Things to Do, Jan. 20-27

Events this week include new films and modern classics at Cornell Cinema, a Glee Club concert, a talk by two digital artists at the Johnson Museum, and celebrated jazz artists in Barnes Hall. (Jan. 19, 2012)

Mettler named Century Foundation fellow

Suzanne Mettler, Cornell's Clinton Rossiter Professor of American Institutions, has been appointed a fellow by The Century Foundation, a progressive nonpartisan think tank. (Jan. 18, 2012)

Scientists predict an out-of-this-world kind of ice

Researchers have combined high-powered computing and 'chemical intuition' to discover new phases of ice at extremely high pressures nonexistent on Earth, but probably abundant elsewhere in the solar system. (Jan. 16, 2012)

Paz-Soldán creates place for Latin American voices

Bolivian writer Jose Edmundo Paz-Soldan, a professor of Hispanic literature in the Department of Romance Studies, is helping young and emerging Latino and Latin American writers at Cornell. (Jan. 16, 2012)

Guilt, gender play major roles in human-animal relations

Anthropology professor Nerissa Russell has published the first systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, and finds that guilt and gender play a major role in human-animal relations. (Jan. 16, 2012)

Sound effects: Book examines impact of sound on culture

'The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies' looks at the impact and changing impact of sounds in a variety of public and private spaces throughout history. (Jan. 12, 2012)

Metaphysics is not just semantics, says philosopher

A new book by Theodore Sider, Frederick J. Whiton Chair in philosophy, asserts that there is one best way to describe the world, using an objectively special language that matches reality's concepts. (Jan. 12, 2012)

Benedict Anderson wins prize for academic excellence

Benedict Anderson, the Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Government and Asian Studies, has received the 2011 Albert O. Hirschman Prize from the Social Science Research Council. (Jan. 12, 2012)

KAUST names 'intellectual architect' Frank Rhodes its first trustee emeritus

Cornell President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes has been named the first trustee emeritus of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. He was instrumental in the founding of that university. (Jan. 9, 2012)