Bruce Levitt directs play in New York this week
'The Puppetmaster of Lodz,' directed by Bruce Levitt, a professor in Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, is being performed through Dec. 23 at Manhattan's ArcLight Theater. (Dec. 18, 2007)

Cornell seeks to preserve Karen culture and language
The Southeast Asia Program is working to assist about 50 ethnic minority refugees from Burma (also called Myanmar) now living in Ithaca and other Burmese who are resettling in upstate New York cities. (Dec. 13, 2007)

CU Wind Ensemble returns for tour, outreach in Costa Rica
CU Winds will have a reprise in January of its 2006 Costa Rica concert tour and outreach mission, and plans to deliver 70 refurbished instruments to two schools. (Dec. 7, 2007)

Viramontes, Webster receive awards for creative work
Cornell professors Helena Maria Viramontes and James Webster have been recognized for artistic achievements. (Dec. 7, 2007)

Artist James Turrell creates with light and space
Artist James Turrell discussed his work to a full house at Alice Statler Auditorium Nov. 12, from his lifelong fascination with light to a 30-year project to transform an extinct volcano into an observatory. (Dec. 7, 2007)

Roberto Einaudi carries on family legacy from Cornell to Rome
A profile of Roberto Einaudi, B.Arch. '61, a founder and the first director of the Cornell in Rome Program, son of International Studies Program founder Mario Einaudi, and member of a prominent Italian political family. (Dec. 6, 2007)

Professor David Bathrick, aka 'Diablo,' retires to Germany
Exit, stage left. David Bathrick, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Theatre, Film and Dance and professor of German studies, has had a remarkable academic career. He's also a raconteur of the first rank. (Nov. 29, 2007)

Three distinguished writers to teach at Cornell in 2008
Denis Johnson, Mark Doty and Paul Lisicky will lecture in an undergraduate writing course and teach in the English 581/Writers at Work guest seminars for graduate student writers in spring 2008. (Nov. 29, 2007)

Buzz Spector in 'The Rise and Fall of Books' film
A Cornell audience had an advance glimpse of 'The Rise and Fall of Books,' a documentary about professor of art Buzz Spector, Nov. 15 in Willard Straight Theatre. (Nov. 28, 2007)

Surveillance technology blends with art at the Johnson
Experiments with video surveillance double as art while researchers test human reactions to being watched. (Nov. 14, 2007)

Novelist William Kennedy reads from his work
William Kennedy returned to Cornell Nov. 1 to give the fifth James McConkey Reading in American Fiction to a large and appreciative audience, in sharp contrast to his first visit to campus. (Nov. 5, 2007)

Gamelan Cudamani performs for area school groups
The music and dance ensemble Gamelan Cudamani gave audiences -- including more than 400 local school students -- a taste of cultural and spiritual life in a Balinese village in performances. (Nov. 1, 2007)

Record humanities gifts put campus campaign over $1 billion
Cornell has received 14 major new gifts totaling $71.5 million that include the largest donations in the university's history to the arts and humanities. (Oct. 19, 2007)

Drukiers' $5 million gift endows AAP deanship
A commitment to establish a $5 million endowment for the deanship of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning has been made by Cornell trustee Ira Drukier '66, M.Eng. '67, and his wife, Gale. (Oct. 19, 2007)

How three gifts have 'transformed' the Johnson Museum
Three gifts will help to 'transform the ability of the museum to fulfill our mission of education and research,' says Frank Robinson, director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. (Oct. 19, 2007)

Alumna's final wish is granted: 'Give my love to Cornell'
Class of '37 alumna Beatrice Moore Stump bequeaths $6.5 million to the College of Arts and Sciences for undergraduate scholarship aid and unrestricted endowment. (Oct. 19, 2007)

W. Stanley Taft to serve as AAP interim dean
W. Stanley Taft, associate professor of art and associate dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, will serve as interim dean of the college starting in January 2008. (Oct. 18, 2007)

Martin Bernal revisits 'Black Athena' controversy in lecture
Martin Bernal, author of 'Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classic Civilization,' continues to take his lead from late 18th-century Western scholars who looked to Egypt -- not Greece -- as the root of ancient culture. (Oct. 18, 2007)

