A pioneering Russian language learning system now in its second decade uses film and video and supporting materials online to help students learn proper usage and about Russian culture. (June 7, 2010)
Events in August include Latin dance parties, free concerts and movies, an exhibition of art by Cornell botanical illustrators and a two-day workshop for grape growers and startup wineries.
Mayfest, the Department of Music's annual chamber music series, featured Klezmer music as part of its varied programming and top international musicians on campus May 19-24. (June 3, 2010)
Two design and environmental analysis classes collaborated to research, design and build full-scale furniture and play systems for a local Head Start program. (Dec. 12, 2011)
President David Skorton explored themes of dance and celebrated artistic director Judith Jamison's career at the Joan Weill Center for Dance and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Manhattan June 8. (June 20, 2011)
Native American writer Sherman Alexie discussed his experiences growing up on a reservation with humor and insight in his Olin Lecture, March 6 in Cornell's Statler Auditorium. (March 11, 2009)
Scholars came to campus March 6-8 for TransRhetorics, a conference celebrating diverse interdisciplinary work in transgender studies and new rhetorical approaches in representations of transgender lives. (March 11, 2009)
Cornell's Latino Studies Program, founded 25 years ago, offers an intellectual and interdisciplinary hub for students and faculty with intersecting interests. (Oct. 17, 2012)
Historian Carol Kammen discussed the experiences of black students early in Cornell's history Oct. 15 at the Africana Studies and Research Center. (Oct. 23, 2009)
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson gave a lecture Oct. 20 to launch Cornell Library's celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and a new exhibition on Lincoln.