Renowned Vatican Latinist joins classics faculty
'I had the unique experience of writing (and speaking) Latin day and night for a decade,' Dan Gallagher says.
$2.7 million grant expands Arts & Sciences Active Learning Initiative
Six new projects will be launched in music, classics, economics, mathematics, physics and sociology.
Library study honors Interim President Hunter Rawlings
The Hunter R. Rawlings III Research Study, a bright office space overlooking the Arts Quad and Goldwin Smith Hall on the sixth floor of Olin Library, was dedicated March 3.
Doctoral student receives prize for archaeological research
Liana Brent, a PhD candidate in Classics, has been honored with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome Prize at the American Academy in Rome for her project, “Corporeal Connections: Tomb Disturbance, Reuse, and Violation in Roman Italy.”
Archaeologists discover elaborate 'cosmopolitan' paintings of ancient Egypt
An article in the International Business Times features research by Caitlin Barrett, associate professor of classics, about paintings depicting the Nile River in the garden of a large ancient villa in Pompeii.Barrett says that the paintings could hold secrets on how the early Roman Empire was influenced by ancient Egypt.
Atkinson Center names 2017-18 SSHA faculty fellows
Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has named eight social sciences, humanities and arts (SSHA) fellows for the 2017-18 academic year. The fellows, who come from across the university, will add distinctive perspectives to the arena of sustainability by reshaping behaviors, imaginations and minds through their research, said David Lodge, the Atkinson Center’s Francis J. DiSalvo Director.
How Hobby Lobby damaged history
Sturt Manning, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Classical Archaeology in the classics department, writes in this CNN opinion piece that Hobby Lobby's decision to buy more than 5,000 artifacts from the ancient Near East in December 2010 is "tragic."
Arts & Sciences students use tree-ring dating at UNESCO site
Dendrochronology can help to date buildings, wooden objects and works of art such as icons.
Three projects awarded 2017 digitization grants
Since its inception in 2010, the Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences has helped to digitize items in Cornell’s collections, from punk music flyers to historic glacial images of Alaska and Greenland to
Animal depictions in the ancient world explored in conference
Whether ancient zoographers’ views were shaped by scientific study or by casual encounters with animals in nature will be explored in a conference Sept. 8-10 at Cornell, “Zoographein – Depicting and Describing Animals in Greece, Rome, and Beyond.”
Class teaches math and music with hands-on approach
A medieval game of numbers was one of many activities in the engaged learning course, "The Art of Math: Mathematical Traditions of Symmetry and Harmony."
'Bitter Banquet' a feast for the senses
“Bitter Banquet,” an original staged song cycle composed and performed by Annie Lewandowski, lecturer in music, will be staged at the newly opened Cherry Artspace, 102 Cherry St., Ithaca, on September 29 and 30.
Student spends semester immersed in the study of Latin
How many people can say they can speak Latin? Erchen “Erial” Zheng ‘18, a senior classics major with a minor in history, is part of the growing number of scholars invested in learning Latin as a living language.“I started learning Latin in high school,” Zheng said, “but I think my love for the classical world began much earlier when I was in the third grade. It started with Greek myth and then from there my interest grew bigger and bigger.”
Contemporary bard to present ancient Odyssey in music
In the spirit of the ancient bards, Joe Goodkin will perform an original musical adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey for solo acoustic guitar and voice on Oct. 24 in Klarman Hall, KG70, at 5 pm.
New club offers opportunity for students to practice speaking Latin
Sodalicium Loquentium Latine, Cornell’s new spoken latin club, held their inaugural meeting in September, bringing together individuals interested in learning and practicing speaking Latin. They discussed Ovid’s “Amores” in Latin and English.
NPR’s “The World According to Sound” comes to Klarman Hall
Radio producers Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett, co-creators of the 90-second NPR radio show, “The World According to Sound,” will be on campus to offer a presentation at 7 p.m., Oct. 25 in the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
A new-old look at mental distress
The newest episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast features Michael Fontaine, professor of classics.
Classicist Michael Fontaine examines mental distress in humanities podcast
The ancient world had very different ways of looking at mental distress than we do today.
Three juniors receive Caplan Travel Fellowships
Angaelica LaPasta '19, Francesca LaPasta ’19, and Griffin David Warren Smith-Nichols '19 have each been awarded a Harry Caplan Travel Fellowship worth $4,000 to study and conduct research in Greece, Italy and Jerusalem.
Nishii, Fontaine appointed to academic leadership
Classics professor Michael Fontaine has been named associate vice provost.
Grants fund 22 Cornell teams, community partners
Connecting researchers to federal and state policymakers. Supporting children affected by the opioid epidemic. Sending students to the United Nations climate conference. Offering disaster workshops to regional animal shelters. Collaborating with cooperative businesses for experiential learning.These are among the 22 projects that received fall 2017 Engaged Opportunity Grants.
Einaudi Center announces grant recipients
The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies has awarded five seed grants and four small grants to Cornell faculty members to support their international research. Recipients come from seven departments in six Cornell colleges.Seed grant recipients
Second century mosaic graces Klarman Hall atrium
The floor mosaic sat in storage for nearly 80 years and was a gift from Princeton University researchers to Cornell colleagues.
Living language
With the hiring of a former Vatican translator, Cornell has become a hub of an unlikely field in the modern age: spoken Latin. This Cornell Alumni Magazine article highlights the work of Daniel Gallagher, a former Catholic monsignor who spent a decade working at the Vatican.