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Historian examined today’s populist revolt in April 23 talk

In what seems to be a new age of populism, what does history tell us about elites and the will of the masses? Public intellectual and renowned military historian Victor Davis Hanson will address these issues in his talk, “Populist Revolt: Everything Old is New Again,” April 23 at 5:15 pm in Cornell’s Bio-Tech Building, G10

Conference to examine health of American democracy

In the face of rising economic inequality, political polarization, the expansion of presidential powers over those of Congress, and the resurgence of white supremacy and white nationalism, many commentators have claimed that American democracy is under threat.

Artist visits campus in conjunction with Urban Representations Lab course

Ana Teresa Fernández, an artist whose public art, paintings, and films explore the intersections of geopolitical borders and boundaries of identity will visit campus April 25 for a lecture, “Magic Informalism: [re]drawing solutions to alternative truths.”

NYC health commissioner addresses health inequality in lecture

The Department of Science & Technology Studies will host Dr. Mary Bassett, the New York City public health commissioner, for its annual Nordlander Lecture on April 23.Bassett’s talk, “Structural Racism and Health: From Evidence to Action,” will take place at 3:30 p.m. in the Carrier Ballroom of the Statler Hotel on campus and will be followed by a reception. The talk is free and open to the public.

Hutchinson, Fridlund receive American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards

Poet Ishion Hutchinson, assistant professor of English, and novelist Emily Fridlund, visiting scholar in the Department of English, have each received Literature Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The awards will be presented in New York City at the Academy’s annual Ceremonial in May.

Americans feel a moral obligation to help humanitarian victims (like those in Syria) with military force

In this Washington Post editorial, Sarah Kreps, associate professor of government, and colleague Sarah Maxey, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House, discuss research that indicates that President Donald Trump's humanitarian rhetoric about the recent attacks in Syria can persuade the public to support military action –

Cornell in Berlin: Full immersion

Patrizia McBride, professor and chair in the Department of German Studies, is featured in this Global Cornell story about the Cornell in Berlin program and its close connection to Freie Universitaet (or Free University).“The Freie is a model of higher education that emphasizes the importance of international relations,” McBride says in the story.

Memorial event to honor Ted Lowi April 21

A memorial commemoration for the late Theodore J. Lowi, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions Emeritus, will be held Saturday, April 21, in the chapel at Anabel Taylor Hall. “Theodore J. Lowi: Celebrating A Half Century at Cornell,” from 4:30 to 6 p.m., will be followed by a reception in the Founders Room in Anabel Taylor Hall. Lowi died in 2017 at the age of 85.

New book explores Latin music experimentalism

Professor Alejandro Madrid's book includes essays about experimental practices in Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Cuba, Costa Rica and Colombia and among Latinos in the United States