Professor Steven Kaplan, a world renowned expert on French culture and French bread, recounted how he became an authority on such fare and how to judge the goodness of breads, Oct. 20 at Keeton House. (Oct. 26, 2010)
Poets Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez gave a joint reading April 1 in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium with words infused with passion and the rhythms of jazz music. (April 2, 2010)
Mainstream media should focus more on promoting social justice, especially when it comes to immigration, said activist/journalist David Bacon delivering the Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture. (Oct. 18, 2010)
At the Library Salon Oct. 7 in New York, several people affiliated with Moosewood discussed the restaurant's history and archives. The Moosewood collection was recently donated to Cornell Library. (Oct. 12, 2010)
Hip-hop pioneers came to campus April 13-15 to discuss the importance of the Cornell archive documenting the culture's origins, tour the archive and the community, and throw a party. (April 20, 2011)
Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times Iraq war correspondent and television news commentator, will deliver a free public lecture on Monday, Oct. 25, at 4:45 p.m. in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall at Cornell University.
Do computers have feelings? The significance of "affect" in both technological design and digital art is the focus of a two-day interdisciplinary symposium April 22-23 on the Cornell campus.
Events this week include a discussion of Nelson Mandela's legacy, New York Health Commissioner Nirav Shah, "Art History in a Nutshell" at the Johnson Museum, and Rich Stearns '73 of World Vision.
Events on campus this week include an open house for the new Cornell Intercultural Center, 'Ask an Editor,' filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky, and a colloquium talk on the arts by former Provost Don Randel.