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Discovering and exposing a treasure trove of film history

When Samantha Sheppard, assistant professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts, contemplated the movies she would include in a fall film and speaker series on Black cinema, she had a tough time choosing only five.

Chief of Staff to NYC deputy mayor says liberal arts made him a 'critical thinker'

During his time at Cornell, Udai Tambar '97 conducted research on nutritional science, played intramural sports and majored in both chemistry and Asian studies.  Today, he plays an instrumental role in shaping New York City’s public policies as chief of staff to the deputy mayor for health and human services.

Cornell expert: study on disadvantaged boys challenges U.S. to pay attention to suffering children

Travis Gosa is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Cornell University, and is affiliated with the Cornell Center for the Study of Inequality.

Emeritus professor, director of bands Marice Stith dies

Professor Emeritus of Music Marice Wilbur Stith, who as director of bands conducted the Cornell University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band over his 23-year Cornell career, died Oct. 7 at Cayuga Medical Center after a long illness. He was 89.

An A&S alumnus on working in the capital

Arvind Manocha '94, leads the Wolf Trap Foundation, a D.C. hub of music, theater and education, and lives in Virginia.

Prof. Emeritus Richard Polenberg publishes book on American folk music

 In January of 2016, Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History Emeritus Richard Polenberg will be releasing his book Hear My Sad Story: The True Tales That Inspired "Stagolee," "John Henry," and Other Traditional American Folk Songs.

Society for the Humanities celebrates 50 years

International conference marks anniversary and exploration of 'Time' as the Society's annual theme. 

Man completes his sociology Ph.D. at age 90

A 90-year-old sociologist who was born in Bolivia is honored on campus for completing his dissertation.

Undergrads from across country visit for summer research

Among them was Naomi Gendler, a senior at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. In a few minutes, Gendler summarized her project, “Analysis of Methods to Excite Head-Tail Motion of Bunches within the Cornell Electron Storage Ring.” Her research could help improve the stability of electron beams in particle accelerators.

Professor Jesse Goldberg wins NIH 'new innovator' award

Three young Cornell researchers have won National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Awards. Part of the NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, the awards provide up to $1.5 million over five years for innovative, high-impact projects.

Cornell Synchrotron Begins Two-Month X-Ray Run

From last Wednesday to Dec. 8, the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), also known affectionately as the “world’s coolest microscope” by CHESS Director Prof. Joel Brock, applied and engineering physics, will be holding a scheduled x-ray run for users around the nation.

Fall Break At (or Away from) Cornell

By Anna Ravenelle '17

Lecture to launch Cornell access to genocide archive

The USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archives is an unparalleled resource of some 53,000 individual testimonies of survivors of the Nazi Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, the Nanjing massacre and the Armenian genocide. Cornell will mark the launch of its access to the archive Tuesday, Nov. 3, with a talk by noted New Yorker columnist and Rwandan genocide expert Philip Gourevitch ’86.

Professor: Amazon’s review lawsuit fails to address real issue

Alum’s adventures lead to Met costume collection

Nancy Aronson Chilton ’82 told students to be willing to take risks, during a recent campus visit.