Cornell professor Laurent Dubreuil will investigate non-standard logic and the cognitive study of language with the help of a $274,000 Mellon New Directions Fellowship. (April 2, 2009)
Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel spoke of faith, hope, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the power of children, and the value of memory and 'bearing witness' in a talk April 29. (April 30, 2010)
Cornell historian Fredrik Logevall outlined how the Vietnam War happened and the lessons the war teaches today in his Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture June 7 during Cornell Reunion 2013.
Hip-hop collector, historian and author Johan Kugelberg praised the leadership of Cornell librarians during a Library Salon, held Oct. 6 at the Union League Club in New York City. (Oct. 8, 2009)
Events on campus in June include a Reunion book signing, outdoor film screenings, a Savoyards performance and other free summer concerts, and Bound for Glory shows.
The Cornell University Library has launched the Cornell Undergraduate Information Competency Initiative to help faculty members help student to become better researchers in the digital age.
Robert L. Harris, professor of African-American history at Cornell since 1975, will be the next director of the Africana Studies and Research Center starting July 1.
Milton Curry '88 looks back on his six years as director of the Cornell Council for the Arts and says he sees more opportunities for interdisciplinary intellectual engagement among faculty and students. (July 23, 2008)
'Release' was just published online. The book is a collaborative effort between students in Tamar Carroll's fall 2009 service-learning course and young women in the Lansing Residential Center. (April 1, 2010)
In a partnership between Cornell University Library and Amazon.com, some 90,000 titles from Cornell's library shelves will be available as print-on-demand books as well as online. (Feb. 26, 2009)