Riché Richardson, associate professor of African-American literature, and Robert L. Harris Jr., professor emeritus of African American history and former director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, reflect on the life and death of Martin Luther King Jr.
“A Conversation With John Cleese,” hosted by the Office of the Provost and the Cornell University Program Board, is set for Monday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. in Bailey Hall.
Students in an interdisciplinary class studied murals in New York City's El Barrio, learning about neighborhood aspects such as culture, history and preservation, and organized a new campus exhibit.
Linguist and vernacular language scholar John Rickford and Indian architect and educator Brinda Somaya have been elected Andrew Dickson White Professors-at-Large at Cornell for six-year terms effective July 1.
Events on campus in the next two weeks include a reading by Teju Cole; the 2014 Atkinson Symposium on earth art; a lecture on sustainable housing; and "Total Recall" director Paul Verhoeven.
Research presented at the humanities undergraduate showcase April 23 tackled the linguistics of lying, the architecture of Rio de Janeiro and violence against native Alaskan women, among other things.
Events this week include the 2016 Cornell arts biennial, a concert kicking off a 'Technologies of Memory' series, a a reading by writer Joy Harjo, new and classic films, and jazz pianist Fred Hersch.
Events in June include the Cornell Savoyards' sesquicentennial adaptation of "Princess Ida"; the fourth IT@Cornell conference, an outdoor screening of "The African Queen," lectures and concerts.
