If you miss being a student on the Hill, there’s a way to revisit those days—including dorm life, but minus the grades. Each summer, Cornell’s Adult University—which also runs faculty-led study tours worldwide—marries education and vacation, with a variety of weeklong classes held on and around the Ithaca campus.
Taught by Cornell faculty and other experts, the noncredit courses are open to all; they cover topics from cinema to cycling, humor to art history, watching birds to writing memoirs. While some classes repeat from year to year, others offer a novel twist on a favorite subject—or they explore a topic that’s new to CAU, including...
Town Meets Gown: Exploring the Interwoven History of
Ithaca & Cornell
Each summer, Cornellians columnist and Big Red history expert Corey Ryan Earle ’07 teaches a CAU course with his brother, University Archivist Evan Earle ’02, MS ’14. This year, they team up with Ben Sandberg, MPA ’17, executive director of the History Center in Tompkins County, to delve into Cornell’s relationship to its hometown—and notable local history from the silent film industry to the invention of the ice cream sundae.
Sinners: How Religion Shapes Popular Culture
Taught by a professor from Africana studies, this class examines how religion and spirituality are depicted in visual art, film, music, and TV. Topics range from the hit horror film Sinners to Hindu-inspired spiritual jazz to the play Angels in America, and outings include a visit to the Johnson Museum.
Reading Jane Austen
The beloved author and her world are the subject of this course, which includes a close reading of her Pride and Prejudice. Students will also read excerpts from Austen’s other works as well contemporary political texts, critical commentary, and more; they’ll also view scenes from film versions of her novels and experiment with their own Austen adaptations.
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