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)
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Judith E. Holliday, who retired as fine arts librarian in 1996 after almost 40 years on the professional staff of Cornell University Libraries, died Feb. 8. (Feb. 13, 2008)