Exiled Georgian writer Irakli Kakabadze taught students this semester about the use of nonviolent conflict resolution and the creative arts to resolve political and social conflicts. (April 13, 2010)
'Cornell University,' by Richard H. Penner, professor emeritus of hotel administration, traces the university's history in 128 pages with 200 vintage photographs, mostly from library archives.
The College of Arts and Sciences held two events in New York City recently to bring alumni and students together to discuss the kinds of careers liberal arts students can go into. (Jan. 20, 2011)
Steven Kyle, associate professor of applied economics and management, offered his annual national forecast Jan. 17 at the Dyson School's 2020 Agricultural and Food Business Outlook Conference.
Linguist Gillian Ramchand explained how language is used to better understand human cognition when she gave a humanities lecture April 14 on campus. (April 27, 2011)
Music industry pioneers traced the evolution of hip-hop from its humble beginnings to commercial dominance during a sold-out discussion in Manhattan April 17.
On Dec. 19, nearly 1,500 Cornell students celebrated their winter graduation in a virtual recognition ceremony viewed around the world – the first such event at Cornell, and a fitting end to what President Martha E. Pollack called “a semester like no other at Cornell.”
National Endowment for the Humanities Chair William Adams spoke on the past and future of the humanities in Klarman Hall Feb. 24. He said this is a moment of increasing pressure for the field.
New research at Cornell using computed tomography technology has gone a long way toward showing that lungs and gas bladders really are variations of the same organ.