Future of Minority Studies program wins renewed support
The Future of Minority Studies Summer Institute has received a three-year, $630,000 renewal grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. (Oct. 18, 2007)

CU students use ultrasonic sound waves to 'sew' clothes
A recent Cornell class was the first to apply an ultrasonic technology used to make body bags for high couture. The hitch? No stitch -- no thread or glue were allowed to be used. (Oct. 16, 2007)

Shakespeare, please, with double mozzarella
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Professor Molly Hite writes about why Shakespeare classes are flourishing at Cornell and at peer institutions. (Oct. 11, 2007)

Jesus viewed as 'radical political critic' by scholar Marcus Borg
Author and scholar Marcus Borg talks about his view of Jesus in an interview with the Chronicle. Borg will deliver the Sage Chapel Homecoming service, Oct. 14, on 'The Surprising and Subversive Jesus.' (Oct. 10, 2007)

Author David Leavitt to speak on fiction and math, Oct. 19
It's not every day that mathematicians and fiction writers invite each other to their respective department colloquia. But math, says author David Leavitt, is at its heart an art form. (Oct. 10, 2007)

Architect O.M. Ungers dies at age 81
Oswald Mathias (O.M.) Ungers, an inspirational educator and influential architect who brought international recognition to Cornell's Department of Architecture as its chair from 1969-75, died Sept. 30 in Germany. (Oct. 10, 2007)

CU has a banned-book dispute right on its shelves
Cambridge University Press has asked libraries around the world to pull 'Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World' from their shelves. Cornell Library refused the request. (Oct. 5, 2007)

Meeting of Two Minds: Carl Sagan and the Dalai Lama
Science can communicate with, learn from and even benefit from religion and vice versa, said Ann Druyan, widow of Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan. She spoke about dialogues in the early 1990s between Sagan and the Dalai Lama. (Oct. 3, 2007)

Library exhibit examines Buddhism's influence on Asian culture
In honor of the Dalai Lama's October visit, Cornell Library is exploring the different schools of Buddhism across Asia with an exhibition and lecture series, 'Bridging Worlds: Buddhist Words and Works.' (Sept. 28, 2007)

'Lafayette: Citizen of Two Worlds' exhibition opens at Kroch
Cornell Library holds more than 11,000 original Lafayette manuscripts, documents and letters, and associated books, images and artifacts -- the largest Lafayette collection outside France. (Sept. 28, 2007)

A fantastical palace comes to life in 3D mandala
Computer science professor Kavita Bala worked with the monks of Ithaca's Namgyal Monastery and student Liz Popolo to create 3D images of the Kalachakra mandala. (Sept. 27, 2007)

Undergraduate Artist Award winner to exhibit in Tjaden
Jacqueline Stluka is the 2007 recipient of the Cornell Undergraduate Artist Award, which will be presented at the opening reception for her exhibition, Oct. 1 in Tjaden Experimental Art Gallery. (Sept. 27, 2007)

Solution must be found to integrate Muslim population in W. Europe
Western Europe's Muslim population is expected to reach 50 million by 2035. If formal policies are not enacted, it's 'a recipe for civil war,' Bassam Tibi, A.D. White Professor-at-Large, said in an interview. (Sept. 26, 2007)

Student's animated video makes fractals fun and ends up on YouTube
Cornell senior Pisut Wisessing expresses the beauty and wonder of mathematical equations in a project he produced at Cornell for a film animation course. (Sept. 24, 2007)

Jesus scholar Marcus Borg to deliver Sage Chapel Homecoming talk
Marcus Borg, an internationally known Jesus scholar, will speak at Sage Chapel's Homecoming service, Oct. 14, at 11:15 a.m. (Sept. 21, 2007)

Why Lafayette? Savior to Americans, betrayer to the French
History professor Steven Kaplan discusses the importance of the Marquis de Lafayette to America and the Cornell University Library collection of Lafayette's papers, the largest collection outside France. (Sept. 20, 2007)

Cornellian Peggy Mamet and crew visit Lafayette's ship
Peggy Mamet '59 is active in the Hermione-Lafayette Association, which is fundraising to build a life-size replica of the Marquis de Lafayette's 18th-century fighting frigate. (Sept. 20, 2007)

