Events this week include Yamatai's annual drum concert, 'Inherent Vice' and other films with alumni credits; a Science Cabaret on honeybees and a concerto by graduate student composer Loren Loiacono.
Billy Joel, the quintessential 'Piano Man,' reminisced, gave advice, told stories, sang, danced and played the piano Dec. 2 in Bailey Hall. He even played a duet with President David Skorton. (Dec. 5, 2011)
Experience and imagination mark the work of six graduate student poets included in 'Poetry in Your Pocket,' a chapbook printed for Poem in Your Pocket Day, April 29 in New York City. (April 22, 2010)
Scholars considered the influence of new perspectives in Africana studies and 'narratives that haven't been told yet' at the Africana Center's 40th anniversary conference April 17. (April 19, 2010)
Peter Adamson, professor of ancient and medieval philosophy at King's College London, said Muslims saved civilization by translating and studying Greek texts.
Milstein Hall architect Rem Koolhaas showed contrasting architectural conventions and how innovations changed architecture in the early 20th century in an April 13 lecture in Kennedy Hall. (April 14, 2010)
Exiled Georgian writer Irakli Kakabadze taught students this semester about the use of nonviolent conflict resolution and the creative arts to resolve political and social conflicts. (April 13, 2010)
Jessica Evett-Miller '00, M.F.A. '09, has received the second annual Margaret Bourke-White Photography Portfolio Prize. Her winning portfolio, 'Strata,' will be displayed in Tjaden Hall Jan. 19-23. (Dec. 18, 2008)
The Department of Theatre, Film and Dance is adopting curriculum changes as part of a new model emphasizing student experiences, innovation, collaboration and teaching media and performance. (May 19, 2011)
At a celebration of the Einaudi Center's 50th anniversary, President David Skorton pledged several actions to strengthen the international experience at Cornell. (Nov. 17, 2011)