Economist and Cornell professor Kaushik Basu drew a large crowd Feb. 4 who came to hear of his experiences as chief economic adviser to the government of India from 2009 to 2012.
The Flying Nike is one of many restored pieces from the College of Arts and Sciences' 19th-century plaster Cast Collection that will grace Klarman Hall's new spaces.
“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised]” plays on campus Feb. 25 to March 5, with all 37 of Shakespeare's plays crammed into each 100-minute performance.
William D. Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will deliver the Society for the Humanities' annual Future of the Humanities Lecture Wednesday, Feb. 24 in Klarman Hall.
A Feb. 26 symposium, "Oil and the Human: Views from the East and South," will consider the relationship of oil with everyday life, politics and art across Africa, Latin America, Russia and East Asia.
During their three-week winter break tour, the Cornell Chorus and Glee Club traveled through Guatemala and Mexico, where they they filled churches, sang at orphanages and made a studio recording.
Events this week include actress Marlee Matlin, Darwin Days, a Breaking Bread discussion of race, religion and campus climate, and Oscar-nominated shorts and films featuring cats at Cornell Cinema.
In his new book, Russell Rickford, assistant professor of history, looks at the impact of black national and Pan-African schools founded in the 1960s and 70s as part of the civil rights movement.
Students and scholars can now freely search the Classical Works Knowledge Base, a new database of Latin and Greek authors that links to online versions of 5,200 works by 1,500 ancient authors.