Society for the Humanities fellows contemplate improvisation
Twenty-three Society for the Humanities fellows will focus their scholarly and artistic talents on the theme of improvisation this academic year. Jerrold Levinson will visit Sept. 26-28, and Rustom Bharucha, Oct. 5-19. (Sept. 18, 2007)

Sandra Cisneros tries to make peace with the creative process
Novelist and poet Sandra Cisneros spoke Sept. 13 at Cornell as part of the Creative Writing Reading Series. (Sept. 17, 2007)

Activist, scholar Angela Davis to visit and lecture on prisons
The Africana Studies and Research Center will bring Angela Y. Davis to campus Sept. 17-18. She will give a public lecture, 'The Prison: A Sign of U.S. Democracy?' Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. in Sage Chapel. (Sept. 12, 2007)

Student works of wearable art on display until Sept. 28
An exhibit of wearable art by 12 apparel design students, supported by Barbara L. Kuhlman Foundation grants, is on display in Gallery 1 of Martha Van Rensselaer Hall on campus, through Sept. 28. (Sept. 12, 2007)

'The Pickup' map exhibition takes viewers on a mind's-eye journey
Olin Library is featuring an exhibit of maps related to locations described in Nadine Gordimer's novel 'The Pickup,' Cornell's 2007 New Student Reading Project book. (Sept. 12, 2007)

Summer interns apply smart growth ideas to Coral Gables, Fla.
Smart growth and small business development in South Florida were the focus for five Cornell students this summer serving as interns in the Cornell in Miami Program. (Sept. 10, 2007)

Michelle Knudsen '95 writes best-selling children's book
Would Cornell allow a lion in any of its libraries? Perhaps, if it were like the kind-hearted lion brought to life by Michelle Knudsen '95 in her children's picture book, 'Library Lion.' (Sept. 7, 2007)

'Recent Acquisitions' at the Johnson
Now through Sept. 30, the Johnson Museum is showcasing contemporary, African and Asian artworks acquired in the past five years, many of which have never before been on public display. (Sept. 7, 2007)

Bolivian vice president keeps the faith with Karl Marx
Marxism still offers viable ideas to advance such poor countries as Bolivia, said that country's vice president, Alvaro Garcia Linera, in a Labor Day talk, 'Marxism and Indigenism,' at Cornell's Goldwin Smith Hall. (Sept. 4, 2007)

New book explores social costs of digital rights management
In his book, 'Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture,' Cornell's Tarleton Gillespie explores the political, economic and cultural implications of using 'technical copy protection' to do the work that copyright laws did before the digital age. (Sept. 4, 2007)

Divided opinion: New Cornellians pick apart 'The Pickup'
The Cornell community gathered Aug. 18 to discuss 'The Pickup' as part of the New Student Reading Project. (Aug. 20, 2007)

Indian film star, activist Shabana Azmi to visit campus
The South Asia Program at Cornell will present films and a discussion with Indian film star and activist Shabana Azmi, Aug. 28 in Cornell's Alice Statler Auditorium. (Aug. 20, 2007)

PRI's John Gurche re-creates the prehistoric world
A self-described paleo-artist, John Gurche creates vivid sketches and paintings depicting prehistoric life. For the past several years, he has worked at PRI's Museum of the Earth as an artist-in-residence. (Aug. 16, 2007)

Campuswide discussion of 'The Pickup' is Aug. 19
The Class of 2011 -- along with the Cornell community and readers around the world -- are taking part in Cornell's seventh New Student Reading Project, exploring Nadine Gordimer's 2001 novel 'The Pickup.' (Aug. 15, 2007)

AAP Dean Mostafavi to lead Harvard design school
Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning since 2004, will be leaving Cornell to become dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Design in January of 2008. (Aug. 10, 2007)

Creative Writing Program named among top 10 in nation
In its summer 2007 fiction issue, The Atlantic magazine included Cornell in its list of the leading U.S. graduate writing programs, citing the quality of the program's alumni and faculty, its selectivity and its resources. (Aug. 6, 2007)

M.H. Abrams named honorary co-captain of Big Red football team
In celebration of M.H. 'Mike' Abrams' 95th birthday, the football team thanked its biggest fan by making him honorary co-captain this year for the Oct. 6 home game against Harvard -- Abrams' alma mater. (July 20, 2007)

