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Music

Arts Unplugged: Marsalis offers Nov. 6 concert with wind symphony

10/28/2021 A&S Communications

… A.D. White Professor-at-Large Wynton Marsalis will visit campus the week of Nov. 1, offering a concert with the … A.D. White Professor-at-Large Wynton Marsalis will visit campus the week of Nov. 1, offering a concert with the … will take place at 7 p.m. in Bailey Hall. Tickets are free, but must be reserved at cornelltickets.com . Campus …

Five people wearing black pose against a blue and black background. They look forboding. — Lenny Gonzalez Splinter Reeds

Music

Splinter Reeds on campus as Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble

9/23/2024 A&S Communications

… of their wide range of experience – in settings including free jazz, improvisation, electronic music, pop, punk and … public performances and a Composers’ Forum talk during this visit: On Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bethe House … On Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall, their visit concludes with a performance showcasing the vast …

History

Contested terrain: Historian probes Earth’s polar regions

4/6/2017 Global Cornell

… Dawn Berry is a visiting scholar in the Department of History at Cornell, … Dawn Berry is a visiting scholar in the Department of History at Cornell, … Street Books will offer books for purchase and signing. The free event is sponsored by Olin Library. Refreshments will …

Astronomy

New View of Nature’s Oldest Light Adds Twist to Debate Over Universe’s Age

7/15/2020 A&S Communications

… Postdoctoral Fellow and researcher at the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science in the College of … team predicted. That discrepancy suggested that a new model for the universe might be needed and sparked concerns that … per megaparsec. That means an object 1 megaparsec (around 3.26 million light-years) from Earth is moving away from us at …

Charles Brainerd

Professor
Psychology

… other and so that, to the greatest extent possible, the latest research findings are integrated into the courses I …

Arts Unplugged

‘The Odyssey in Ithaca’ captivates audience during daylong community reading

5/3/2019 A&S Communications

… the story of Homer’s “Odyssey” during a daylong event April 26 in Klarman Hall, the first event in the College of Arts & …

Irena Peeva

Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Mathematics
Mathematics

… Commutative Algebra, and my primary research is focused on Free Resolutions and Hilbert Functions. I have also done … Algebra, and Subspace Arrangements. The study of free resolutions and Hilbert functions is a beautiful and …

Person wearing a business suit stands in a law library with rows of book stacks behind him — Cornell Law School Jonathan Zhu, J.D. ’92

Graduate student research

Donor’s fund enables dedicated humanities research

3/30/2026 Cornell University Graduate School

Jonathan Zhu, J.D. ’92, whose A.D. White Fellowship allowed him to attend Cornell, has established the Zhu Family Graduate Fellowships supporting humanities doctoral students at Cornell University. Each of the three 2025 fellows appreciates that the fellowship’s financial support paired with release from teaching responsibilities allows them the flexibility to pursue research questions as they arise.

Person sitting on grass, reading a book propped on knees — Sreang Hok/Cornell University Summer reading on the Arts Quad

Alumni

Your June 2025 reads

6/23/2025 Cornellians

This month’s featured titles include the latest from A&S faculty Ishion Hutchinson and Charlie Green, plus A&A alumni Chris Pavone '89 and Sarah Spain '02.

David Strang

Professor
Sociology

… Quarterly, 2005-2009.“ Sociological Theory 32 (2015): 1-26. David Strang, Robert J. David, and Saeed Akhlaghpour, … innovation.” American Journal of Sociology 120 (2015): 226-64. David Strang and Kelly Patterson, "Asymmetries in …

Dong Lai

Benson Jay Simon ’59 MBA ’62 and Mary Ellen Simon MA ’63 Professor - On Leave AY 25-26
Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute, CCAPS

… Neutron Stars'', Report of Progress of Physics, 69, 2631 Lai, D., Tsang, D. 2009, ``Corotational Instability of … Tidal Synchronization and Dissipation'', MNRAS, 421, 426-445 Lai, D. 2012, ``DC Circuit Powered by Orbital Motion: … destruction of ultra-short-period planets'', ApJL, 978, L26 Miao, Zhiqiang, Zhu, Zhengyu, and Lai, D. 2025 ``Quark …

Alumni engagement

Register now for Reunion 2023

5/23/2023 A&S Communications

… welcome alumni to campus June 8-11 with a host of events for Cornell Reunion 2023, celebrating the classes of 3s and … welcome alumni to campus June 8-11 with a host of events for Cornell Reunion 2023 , celebrating the classes of 3s … and associate professor of astronomy. She will share the latest results and research from scientists creating a …

American Studies Program

Former NBA player to discuss athletes and activism in Feb. 27 lecture

2/15/2018 A&S Communications

Social activism efforts of professional athletes such as Chris Long, who recently donated his entire $2.25 million salary to support educational equality efforts, will be the focus of a Feb. 27 visit by former NBA player Etan Thomas. Thomas, author of “We Matter: Athletes and Activism,” will also discuss his new book at the free lecture at 4:30 p.m. in Kauffmann Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall.

Mathematics

Strogatz's study of 'swarmalators' could direct future science

11/15/2017 Cornell Chronicle

How does the Japanese tree frog figure into the latest work of noted mathematician Steven Strogatz? As it turns out, quite prominently.

Philosophy

What is Metaphysics?

2/19/2018 Cornell Research

Metaphysics includes big, abstract questions about the nature of reality that can’t be fully answered or investigated empirically: questions about whether or not we have free will and the nature of consciousness; about how objects or people persist through time. Are we the same people as we were as babies? Is a table the same if you inscribe your name into its surface? And what about causation, which is so central to our thinking, on what terms does one event cause another?