High-wire artist Philippe Petit discussed some of his seemingly impossible high-wire performances and did some magic tricks Dec. 1 in Statler Auditorium.
Events on campus include panel discussions with films on climate change and Beyoncé, race and gender; the Farmers Market at Cornell, and faculty book talks by Peter Enns and Rodney Dietert.
Cellist Adrianne Ngam, an architecture major, won the fifth annual Cornell Concerto Competition Dec. 14 in Barnes Hall. She will be featured in a March 1 concert with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra. (Dec. 18, 2008)
A pair of alumni donors have helped the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English bring famous and emerging writers to campus for public readings and interaction with students since 2007. (Dec. 6, 2012)
Bonnie McEneaney, MPS '78, shared the experiences of friends and family of 9/11 victims in a Sept. 16 reading from her book 'Messages: Signs, Visits, and Premonitions From Loved Ones Lost on 9/11.' (Sept. 21, 2010)
Events on campus this week feature women filmmakers educated at Cornell, and others include a keyboard concert, a a talk by 'Mad Men' writer and producer Semi Chellas, and book talks.
The College of Arts and Sciences has awarded Appel fellowships to Lawrence McCrea and Nick Salvato, and Paul Academic Advising Awards to Alison Van Dyke and Dagmawi Woubshet.
Cornell’s "radical collaboration" initiatives, launched last fall, are generating momentum and success stories, including a proposal from the task force for the humanities and arts.
Visiting Scholar Afrika Bambaataa spoke about his storied career as well as the culture, dance and ideology that led to the evolution of hip-hop on campus Nov. 27. (Nov. 29, 2012)