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From music on the Arts Quad to fascinating talks, the 2023 Free Summer Events Series at Cornell will offer a fresh mix of entertainment and education open to the public: 7 p.m. on select Wednesdays and Fridays, July 7 through July 28.
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“Helping students realize their greatest potential is at the core of our mission in the College of Arts & Sciences."
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The Department of Literatures in English is host to many gifted student writers and teachers. Thanks to the generosity of various donors, annual prizes are awarded for outstanding work in poetry, fiction, research, critical writing, and instruction. We are pleased to announce our 2022 - 2023 student award winners.
This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
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Part of Cornell's Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities, Cornell students explored creative ways to understand urban landscapes during two cross-disciplinary courses this year.
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The end-of-year HSP research conference May 5 featured presentations by 45 senior undergraduates.
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The fellowships will provide a stipend as well as funding for research and other activities.
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Eve Ogden Schaub ’92, BA ’93, BFA ’93, caps off her trilogy of memoirs with "Year of No Garbage."
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Vee Cipperman is an English major.
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In admiration of the contributions of literature and philosophy scholar Hu Shih 1914, friends and alumni of Cornell funded an outdoor seating area for quiet and contemplation.
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Novelist and journalist Jennifer Egan to read from "The Candy House" on Thurs., April 13 at 5 p.m. in the Schwartz Auditorium, 201 Rockefeller Hall.
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A noted Milton scholar who also worked on modern poetry and American literature, Radzinowicz taught at Cornell starting in 1980, after a 20-year academic career in Great Britain.
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Vincent Brown, the Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, will deliver this year’s Reuben A. and Cheryl Casselberry Munday Distinguished Lecture April 17.
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Fangming Cui, psychology, and Susannah Sharpless, English language and literature, are among eight doctoral students advancing to the final round of the 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition.
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On March 28, Andy Warner ’06, author of the memoir "Spring Rain" and several other books, will explore the power of graphic media to tell true stories.
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Creative writing graduate students talk about their visit to the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference in March 2023 as representatives of the literary magazine EPOCH.
“Ellenberg is a distinguished mathematician and a master of public communication."
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Anna Kornbluh, professor of English at the University of Illinois Chicago, will address "Immediacy: Some Theses on Contemporary Style" on Tuesday, March 7.
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Poet and writer Victoria Chang will read from her work for the Spring 2023 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series on Thurs., March 2 at 5 p.m. in the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, G70 Klarman Hall.
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Sophie Lewis will offer a deep dive into the history of radical movements and explore family abolition, which she characterizes as a turning away from the privatization of care.
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The site includes 700 poems that Charline Jao discovered and transcribed.
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Four winners of the competition by the Migrations Global Grand Challenge are affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Vinson Cunningham, a theatre critic at The New Yorker magazine, has been named winner of the 2021-22 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.
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“We are thrilled that study abroad opportunities around the world are once again available to our students."
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A poet and essayist, Gay will read from his most recent collection of essays, “Inciting Joy” and other works.
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The fourth cohort of Klarman Fellows is the largest since the program’s launch in 2019.
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Thanks to additional significant support from Seth Klarman ’79 and Beth Schultz Klarman, the Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowship program has been expanded to support 10 fellows per cohort.
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Novelist Victor LaValle ’94, BA ’95, has recently expanded his eerie narrative voice into Marvel Comics—and Apple TV.
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Alumna perspective: "As a student, I never spent much time downtown—but in my 20s, vacationing in the Finger Lakes proved unexpectedly meaningful."
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From the clock tower to Risley and beyond, Grace Elmore ’25 finds inspiration in Cornell’s eclectic architectural styles.
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Samantha Kathryn O’Brien turns the intimidation of an MFA into empowerment as she works on the beginnings of her novel. She is discovering her voice as she grapples with writing fiction about sex work in a non-polemical way.
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Aishvarya Arora is an avid researcher, reader, and writer. They're also an enthusiast for graphic novels as they create instructive, visual images in the world of literature and language!
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Pretaa, inspired by the Latin meaning ‘to be ready,’ draws upon Madon's Cornell English degree, his Wharton MBA, his military training and his technical expertise.
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McClane remembers the photograph that drew him to Cornell, and how the University has changed since his first day in 1969.
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Sawyer reflects on what drew him to a career in teaching and the importance of intersectionality when shaping the curriculum.
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A&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
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Extending her research on writing by Black women around the world, Carole Boyce Davies examines the stories of Black women political leaders in Africa and in the global African Diaspora.
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Her talk is one of three in the African Diaspora Knowledge Exchange Series.
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Both Morrison and Ginsburg graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Madi Fulchiero is studying Spanish and English and focused her senior thesis on two Disney films.
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Derrick Spires, Edward Baptist, and Gerard Aching help tell the story of the man born into slavery who became an advocate for African American freedom.
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The prize recognizes the best first book in American Studies released during 2021.
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This year’s Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading will include a conversation with poet Valzhyna Mort, associate professor of literatures in English.
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Fourteen authors from upstate New York participating in the Oñgwaga•ä’ Writers Workshop this month.
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Viasna, founded by activist Ales Bialiatski, was ‘liquidated’ by Lukashenka’s regime in 2003 but he has continued to fight for human rights in Belarus under the great pressure, says poet Valzhyna Mort.
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Scholar, writer and crossword star Anna Shechtman bridges the academic study and the real-world practice of media.
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Her books of poetry are “Looks” and “Customs”; part of the Fall 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series for the Creative Writing Program.
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Joseph Miranda, a doctoral candidate in English language and literature, received a dissertation competition fellowship.
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This year, 15 new faculty are bringing innovative ideas in a wide range of topics to the College of Arts & Sciences’ nexus of discovery and impact, including climate change, astronomy, identity studies and the economy.
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