At 'The Arts and Mental Health: The Impact on the Human Spirit,' Cornell physicians discussed the role of the arts in mental health and the potential effects of arts funding cuts on well-being. (June 10, 2011)
A South Korean student worked with staff at the Schwartz Center to build set and shoot his film as an example of the cross-disciplinary collaboration that will be a model for the future. (Nov. 28, 2011)
Faculty-in-residence Cheryl Finley, assistant professor of history of art, took 15 students from her residence hall to New York City for the day April 24 to learn about art, architecture and history. (May 11, 2010)
The first public performances of a new baroque organ on Nov. 21 packed Anabel Taylor Chapel twice, it marked the culmination of a nearly 10-year project that involved more than 100 people on two continents. (Nov. 23, 2010)
During the Jewish Diaspora, rabbis maintained a sense of community by developing eruvim - ritual boundaries around communities, said a Jewish scholar May 4 in an Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture. (May 6, 2010)
'Bodies Unbound' is an exhibit at the Johnson Museum curated by 17 students in the History of Art Majors' Society. Its ugly, beautiful and strange bodies urge visitors to rethink their view of bodies. (May 5, 2010)
U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Cornell's Society for the Humanities hosted a daylong roundtable and workshop on campus May 17, on the arts and tourism aiding the upstate New York economy. (May 26, 2011)
AAP faculty members have been using the Milstein Hall construction project as a teaching tool by incorporating it into course assignments and inviting key players in its design to visit classes. (April 28, 2010)
The Johnson Museum explores Australian aboriginal painting with a new exhibit, 'Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya,' and a symposium, 'Papunya Then and Now,' planned for Feb. 14.
Cornell faculty members Gail Holst-Warhaft and Tammo Steenhuis will meet with government leaders, activists and academics in Greece this summer to discuss the water-scarcity problem in the Mediterranean. (May 27, 2008)