Key pioneers of hip-hop, including DJ Afrika Bambaataa, will return to campus April 14-15 for an academic and musical symposium on the origins and lasting impact of the cultural movement. (April 7, 2011)
A conference Sept. 11-12 at Cornell brought together scholars to examine how psychologists and philosophers can learn from one another. (Sept. 21, 2010)
'M.H. Abrams at Cornell University,' with text and multimedia materials on the career and legacy of the influential scholar, joins an online digital archive of biographies and department histories. (Feb. 18, 2010)
Influential French writer, theorist and feminist scholar Helene Cixous will be on campus Sept. 19-23 for a conference and lecture during her first visit as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large. (Sept. 16, 2010)
Substantial facilities improvements are under way for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, including a reorganization of the Fine Arts Library in anticipation of a planned move to Rand Hall. (Sept. 14, 2010)
Historian Barry Strauss separated myth from reality regarding the warrior Spartacus and contrasted ancient and modern military tactics used during insurgencies in a March 28 lecture in Manhattan. (March 29, 2011)
Kathy Luz Herrera, an activist, union electrician at Cornell and second-term Tompkins County legislator, spoke about her activist background, Jan. 31, in Sage Chapel as part of the 'Soup for Hope' series. (Feb. 1, 2008)
The deans of the College of Arts and Sciences have asked the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance to propose plans to cut its annual non-professorial budget by $1 million to $2 million.
Events on campus this week include a women's hockey game supporting the United Way, concerts and films, and a lecture on climate change and natural gas by a leading environmentalist.