Fannie Mae CEO sees his career interests come full circle
Tim Mayopoulos didn't take a single class in economics, but says his liberal arts education prepared him perfectly for today's challenges.
Artist and activist Melanie Cervantes to visit Cornell
Melanie Cervantes' visit has been cancelled. The lunch will take place, without Cervantes; an informal conversation about the art display and Dignidad Rebelde will be held.
Phi Beta Kappa celebrates 135th induction
At a ceremony including family and friends, Cornell inducted its 2017 class of Phi Beta Kappa students March 1, juniors and seniors whose grades are at the top of their class.
Music and poetry intersect in March 18 concert
The award-winning poetry of Ishion Hutchinson, set to music by graduate student composers, will be featured in the Sat., March 18 concert in Barnes Hall, “Songs of the Land: Poems of Ishion Hutchinson.”
Cornell ranked among best in U.S. News grad school rankings
Our English, history, economics, sociology, government and psychology departments all ranked high in the annual report.
Hutchinson wins National Book Critics Circle poetry award
'House of Lords and Commons' explores the landscape of Jamaica and Hutchinson’s memories of growing up there in Port Antonio.
Art Is Not a Profit Industry. That's Why We Need the NEA
Poet Langston Hughes, courtesy Library of CongressJoanie Mackowski, associate professor of English, writes in this Time opinion piece that our country needs to support the National Endowment for the Arts not because of its financial benefits, though that's the argument some arts organizations are encouraging their constituents to use with members of Congress.
Undergraduate poetry review eschews literary exclusivity
Marginalia also hosts workshops for poets to share their works and other poetry reading events and outreach programs.
Mellon grant supports open access to humanities texts
For the second year in a row, Cornell University Press has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant worth nearly $100,000 to fund the open access initiative, Cornell Open.“This is exciting news for the press and for the university,” said Laura Spitz, Cornell’s vice provost for international affairs. “Open access to humanities scholarship aligns with the mission of a global and engaged Cornell.”
Baptist, Hutchinson awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Professor of history Edward Baptist and assistant professor of English Ishion Hutchinson are Cornell’s newest recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships.
Conference will explore bodies and conversion
“Transforming Bodies,” an interdisciplinary conference April 21-22, will explore the centrality of bodies to concepts and practices of conversion in the early modern world.
Book redefines disinformation in American democracy
Disinformation has been a constant force in American history, according to a new book by Eric Cheyfitz, the Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters.
Scholars, artists convene to discuss black girls, women
In politics and activism, popular culture and social media, “black girls and women are hyper-visible,” according to associate professor of Africana studies Oneka LaBennett. They are portrayed “as ‘at risk’ and as cultural trendsetters, yet simultaneously rendered invisible in public policy discourses.”
Interwoven - coal, colors, and other stories
“I write in books, not in individual poems,” says poet Lyrae N. Van Clief-Stefanon, English. “A group of poems that make up a book will have an over-arching through line, all these threads that I’m holding together.”
Arts & Sciences alum wins Pulitzer for reporting
Chivers' piece details the story of a Marine Corps veteran diagnosed with PTSD.
Alumni gift endows Picket Family Chair in English
The gift will "enrich the experience of our undergraduate majors and minors and provide them with a fuller sense of community."
English professors discuss friendship, collaborative project
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon and Dagmawi Woubshet, associate professors of English, discussed their ongoing collaborative project with the public May 3 in Klarman Hall.
A Natural Storyteller Talks about His Art
Robert R.Morgan, professor of English, spoke about how writing and storytelling took over his life.
Alum has starred in off-Broadway’s Perfect Crime for three straight decades,
This Cornell Alumni Magazine story highlihts the three-decade run of alum Catherine Russell in "The Perfect Crime."
Mellon-Mays fellows share research at Cornell conference
Cornell hosted students from five other universities for the annual Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference April 21-22 on campus.During the conference, students presented formal papers about their research, offered feedback to fellow students and heard from a keynote speaker. This year’s speaker was Krista Thompson, the Weinberg College Board of Visitors Professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University.
Critique, compassion are 'Side by Side' in Biennial artist's work
Race. Class. Determination. The tension and conflict within social systems.A point of contact between them is empathy. This is the context of “Side by Side,” a sculptural installation by multimedia artist and educator Pepón Osorio, on display until May 26 in Rand Hall.
Diaz's study of art collective journeys into Chicano/a culture
Assistant professor of English and Latino/a studies Ella Maria Diaz had never heard of the Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) arts collective before she realized she had been walking past their work for years.
A&S plans host of activities for Reunion 2017
Hear from Arts & Sciences faculty on topics ranging from neuroscience to detective fiction to music composition to global financial policy.
