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Visiting professor Kakabadze wins top literary honor
| Tue Nov 24, 2009Cornell writer-in-residence and visiting professor in the Department of Government Irakli Kakabadze was awarded the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award 2009 in The Hague, Nov. 18.
Visiting professor mixes technology and dance
| Mon Nov 23, 2009William Forsythe, the newest A.D. White Professor-at-Large, is best known for using technology to explore the architecture of his dynamic, 21-century form of ballet.
TV host Katie Brown ‘85 credits Cornell for her success
| Mon Nov 23, 2009During a visit to campus Nov. 19, Katie Brown ‘85 drew on her experiences becoming an entrepreneur to inspire students to consider nontraditional career paths.
Concerts, Webster lecture celebrate Haydn anniversary
| Thu Nov 19, 2009Cornell’s Department of Music is holding a four-concert Haydn Festival marking the 200th anniversary of the composer’s death, with a diversity of works and a Nov. 21 lecture by James Webster.
Trip to NYC offers window into Russian culture
| Thu Nov 19, 2009On the seventh annual trip to Brighton Beach, 33 Cornellians spent the day immersing themselves in Russian culture, including a performance by the acclaimed Russian National Folk Dance Ensemble.
Panelists: The history of Haiti is relevant to the world
| Wed Nov 18, 2009At a French studies workshop, ‘History and the Experience of Haiti,’ Nov. 14, speakers addressed how Haiti’s history relates to universal history - the relationships of histories throughout the world.
Nabokov’s final novel released, scholar to lecture
| Wed Nov 11, 2009Cornell will celebrate the publication of Vladimir Nabokov’s final work, ‘The Original of Laura,’ with early sales of the book and a lecture by Nabokov biographer Brian Boyd.
Minority students present research at Cornell
| Tue Nov 10, 2009Five Cornell undergraduates presented original research Nov. 7 at the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program’s 2009 regional conference, for students from historically disadvantaged groups.
Student ‘Grapes of Wrath’ essay winners announced
| Mon Nov 09, 2009The 10 students selected as winners of the 2009 New Student Reading Project essay contest will each receive $200 worth of books and have their essays published on the Reading Project Web site.
Architect of new World Trade Center discusses design
| Fri Nov 06, 2009In a Nov. 4 talk, Daniel Libeskind described how his experiences growing up in post-war Poland, his immigration to America as a teenager and his identity as a Jew have shaped his architectural vision.
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