Singer-songwriter Sam Shaber starts new Willard Straight series, April 24

To kick off the Lauren Pickard '90 Emerging Artist Series at Cornell, the campus's Willard Straight Hall will be showcasing a rising star, Sam Shaber, who has been called "the soul of New York folk."

May 4 art show, auction, banquet and distinguished lecturer will help kick off Mental Health Month

The toll of mental illness is staggering, afflicting some 20 million Americans. The costs of schizophrenia alone are $33 billion a year, according to the National Association in Research in Schizophrenia and Depression.

Albert Williams, drama critic for the Chicago Reader, wins $10,000 George Jean Nathan Award administered by Cornell University

Albert Williams, chief theater critic at the Chicago Reader, is the winner of the 1999-2000 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.

Cornell author's book on Salzburg Festival garners top Austrian prize

A book linking the world-renowned Salzburg Music Festival with Austria's current political flirtation with the right wing has won a top prize in Austria. Cornell professor of history Michael Steinberg's book Austria as Theater and Ideology.

Robert Wright, NBC leader, is this year's Hatfield speaker Nov. 9

NBC's Robert C. Wright will deliver this year's Hatfield address at Cornell University on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 4:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium of Rockefeller Hall.

'VOTE!' exhibition of political Americana opens in Cornell's Kroch Library in time for 2000 election

Exhibition of political Americana opens in Cornell's Kroch Library 'VOTE!' in time for 2000 election. The exhibition of campaign memorabilia from the Susan Havey Douglas Collection of Political Americana.

Former New York Times columnist Tom Wicker will lecture Oct. 25

"Privacy in the Age of Media" is the topic of a lecture at Cornell University by Tom Wicker, retired political columnist for The New York Times and one of America's most respected journalists, Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m.

Public is invited to opening of 'new' Lincoln Hall, Oct. 26-28

Cornell's Department of Music will celebrate the opening of its refurbished and expanded Lincoln Hall, Oct. 26-28.

Author Michael Kammen is honored by Library of Virginia

Michael Kammen, the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell, has been honored by the Library of Virginia with an award for his 1999 nonfiction book, Robert Gwathmey: The Life and Art of a Passionate Observer, published by the University of North Carolina Press.