This “Rise and Fall of ‘Civilization’” class, taught by Professor Adam T. Smith, examines traditional archaeological topics, partly by looking at our current civilization and imagining the Cornell campus 1,000 years from now.
Adam Seth Levine '03, assistant professor government, will receive the 2011 E.E. Schattschneider Award from the American Political Science Association. (Aug. 17, 2011)
Jeffrey Vogt of the International Trade Union Confederation spoke on campus March 17 about the domestic and international status of the trade union movement at the ILR School's Union Days.
Cornell University Library's Hip Hop Collection has recently acquired several collections of graffiti art, photography and other materials, to be featured in an exhibition opening April 4.
At the Capital Poetics: Poetry and the Economic conference March 4, scholars discussed the relation of poetry to the political economy. (March 8, 2011)
Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) has signed a memorandum of understanding with three British universities to cooperate on research focused on rural change and policy in North America and Europe…
In a message to the Cornell community, President David Skorton encouraged remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. and reflection on "how each of us and all of us can advance the values he stood for in our own lives and in the communities we share."
Cornell’s latest Naturalist Outreach film, "Pollination: Trading Fertilization for Food," made its national debut at the 2015 Animal Behavior Society Film Festival on June 12 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Researchers analyzed the contents of 500 years of European and American food paintings and found indulgent, rare and exotic foods popular in paintings were not available to the average family.
Asian American Studies Program students and staff gathered Nov. 9 in Rockefeller Hall for a catered Indian lunch and a talk on the U.S. election results with program director Derek Chang, associate professor of history.