"Blacks and Jews in America: A Conversation" will be held April 18 at 5 p.m. in Milstein Hall auditorium, with the Rev. Kenneth Clarke and professor Ross Brann.
What place do Confederate statues and symbols have in society today? The question has triggered national debate and continues to fuel political clashes across the country. Riché Richardson, associate professor of African American literature at Cornell University, researches the public dialogue about controversial symbols, including lingering Confederate symbolism.
The Department of Performing and Media Arts presents "Mother of Exiles/Madre de Migrantes," commissioned from playwright Elaine Romero, April 5-6 and April 12-13 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
Poet and legendary faculty member A.R. Ammons was remembered by colleagues and friends with a plaque reinstalled in the Temple of Zeus at a reception April 9 in Klarman Hall.
Columbia University scholar Farah Jasmine Griffin will deliver the annual Wendy Rosenthal Gellman Lecture on Modern Literature on Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, M.A. '55, Thursday, March 5.
The Institute for the Social Sciences is supporting 15 projects and three conferences through its biannual small grant program: $12,000 to investigators for research and $5,000 for conferences.
Shawkat Toorawa led student, faculty and guest poets in sharing verse from New York City, the Near East and other cultures at a "Poetry and Pastry" Sesquicentennial event at the Johnson Museum.
Events this week include a panel offering local perspectives on the Vietnam War; "Dunkirk' and "Justice League" at Cornell Cinema; a Cornell Symphony Orchestra concert; and Tesla coils at Science Cabaret.
Rafe Pomerance ’68, who played an early, pivotal role in raising awareness about the threat of climate change, will participate in a June 8 Reunion panel, “Challenges and Opportunities for Reducing Climate Risks.”
