Professor David Harris will return to Cornell as a senior associate dean in Arts and Sciences this summer after a year as a deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Lauren Monroe of Near Eastern studies has authored the book, 'Josiah's Reform and the Dynamics of Defilement: Israelite Rites of Violence and the Making of a Biblical Text.' (May 16, 2011)
While researching a book, faculty member George Hutchinson discovered the memoir of a woman who mingled with famous writers and artists in the 1920s and '30s, unbound by race or class.
The colors of a 1919 painting by N.C. Wyeth have finally come to light, thanks to cutting-edge technologies developed at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source. (Aug. 20, 2009)
Chiara Formichi, assistant professor in the Department of Asian Studies, recalls her recent trip to Iran to study Shi’i Islam, where she observed surprisingly diverse forms of religious expression.
Four students are now enrolled in the inaugural class of Cornell’s new doctoral program in Africana Studies, with another three to five students expected to join next fall.
Art critic, editor and curator Patricia Phillips has been appointed art department chair, effective July 1. She succeeds Franklin Spector, who will continue teaching following a sabbatical. (July 6, 2007)
Cornell students and faculty participated in a series of programs celebrating Indonesian culture from Dec. 7-12 at the New York Public Library. (Dec. 15, 2009)
More than 100 scholars, artists and clinicians will visit campus Aug. 10-14 for a joint conference of the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies and the International Association for Jungian Studies. (July 6, 2010)