N.C. Wyeth's coloring technique revealed by Cornell's synchrotron
When a simple X-ray revealed an illustration beneath the oil paint of N.C. Wyeth's 'Family Portrait,' a team of Cornell scientists and art conservators had found their next work of art to analyze. (July 19, 2007)

Movie based on book by Rachel Maines debuts July 28
Cornell historian Rachel Maines' scholarly book, 'The Technology of Orgasm: Hysteria, the Vibrator and Women's Sexual Satisfaction,' has been made into a documentary that will premiere at Lincoln Center, July 28. (July 19, 2007)

Einaudi Center holds international art workshop for K-12 teachers
The interdisciplinary approach of the June workshop, 'Teaching World Culture Through Art,' was intended to encourage local art teachers to more fully integrate international studies into their curricula. (July 12, 2007)

Cornell art faculty exhibit work in China
Art department faculty members found a new audience for their work in June with exhibits in China, thanks to an evolving partnership between the department and Tsinghua University in Beijing. (July 11, 2007)

Icon of 20th century sculpture regains its place
'The Song of the Vowels,' cubist Jacques Lipchitz's 10-foot-tall abstract sculpture, has returned to the Cornell campus after almost two years of conservation treatment. (June 12, 2007)

Cornell student scrapbooks reveal contemporary student life
Scrapbooks produced by graduates of Carol Kammen's Knight Writing Seminar on the history of Cornell will be on display in Kroch Library during Reunion Weekend. (June 1, 2007)

Reading Series to bring Salman Rushdie, William Kennedy to campus
The Cornell English Department's Creative Writing Program will bring a roster of established and emerging fiction writers and poets to campus as part of its fall 2007 Reading Series. (June 1, 2007)

Comic art donated to Cornell University Library
Recent gifts of comic art from two alumni have not only brought some laughter into the rare book vault at Cornell University Library but also some primary sources for scholars studying art and culture. (May 31, 2007)

Daniel Kops '39 extols freedom of the press in new memoir
Daniel Kops, former editor-in-chief of The Cornell Daily Sun, has published the memoir, 'Pigs or People,' in which he describes his belief that principled journalists can bring about positive social change. (May 30, 2007)

Preservation students, alumni help restore historic prison site
A group of 10 alumni and 25 historic preservation and planning students went to prison in April -- for a work weekend at the Eastern State Penitentiary complex in Philadelphia. (May 30, 2007)

Milstein family honored as 'positive forces for change' at Cornell
Paul Milstein Hall, said President David Skorton, will be a 'spectacular addition to the campus, heralding a new era for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.' (May 25, 2007)

Cornell's alma mater goes hip-hop
In 2005, two students created a hip-hop version of the Cornell alma mater. The song, called 'Da Alma Mada,' began as a class project and has since gained popularity among students and faculty. (May 22, 2007)

Meet the humanists: Daniel R. Schwarz
Schwarz is the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell. (May 22, 2007)

Feldman to lead Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies program
Shelley Feldman, professor of development sociology, will bring an international perspective to Cornell's Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies program when she becomes its director July 1. (May 22, 2007)

Music professor wins award for new book on jazz
Associate professor of music Steven Pond's book, 'Head Hunters: The Making of Jazz's First Platinum Album,' received a Guthrie Book Award from the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. (May 21, 2007)

Two Cornellians elected to American Philosophical Society
Paul A. Marks, professor at the Weill Cornell Medical College, and alumnus Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak were elected to the APS, the oldest learned society in the United States. (May 21, 2007)

Student films showcase talent
Student filmmakers' projects, varying from comedy to documentary, took shape over the past semester and were screened on campus recently. (May 16, 2007)

Robert Lieberman explores old neighborhood in new film
Cornell physics faculty member Robert H. Lieberman goes home in his new film, 'Last Stop Kew Gardens,' a documentary about the Queens neighborhood where he grew up. (May 8, 2007)

CU in Rome: 20 years of cultural immersion and shared experience
Cornell in Rome alumni, faculty and current students alike say the program provides an exceptional experience and opportunity to learn and grow, personally and as artists, urban planners and architects. (May 3, 2007)

Revisiting history and contemplating the modern, Roman style
Cornell in Rome alumni revisited familiar historic sites and saw contemporary additions to the city as part of the program's 20th anniversary activities. (May 3, 2007)

