Events this week include a reading by poet Luis Urrea, a museum talk on surrealism and magic, student-designed wearable art and ticket sales for the Fall Employee Celebration.
In 1996, Cornell historian Nick Salvatore began a scholarly journey that led him into the life and times of the legendary C. L. Franklin (1915 to 1984), father of Aretha and arguably the greatest African American preacher of his generation.
A Resources for the Future report, co-authored by assistant professor Shanjun Li, concludes that the 2009 Cash for Clunkers federal vehicle trade-in program provided 'little economic stimulus.' (Dec. 5, 2011)
Students presented research in the humanities at a forum April 16, with projects ranging from local archaeology to art, architecture, service-learning and philosophy.
Mini-grants worth up to $1,000 are available for Cornell student groups, faculty and staff members to develop prevention-education programs addressing violence and substance abuse on campus.
The U.S. and the next president 'desperately need' fresh policies regarding developing countries, argued Nancy Birdsall, president of the Center for Global Development on Nov. 3 during her foreign policy lecture. (Nov. 5, 2008)
The students waiting for their Bodies at the Border class to begin chatted enthusiastically about a movie they'd just seen, and the Cornell professor asked which film. The movie watchers were almost 8,000 miles away.
Retail consultant and author Robin Lewis said that retailing is undergoing a virtual revolution, where consumers have the power, in an Oct. 21 lecture. (Oct. 25, 2010)