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)
Undergraduates and graduate students are learning about museum practice from a variety of disciplinary perspectives in courses partnering the Johnson Museum with other academic resources at Cornell.
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.
Following a workshop he led in Kenya, Mukoma Wa Ngugi hopes to foster further dialogue between academic writers and journalists, using concepts of literary and cultural theory and criticism.
Cornell University Library aims to spark discussion about scholarly publishing, which is languishing, through a series of initiatives in March and April.
Summer events on campus this include exhibitions with local connections at the Johnson Museum; cinema under the stars on Willard Straight Terrace; and free performances, lectures and concerts.
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)
When is an hour not 60 minutes long? When it's an hour of television, Amy Villarejo quipped in a July 9 lecture that illuminated the impact television viewing has on our perceptions of time. (July 25, 2012)
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)
Events on campus and locally this week include Christmas Vespers services at Sage Chapel, Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” at the Schwartz Center and a Science Cabaret with ornithologist Kim Bostwick.