The American Academy of Arts and Letters was founded as an honor society for the nation’s leading architects, artists, composers and writers, and this designation is considered the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in the United States.
Cornell’s J. Meejin Yoon, B.Arch. ’95, and composer Roberto Sierra have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, considered the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in the United States in their respective fields, the academy announced March 5.
Marta Faulkner and David Zhang are music students in the Class of 2020 who were profiled by the College of Arts & Sciences for their "Extraordinary Journeys" series. Click the links below to read profiles of Marta and David, along with additional profiles of extraordinary music students from years past. Please also celebrate our complete list of Class of 2020 graduates.
Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ'
