Provost Kent Fuchs has announced that Stephanie Wiles, director of Oberlin College's Allen Memorial Art Museum since 2004, will be the next director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a grant of more than $366,000 to the Johnson Museum to support the upcoming exhibitions and related programming, including a scholarly symposium. (March 13, 2008)
Government professor Peter Katzenstein warned against thinking that civilizations around the world are homogenous, when they are indeed pluralistic with 'shifting balances of practices.' (Feb. 23, 2011)
Cornell students and faculty participated in a series of programs celebrating Indonesian culture from Dec. 7-12 at the New York Public Library. (Dec. 15, 2009)
English professor Molly Hite and garden photographer David McDonald presented 'Literature, Life, Gardens: The Influence of Vita Sackville-West' Aug. 24. (Aug. 31, 2011)
Events on campus this week include viewing of the total lunar eclipse at Fuertes Observatory; Banned Books Week; animation screening in Sage Chapel and Jack DeJohnette's jazz quintet in Bailey Hall.
Twenty-seven students from Brazil have arrived on campus for a year of study in engineering, life sciences, film and other fields, as part of an initiative funded by the Brazilian government.
Five Cornell students will study in Germany during the 2009-10 academic year after winning fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service and the Cornell/Heidelberg Exchange. (April 7, 2009)