The Society for the Humanities will host a conference Oct. 15-16 with scholars in art, music, media, aesthetics and critical theory presenting on global aesthetics, the society's 2010-11 focal theme. (Oct. 11, 2010)
Events on campus as Cornell heads into summer include Olin Library's 50th birthday, an exhibition honoring the career of Zevi Blum, a lecture on fly fishing, and several free lectures and concerts. (June 2, 2011)
Fiction writer Junot Diaz, MFA '95, is among 23 recipients of a 2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. The $500,000 awards are intended to encourage innovation. (Oct. 2, 2012)
Choreographer and A.D. White Professor-at-Large William Forsythe's visit to campus March 3-11 will feature his choreographic installation 'Nowhere and Everywhere at the Same Time' in Rand Hall. (March 1, 2012)
The Fourth Eurasian Archaeology Conference Oct. 11-13 explored the uneven process of historical transformation and the temporal rhythms of social life. (Oct. 30, 2012)
Events this week include BOOM, showcasing student tech research; a lecture on C.S. Lewis, a debate on fracking, an electronic music symposium, statistician Nate Silver and Anonymous 4 in Sage Chapel.
Robert Howarth is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University and an expert on the atmospheric implications of methane. While some researchers have concluded that cows and cattle are the cause of the increase, he says shale gas and shale oil are the most likely reasons behind the steep climb.
Assistant professor of music Roger Moseley argues that Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in E flat, Opus 31, No. 3, is an auditory depiction of the composer's deafness.
Two students in the College of Arts and Sciences - Daniel Young '13 and Mallory Matsumoto '12 - have won prestigious scholarships for graduate study. (April 17, 2012)