Imagine you could talk with a Class of 2065 student. What would you tell them about campus life today?

The College of Arts and Sciences hopes to capture life at Cornell today – especially the role of the humanities in our lives – as it assembles a time capsule to be buried May 26 during the formal dedication of the university’s new humanities building, Klarman Hall.

The dedication is the culmination of the college’s New Century for the Humanities campaign, a series of marquee events, speaker presentations and panel discussions. The events highlight emerging areas of research and scholarship in the arts and humanities, and showcase the college’s diverse faculty. They will also explore intersections of the arts and humanities with the sciences and social sciences at Cornell.

The Klarman Hall time capsule will include a number of items, selected with the help of a faculty committee, that tell the tale of life as we know it in 2016. These include posters and programs from campus events, musical compilations created by undergraduates that represent 2016, a list of majors and departments offered by the college this year, photos of Klarman Hall construction, technology (including cell phones and iPads), and short stories from creative writing students with endings that will be revealed when the capsule is opened.

Perhaps most importantly, the voices of today’s students, faculty, staff and alumni will be preserved answering the following question:

If you could talk to a Cornell student 50 years from now, what music, movies, shows, books and art do you love that you’d want to make sure they know about, and why are they so important to you? (In 200 words or less.)

The college will collect and compile responses to this question. To add your voice to the time capsule, fill out this form; visit Olin Library April 4-15 to add your suggestions to the display there; tweet your response to @CornellCAS using #CornellHumanities; or email the communications team.

Kathy Hovis is a writer for the College of Arts and Sciences.