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Cornell University students in a practicum seminar curated an exhibit “Indonesia Embodied: Performing the Space Between” at the Johnson Museum. Students produced the show, highlighting Southeast Asian works and research on performance and provenance.
The Native American Art Studies Association gave artist and art historian Jolene Rickard, professor in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences and in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, a lifetime achievement award. A citizen of the Skarù·ręʔ / Tuscarora Nation (Hodinöhsö:ni Confederacy), Rickard is honored for work that has had a profound impact on contemporary Indigenous art and scholarship.
Professor Jolene Rickard receives 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Native American Art Studies Association (NAASA)
Meita Estiningsih, PhD Candidate, presented at the 2026 Annual Frick Symposium on the History of Art
Jolene Rickard presented at the First America Conference at Yale University
Jenna Marvin, PhD Candidate, Awarded Deanne Gebell Gitner ’66 and Family Annual Prize for Teaching Assistants
Anissa Rahadiningtyas, PhD ‘21, presents at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
PhD candidate Ayesha Matthan publishes online essay on MoMA post: notes on art in a global context.
Leonardo Santamaria Montero, doctoral candidate in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, studies visual and material culture of 19th-century Central America. His dissertation work is supported by a Zhu Family Graduate Fellowship.
Annetta Alexandridis, classical archaeologist and art historian in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, died April 13. Known for her hands-on approach, she was associate director of the Harvard-Cornell Exploration of Ancient Sardis, Türkiye and co-curated the Cornell Plaster Cast Collection.
Jonathan Zhu, J.D. ’92, whose A.D. White Fellowship allowed him to attend Cornell, has established the Zhu Family Graduate Fellowships supporting humanities doctoral students at Cornell University. Each of the three 2025 fellows – who are pursuing art history, anthropology, and science and technology studies, appreciates that the fellowship’s financial support paired with release from teaching responsibilities allows them the flexibility to pursue research questions as they arise.
Cornell admits the Class of 2030 emphasizing real-world impact, enrolling 5,776 students from 102 countries. At Cornell University, the diverse cohort reflects the land-grant mission and applied learning goals across multiple colleges.
For the ancient Greeks, an image could be understood as a seal pressed on a material to leave a mark, as opposed to an inferior imitation (mimēsis), scholar Verity Platt argues in a new book.
A new student-led installation at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art explores the role of “staffage" figures.
The 12 early-career scholars will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
On Jan. 28, the Center for Teaching Innovation and Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art will co-host “Teaching About Climate Change: Art, Action and Reflection,” a faculty panel, teaching workshop and exhibit tour exploring how instructors can engage the humanities, climate change and community in their teaching.
A collaboration between Cornell and Harvard has continuously excavated the ancient city.
A new book by Shirley Samuels examines the story behind today’s divided America in literature and art created during and soon after the Civil War.