New Johnson Museum addition to expand exhibition, storage space
On April 30 the museum announced that it will break ground on a 16,000-square-foot addition in spring 2008. A public celebration of the new and original buildings will be held May 6. (May 1, 2007)

Poem in Your Pocket: Students share work with NYC high schoolers
Six Cornell M.F.A. students presented their work at Poem In Your Pocket Day in Manhattan's Bryant Park April 27. Also reading were teachers, students and professors from NYC high schools and universities. (May 1, 2007)

Rare abolitionist newspapers available to scholars worldwide
The Friend of Man, a newspaper published for the New York State Anti-Slavery Society between 1836 and 1842, is now available online to scholars worldwide, thanks to Cornell University Library. (April 26, 2007)

Scholarly journal finds an online home at Cornell
Medieval Philosophy and Theology, an important scholarly journal that was once in danger of being discontinued is now thriving as an online publication. (April 26, 2007)

Model minority myth distorts reality, panelists say
Model minority is a 'myth of the American dream,' says a panelist at the April 20 'Deconstructing the Model Minority' discussion, sponsored by the Asian Political Action Committee, a Cornell student group. (April 25, 2007)

John Agresto speaks on democracy and higher education in Iraq
On April 17 Agresto lectured about his experiences as senior adviser to Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in 2003-04 and the influence they had on his ideas about democracy. (April 24, 2007)

Robert Morgan wins American Academy of Arts and Letters prize
Poet, novelist and short-story writer Robert Morgan, the Kappa Alpha Professor of English at Cornell, will receive an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters May 16. (April 19, 2007)

'Walk in Beauty' showcases American Indian art at the Johnson
'Walk in Beauty: Discovering American Indian Art' features more than 40 paintings, works on paper and sculptures, juxtaposing traditional motifs and contemporary concerns. (April 19, 2007)

Cornell Cinema celebrates 50 years of Janus Films classics
Cornell Cinema is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Janus Films -- the renowned distributor of foreign and classic films -- with screenings of several Janus titles and a raffle of the 50-DVD boxed set. (April 18, 2007)

Poem in Your Pocket: Students present poems in NYC's Bryant Park
Cornell is co-sponsoring the fifth annual 'Poem in Your Pocket,' a day celebrating National Poetry Month, April 27 in Bryant Park. (April 17, 2007)

Stanford classicist lectures on ancient biochemical warfare
Speaking in Goldwin Smith Hall, April 12, Stanford's Adrienne Mayor presented a lecture on chemical and biological warfare in cultures dating to the Sumerians and Hittites, circa 1700 B.C. (April 17, 2007)

Poetry energized, democratized at Johnson Museum
The lobby of the Johnson Museum thrummed in anticipation April 12 as a dozen poets and an audience of 50 gathered for a poetry slam, a quasi-competitive event whose real purpose is to share the enjoyment of performing poetry. (April 16, 2007)

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. dies at 84
Novelist, counterculture icon and Cornellian Kurt Vonnegut Jr., who died April 11 in Manhattan at age 84, recalls getting his liberal arts education from the Cornell Daily Sun. (April 12, 2007)

Helena Viramontes re-creates 1960s Los Angeles in new novel
From the first page of Helena Maria Viramontes' book 'Their Dogs Came With Them,' the reader is bombarded with a kaleidoscope of sensory images that create a world like a tile mosaic, one small, vibrant piece at a time. (April 11, 2007)

Humanities conference to address 'Postmodern Problematics'
Faculty and visiting scholars will consider the postmodern in the arts and literature and in related scholarship in the disciplines at the Society for the Humanities' conference, April 13-14. (April 11, 2007)

Conference will look at the forces reshaping English language
'Going Global, Going Vernacular' will bring together scholars from India, Africa and the United States, April 27-28, to look at how the English language is being reclaimed and transformed. (April 9, 2007)

Alum discusses his book on a Frank family that survived Holocaust
Gordon F. Sander '73 gave a talk on campus about his acclaimed memoir, 'The Frank Family That Survived,' about his mother's family who survived the Holocaust by going into hiding. (March 30, 2007)

Cornell Bhangra -- High-energy fun
Cornell Bhangra, performing an original and colorful form of tradition-based music and dance of northern India and Pakistan, is gearing up for its big show, April 7 in Barton Hall. (March 29, 2007)

