cornell and conduct the Cornell Glee Club and Chorus.
Former Society for the Humanities fellows who have influenced pedagogy, research and trends in humanities scholarship will return to campus for a two-day conference Oct. 31-Nov. 1.
A Sept. 4 symposium, inspired by letters found in the Cornell University Library archives, drew on many Cornell connections to intellectual history. (Sept. 7, 2012)
Events this week feature four-hand piano scholar-performers, undergraduates' bird research on the Isles of Shoals, new documentaries at Cornell Cinema and interactive tours at the Johnson Museum.
The Freeman Foundation has awarded Cornell a new grant that will enhance language instruction in Chinese and Korean on campus and support the China and Asia-Pacific Studies major. (Oct. 21, 2008)
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.