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Faculty honors

History prof. wins award for book

A&S Communications

Associate Professor of history Russell Rickford’s book, “We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination,” has received the 2017 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians, given to the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle.  

Alumni

The Experimentalist on Broadway

Arts & Sciences alum director Sam Gold's '00 newest project, a Broadway production of “The Glass Menagerie,” opens on March 9. This New York Times profile explores Gold's stripped-down style and approach to directing.

Government

New online platform plays matchmaker for the public good

Cornell Chronicle

When Adam Levine was beginning his career, he was constantly seeking points of connection – opportunities to collaborate with the nonprofit and government sectors that could turn academic research into real-world results. Such collaborations usually emerged through old-fashioned networking: a chance meeting over lunch at conference, an introduction from a friend, an interesting article shared via a social network.

Attica prison uprising
Freedom Interrupted

Historian to discuss book examining Attica prison revolt

A&S Communications

The 1971 Attica prison uprising resulted in more than 40 deaths – the majority killed by law enforcement. Author Heather Thompson will speak about her award-winning 2016 account of the uprising, “Blood in the Water,” March 7 at 4:45 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.

Freedom Interrupted

Renowned spoken word poet Porsha O to perform March 9

A&S Communications

Performance artist Porsha “O” Olayiwola will present an evening of her spoken-word poetry at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 9, in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall. Her performance will be followed by an open mic.

Award

Jeevak Parpia wins low-temperature physics prize

A&S Communications

Professor of physics Jeevak Parpia, M.S. ’77, Ph.D. ’79, is one of three winners of the 2017 Fritz London Memorial Prize, which recognizes scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of low-temperature physics.

German Studies

The Anecdote: Capturing an Experience

Cornell Research

Paul A. Fleming, German Studies/Comparative Literature, recounts an old story that’s been told and retold many times. It comes from Herodotus’ Histories, an account of the Egyptian King Psammetichus’ capture by the Persians. As part of the king’s humiliation, the Persians parade his family in front of him—first his daughter as a slave and then his son on his way to execution. While everyone else around him wails, King Psammetichus shows no emotion until a beggared old drinking buddy passes, upon which he begins to weep and lament.

Performing and Media Arts

New book offers grassroots view of Egypt’s Uprising

Cornell Chronicle

A reading and panel discussion of Rebekah Maggor’s anthology, "Tahrir Tales," will be held Monday, March 6, at 4:45 p.m. in the Film Forum, Schwartz Center.

Academics

Arts & Sciences releases proposal for new curriculum

A&S Communications

The curriculum proposal uses five modes of inquiry to develop a course of study in which students take foundational courses early in their undergraduate careers.

Music

Alum visits composers forum

A&S Communications

James Matheson DMA‘01, said that during his time at Cornell, “I learned how to think like a composer.”