Events this week include Cider Week tours and tastings at Cornell Orchards; a party for Uris Library turning 125; concerts by Sphinx Virtuosi and the Cornell orchestras; and films about artists.
The College of Arts and Sciences' fourth Big Ideas Panel, part of its New Century for the Humanities celebration, explored technology in the humanities March 15 with humanists and technologists.
Adam T. Smith, professor of anthropology at Cornell University says that the archaeological record is clear: President Trump’s proposed wall on the Mexico-U.S. border offers only the illusion of security – just as similar walls have throughout history.
Classics scholar David Mankin, beloved by Cornell students for his inspiring and idiosyncratic teaching style, compassionate mentorship and the signature black sunglasses he wore to class, died April 24 after a brief illness. He was 61.
Artist Peter Gerakaris, BFA '03, has created a tropically themed art installation at a community gallery on Roosevelt Island, commissioned to coincide with the Cornell Tech groundbreaking celebration.
Events on campus this week include printmaking activities at the Johnson Museum, a fiction reading by novelist Colson Whitehead
and a talk on eating disorders by Olympic athlete Jamie Silverstein ’08.
Sarah Murray received the Robert and Helen Appel Fellowship for Humanists and Social Scientists, and Linda Nicholson received the Robert A. and Donna B. Paul Academic Advising Award May 28.
Events on campus include South Asian dance at Pao Bhangra, a memorial concert for Steven Stucky, writer Denis Johnson, student art exhibitions and the annual Earth Day Springfest.
The Chicago-based startup Every Body Eat, which produces food free of the 14 most common allergens, took home $1 million in the third annual Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Competition,led by Cornell.
The Cornell Geopaths Geoscience Learning Ecosystem will help students explore opportunities for geoscience graduate study, giving them exposure to socially relevant careers in atmospheric and geological sciences.
