Sandeep Parmar, Zalaznick Distinguished Visiting Writer, to read Oct. 20
This year’s Richard Cleaveland Memorial Reading will include a conversation with poet Valzhyna Mort, associate professor of literatures in English.
Pulitzer-winning writer and professor Alison Lurie dies at 94
Professor Emerita of English Alison Lurie, the award-winning and critically acclaimed writer who set some of her fiction on a campus with a striking similarity to Cornell’s, died Dec. 3 in Ithaca. She was 94.
Juliana Hu Pegues wins ASA book prize for ‘Space-Time Colonialism’
The prize recognizes the best first book in American Studies released during 2021.
‘Words as battle axes’: A&S professors appear in Frederick Douglass film
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.
Senior explores concept of space, representation in films
Madi Fulchiero is studying Spanish and English and focused her senior thesis on two Disney films.
Scholar offers talk about Brazilian crackdowns and feminist response
Her talk is one of three in the African Diaspora Knowledge Exchange Series.
Morrison, Ginsburg to be honored with U.S. postage stamps
Both Morrison and Ginsburg graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences.
‘Writers & Poets’ faculty reading series begins Nov. 30
The final weeks of the semester will be enlivened by a virtual “Writers & Poets” reading series featuring faculty in the Creative Writing Program in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) reading their own works. Beginning Nov. 30, a video of a professor reading from their own work will be released every other weekday, through Dec. 23.
Book: Time for Black women to claim the right to lead
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.
Africana Studies course explores Black women leaders through podcasts
When Africana Studies professor Carole Boyce-Davies developed her Black Women and Political Leadership course in 2017, she knew she was expanding into relatively untouched territory.
The Case for a Higher Education Bailout
The financial crisis in higher education hurts all of us, writes Caroline Levine, professor of English, in an Inside Higher Ed op-ed. There’s one clear solution, she says.
Learning from history while living it
Sawyer reflects on what drew him to a career in teaching and the importance of intersectionality when shaping the curriculum.
Prize-winning teacher reflects on his Cornell career
McClane remembers the photograph that drew him to Cornell, and how the University has changed since his first day in 1969.
Wondering what to read in 2023? A&S faculty offer ideas
A&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
Student Spotlight: Aishvarya Arora
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!
Student Spotlight: Samantha Kathryn O'Brien
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.
Toni Morrison to be inducted into Women’s Hall of Fame
Morrison, M.A. '55, is one of six women to be honored Dec. 10.
Acclaimed Horror Writer Forges Bright Paths Through Dark Worlds
Novelist Victor LaValle ’94, BA ’95, has recently expanded his eerie narrative voice into Marvel Comics—and Apple TV.
At a Personal Crossroads, a Visit to Ithaca Focused My Mind
Alumna perspective: "As a student, I never spent much time downtown—but in my 20s, vacationing in the Finger Lakes proved unexpectedly meaningful."
Student’s playful paintings showcase the Hill as you’ve never seen it
From the clock tower to Risley and beyond, Grace Elmore ’25 finds inspiration in Cornell’s eclectic architectural styles.
Alumni boost students' careers
Many alumni working for large and small companies mentor, encourage and recruit Cornell students.