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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.
French justice Canivet speaks on constitutional law
| Thu Nov 05, 2009Institutional reforms passed in France in 2008 are the most significant in that country in many years, said Justice Guy Canivet at the Cornell Law School Nov. 2.
Cornell looks back on 40 years of women’s studies
| Wed Nov 04, 2009Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies, formerly Women’s Studies, has expanded over four decades to encompass the breadth of academic discourse in such areas as gender and queer studies.
Film programming dovetails with academic mission
| Tue Nov 03, 2009Cornell Cinema’s eclectic year-round repertory and specialty programming offer film buffs access to a wide range of films, and co-sponsorships with a variety of academic programs.
SA recommends cutting Cornell Cinema funding
| Tue Nov 03, 2009The undergraduate Student Assembly has upheld a decision to cut Cornell Cinema’s funding from the Student Activity Fee by 22 percent.
Panelists celebrate 40 years of women’s studies
| Tue Nov 03, 2009The Oct. 30 kickoff featured panelists who described how Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies has helped shape their academic careers.
Collaboration strengthens scholarship across continents
| Tue Nov 03, 2009Cornell University Library and Tsinghua University Library in China cemented a formal collaboration during an Oct. 29 ceremony on Cornell’s campus.
Part and Apart: Blacks at Cornell, 1856-1945
| Fri Oct 23, 2009Historian Carol Kammen discussed the experiences of black students early in Cornell’s history Oct. 15 at the Africana Studies and Research Center.
Scholar helps classify clicks in African languages
| Wed Oct 21, 2009Linguistics scholar Amanda Miller is doing research with high-speed ultrasound technology to help her and fellow researchers successfully record and classify clicks in an endangered African language.
Expert: Lincoln stretched Constitution to save U.S.
| Wed Oct 21, 2009Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson gave a lecture Oct. 20 to launch Cornell Library’s celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and a new exhibition on Lincoln.
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