Doctoral student Meredith Ramirez Talusan, M.A. ’11, who studies comparative literature, serendipitously taught a Filipino woman how to knit. A year later she started a social enterprise that now employs 25 knitters in the Philippines.
A new book by Theodore Sider, Frederick J. Whiton Chair in philosophy, asserts that there is one best way to describe the world, using an objectively special language that matches reality's concepts. (Jan. 12, 2012)
Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde, who conjures clouds in empty exhibition spaces, gave a public lecture on campus April 21 and unveiled his latest work, created in Milstein Hall last weekend.
Events this week include a computer game design showcase; Mayfest, Cornell's international chamber music festival; and painting classes at Plantations.
Linguistics professor Wayles Browne says the use of the Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian languages can have specific cultural connotations that fuel ethnic tensions.
More than 50 middle and high school teachers were on campus June 24-26 for an International Studies Summer Institute at Cornell called The Cultural Geography of Water.
The libraries at Cornell and Columbia are expanding an existing partnership to include Southeast Asian studies; personnel and resources will be shared. (June 8, 2011)
Events this week include new art exhibitions on campus, a lecture on topology in glass, events celebrating The History Center's Moog exhibition, and a free screening of "The Cut" at Cornell Cinema.