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Cornell According to Sound illustration with the outline of the campus as a soundwave

Cornell According to Sound offers sonic look at campus

The creators of The World According to Sound will share the audio they've collected on campus -- from fish and frogs to Latin speakers and synthesizers -- in four live performances.

Writer, emeritus professor James McConkey dies at 98

Acclaimed writer James McConkey, the Goldwin Smith Professor of English Literature Emeritus and mentor to young writers at Cornell for nearly four decades, died Oct. 24, 2019 in Ithaca. He was 98.

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NOV 21Frances Harper, William Still, and Reconstruction on... Derrick Spires will speak as part of the American Studies Fall Colloquium. A light lunch will be served. ...

NOV 21The Paul Gottschalk Memorial Lecture by Richard Rambuss "Milton, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Carnival—New Orleans Style" ...

NOV 21Cornell According to Sound For two nights at the Flex Theater in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett of The World According to Sound will be performing a live audio show that represents...

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