Humanities & Sciences

How do you measure the smallest components of the universe? The ATLAS Experiment, located on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, measures the known building blocks of nature and searches for new ones. This talk discusses the effort to build the next generation of the ATLAS Experiment's innermost particle detector, designed to withstand more simultaneous proton collisions than ever before!

Photo credit: Joseph Rubino, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Families of Theatre Arts majors are invited to join Catherine Weidner, Professor and Chair, to ask questions and learn about the approach for the Fall 2020 semester’s remote learning and production plans, as well as our thinking about the possibilities for the spring 2021.

H&S Dean, Melanie Stein, will be joined by Associate Dean, Brendan Murday, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Undergraduate Programs, Stacia Zabusky, and Assistant Dean for Student Services, Amy O'Dowd, to meet and mingle with families and supporters of our talented H&S students to answer questions and highlight exciting work and creative projects underway in the Fall 2020 semester.

The Department of Communication Studies, Project Look Sharp, and the Park Center for Independent Media announce a live event Thursday October 22 at 8:45pm EDT for a watch party and discussion of the debate - in real time.

A group of Ithaca College communications and media literacy experts will be on hand to answer questions and provide commentary as we view this historic event together.. Please RSVP to:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VIWrjy2qQfmW-N3b8TI1hg

"Every generation, until they educate themselves, thinks that their experience is unique." Brent Staples, New York Times Editorial Board Member and racial justice activist.

The Gerontology Department faculty are hosting a series for IC students, faculty, staff and community members to participate in a discussion on racism led by Belisa Gonzalez, Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity and associate professor at IC.

Alumni of The Graduate Mentoring Center Cohort and other alumni join us to share the challenges and joys of their journeys after graduation.

Dr. Horsley will share with us:

Her personal definition(s), philosophy, and style of mentoring
How mentoring relationships changed her and why
How mentoring helped her develop expectations about the academy
The relevance of mentoring as a contemplative practice this moment in time

Authors Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tayari Jones and Edwidge Danticat and U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will join scholars from around the country to celebrate Toni Morrison M.A. ’55, as Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences hosts a livestreamed reading of her first novel, “The Bluest Eye.”

The Oct. 8 livestream will also include 50 other readers in a full reading of the novel on the 50th anniversary of its publication. Participants will also be able to listen to portions of the book read in French, Spanish, Portuguese and German.