Report from Rome: Program celebrates 20 years of study
They may once have had to say, 'Arrivederci, Roma,' but fond memories of study in the Eternal City brought Cornellians back to celebrate 20 years of the Cornell in Rome Program, March 24-26. (March 28, 2007)

Humanities Book Project reinstalled on campus
The Humanities Book Art Project will be installed on campus at the Hirshland Gallery, Kroch Library, on April 4 and will be on display until April 25. (March 27, 2007)

Art journal granted $100,000 from Warhol Foundation
Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, a magazine edited and published at Cornell, has received a $100,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. (March 26, 2007)

Dragon Day '07 takes shape behind Rand Hall
First-year architecture students worked all day Thursday, March 15, and all night into Friday morning to complete the 2007 dragon for its coming-out parade and destruction by fire. (March 16, 2007)

The 'pot shop' is affordable resource for campus and Ithaca
In a room in the basement of Willard Straight Hall sits one of Cornell's best-kept secrets: a fully functional pottery studio, complete with three kilns, 32 wheels and regular visits from world-renowned potters. (March 15, 2007)

Charlene Kluegel wins 2007 concerto competition
Violinist Charlene Kluegel '10 was the winner of the third annual Cornell Concerto Competition, held Jan. 27 in Barnes Hall. (March 6, 2007)

Classics, anthropology experts to give University Lectures
Anthropologist Marshall Sahlins and historian Francois Hartog will deliver free public lectures at Cornell this month as part of the University Lectures series. (March 6, 2007)

Panel explores O.M. Ungers' role at Cornell in the 1970s-80s
The influential German architect's tenure as dean not only helped put Cornell's architecture program on the international map but also served as a catalyst for Ungers' career, said three panelists at a Feb. 22 symposium. (Feb. 27, 2007)

Events celebrate late playwright Wendy Wasserstein
The Cornell Department of Theatre, Film and Dance celebrated Wasserstein's place in the American theater with a series of events, Feb. 23-25. (Feb. 27, 2007)

Thelma Schoonmaker '61 wins her third Academy Award
Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker '61 won an Academy Award Feb. 25 for 'The Departed.' It was her third Oscar win and sixth nomination for her work on the films of director Martin Scorsese. (Feb. 26, 2007)

Hair, stone, ink and poetry: Chinese artist Wenda Gu
Chinese artist Wenda Gu, the creator of two major installations now on display at Cornell, will participate in a lecture and symposium on his work at the Johnson Museum in early March. (Feb. 20, 2007)

Amy Villarejo delivers Society for the Humanities lecture
Associate Professor Amy Villarejo spoke on 'TV Time, or Thughts on TV' at the Society for the Humanities annual invitational lecture Feb. 15. (Feb. 20, 2007)

Symposium to honor late playwright Wendy Wasserstein
Playwright Christopher Durang will be among the participants in the symposium 'Wendy Wasserstein: An Uncommon Woman,' Feb. 23-25 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. (Feb. 20, 2007)

J. Robert Lennon mentors student writers in the art of fiction
Novelist, blogger and electronica musician, J. Robert Lennon is an assistant professor in the Creative Writing Program who 'understands the student mentality.' (Feb. 20, 2007)

Cornell professors advise minority faculty at Spelman workshop
Two Cornell professors participated in a workshop on professional issues important to faculty at historically black colleges and universities at Spelman College. (Feb. 14, 2007)

Franklin Robinson reappointed museum director
Franklin Robinson has been reappointed to his fourth five-year term as director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, effective July 1. (Feb. 13, 2007)

Kroch Library unveils Human Rights Campaign collection online
The records of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay-rights organization, were unveiled at a Feb. 8 reception at Kroch Library. (Feb. 13, 2007)

Feminist Visualities speakers discuss the future of feminist art
The Feminist Visualities conference concluded Feb. 3 with a discussion on the future of art practice and education as it relates to issues of gender and identity. (Feb. 13, 2007)

'The Pickup' is reading project selection for 2007
Cornell's incoming undergraduate class in fall 2007 will explore themes of identity, personal responsibility, human freedom and cultural and class differences in Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer's 2001 novel 'The Pickup.' (Feb. 6, 2007)

