Events on campus this week include historical play "Jennie's Will," Robert Sternberg on challenges for land-grant institutions, and sustainable agriculture talks by alternative farmer Joel Salatin.
Events at Cornell include "Ask an Astronomer," classic films in the Cinema Under the Stars series and a variety of free summer lectures, performances and concerts.
Three new assistant professors - in the fields of the history of art, classics and music - have launched an interdisciplinary working group on medieval cosmology that will also offers seminars and lectures.
The Cornell Council for the Arts will support 41 projects by Cornell artists, academic units and organizations on campus in academic year 2012-13. (Oct. 25, 2012)
The Department of Performing and Media Arts presents "Mother of Exiles/Madre de Migrantes," commissioned from playwright Elaine Romero, April 5-6 and April 12-13 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
Creative Writing Program faculty members Kenneth McClane and Maureen McCoy received heartfelt testimonials from colleagues at their reading April 19 in Goldwin Smith Hall's Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium.
It was imagery of the Garden of Eden that inspired apparel design student Jessie Fair to create a flowing, asymmetrical gown of silk dupioni and organza. The piece won a top design prize. (Dec. 23, 2008)
About 100 faculty members and graduate students from fields ranging from the physical and natural sciences to economics and the humanities gathered March 28 at the Interdisciplinary Climate Change Forum.
A lawsuit that would have prevented university libraries from scanning and digitizing their books has been dismissed by a federal district court. (Oct. 22, 2012)
Political scientist Roxanne Euben to speak on 'Travel, Translation and Comparative Political Theory' for fifth Cornell College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture, Sept. 15. (Sept. 7, 2010)