Ariana Kim, assistant professor of performance in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Music, will perform live excerpts from her new album Nov. 22 in Ithaca.
Cornell researchers will travel to Paris as part of the university's delegation to the global climate change summit, COP21. Delegations from over 190 countries and more than 50,000 people will attend.
From its founding Cornell has been a secular institution, but when the university offered the School for Missionaries from 1930 to 1964 – a four-week course for missionaries on furlough – it became instantly popular.
Karen Jaime '97 has returned to Cornell as a faculty member in performing and media arts and Latino studies following a varied career in New York City, including being a bouncer at queer bars.
Winners of the Cornell-based Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced. The award recognizes excellent writing in African languages and encourages translation.
Events on campus this week include a Cornell Chamber Orchestra family concert, 'On the Verge' at the Schwartz Center, International Education Week and the Local Food and Fiber Fair at Mann Library.
A $7.5 million gift from the Macaulay Family Foundation to the the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will expand the Macaulay Library's scientific archive of natural sound and video recordings.
Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections exhibition "Gods and Scholars: Studying Religion at a Secular University" runs through March 7 in Kroch Library.
Events on campus this week include a reading by Chinese-American writer Marilyn Chin, a debate with cake for the ILR School's 70th anniversary, IvyQ, and an talk on earthquake forecasting.