Why Braille on drive-up ATMs? Robert Frank says it's all economics
Professor Robert Frank's latest book, "The Economic Naturalist," is a collection of intriguing questions inspired by his students and illustrated by numerous original drawings by New Yorker cartoonist Mick Stevens. (Feb. 6, 2007)

Cornell alum runs Shakespeare program in Harlem
Giovanni Pucci '93 founded 'Theatre in the Zone,' a Shakespeare performance group for underprivileged Harlem youth, which performed for Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall on Jan. 28. (Feb. 1, 2007)

Meander through 'Maps to Get Lost By' exhibit in Olin Library
Visiting artist Diana Cooper challenged her Drawing III class last semester to turn the expectation of guidance on its head and produce 'Maps to Get Lost By.' (Feb. 1, 2007)

The library is more than books -- there are hidden treasures
Cornell Library has a wealth of books, online resources and scholarly materials, but also offers hidden treasures ranging from Sinatra records to poisonous plants. (Feb. 1, 2007)

Ten notable writers invited for Spring Reading Series
A diverse roster of 10 notable poets and fiction writers will come to campus for the Creative Writing Program's Spring 2007 Reading Series, beginning Feb. 8. (Feb. 1, 2007)

CU Library's great treasure of science: the Lavoisier Collection
The hands of Cornell librarian David Corson literally shook as he sorted through the recent acquisition of materials of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, credited as the father of modern chemistry. (Jan. 30, 2007)

25 years of gay-rights struggles traced in online exhibit
The Human Rights Campaign chose Cornell over the Library of Congress and other contenders to house its official records, now the subject of an online exhibition. (Jan. 30, 2007)

Philip Lewis appointed Mellon Foundation executive
Professor of Romance Studies Philip E. Lewis has been appointed vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Liberal Arts Colleges Program, effective Feb. 1. (Jan. 29, 2007)

Mortar Board Honor Society presents Benjamin Bagby's Beowulf
Benjamin Bagby, a performer and specialist in early music, will be presenting a live reading Feb. 8 of the epic poem Beowulf in the original Old English. (Jan. 29, 2007)

EU Commission funds local effort to get to know Europe
Cornell's Institute for European Studies has received a grant that will provide outreach opportunities and will pair Ithaca with Elios Proni, Greece, located on the island of Cephalonia. (Jan. 26, 2007)

Classicist Gordon M. Kirkwood dies at age 90
Gordon MacDonald Kirkwood, the Whiton Professor of Classics emeritus and a renowned scholar of the ancient world, died at his Ithaca home Jan. 16. (Jan. 26, 2007)

Abrams and Gilbert to inaugurate visiting professorship
Sandra M. Gilbert '57, the first M.H. Abrams Distinguished Visiting Professor at Cornell, will speak along with Abrams on literary topics Jan. 29 at 4:30 p.m. in Goldwin Smith Hall. (Jan. 22, 2007)

A 'lost boy' of Sudan speaks to Weill Cornell audience
A chance meeting between a future Weill Cornell Medical College student and a security guard has led to the creation of a Cornell group that hopes to provide support to a medical clinic in Sudan, and also brought a 'lost boy' of Sudan to speak Jan. 3. (Jan. 22, 2007)

A 'C' of books: Cornellians throng to NYC exhibition
More than 200 people came to the opening reception for Buzz Spector's book art project, Jan. 11 at the College of Architecture, Art and Planning's loft space in Manhattan. (Jan. 17, 2007)

Cornell Symphony Orchestra presents concert in Berlin
The Cornell Symphony Orchestra presented a concert Jan. 14 in the historic church Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Grunewald in Berlin. (Jan. 15, 2007)

'Beat Box Bard' will give Shakespeare a contemporary beat
Blending urban music beatboxing and the words of William Shakespeare, the world premiere of 'The Beat Box Bard' will run Jan. 31-Feb. 11 at Cornell's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. (Jan. 15, 2007)

'Big Red C': A sculpture of Cornell books
More than 800 works of literature and arts and humanities scholarship at Cornell add up to a single letter in a new installation by book artist and Department of Art chair Buzz Spector. (Jan. 11, 2007)

Alumnus honored by Popular Science for innovative stadium design
Architect Peter Eisenman '54 has earned Popular Science 'innovator' status for his radical design of the new University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. (Jan. 8, 2007)