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Writing Through Prison: Storytelling, Power and Community

Emphasizing the transformative power of writing and education

April 1, 2025 • Kaylee Ramirez, Syracuse University

When David Todd was released from prison after serving 21 years, he knew his experience as a returning citizen would be difficult. Yet he could not predict the challenges he would face living outsi...

Getting Your Book Published

University press editors demystify the process

Feb. 13, 2025 • CNY Humanities Corridor

Whether you’re trying to publish your first book or your fifth, figuring out how to navigate the process successfully can be mysterious and challenging. In this Feb. 7, 2025, roundtable, area unive...

Academic Peer Review Strategies

How to Give (and Receive) Feedback

Jan. 17, 2025 • CNY Humanities Corridor

Peer review is foundational to our profession as scholars. But does anyone ever teach us how to provide effective peer review to our colleagues? And how do we interpret the mixed bag of peer review...

Writing Retreat Fosters Community

Faculty Research Gets a Boost with Comet A3, Beautiful Fall Weather, and Shared Purpose

Nov. 18, 2024 • Aimee Germain

October 2024 saw the 4th edition of the CNY Humanities Corridor’s annual writing retreat on the Syracuse University Minnowbrook campus on Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondacks. From an initial pool...

Demystifying AI for Museum Students and Pros

Sept. 16, 2024 • Kim Walters, RIT News

“We wanted to take the fear and anxiety out of conversations about AI and museums and libraries," said Juilee Decker, Ph.D., director of RIT’s dynamic undergraduate museum studies BS program. ...

Black Print, Black Art, Black Activism in the 19th century U.S.

Sept. 13, 2024 • Jose Beduya, Cornell University Library

A new library exhibit will highlight the close-knit, vibrant communities that Black writers in the U.S. created through newspapers, books, pamphlets and other publications in the 18th to 20th centu...

Ghosh to lead Cornell’s Society for the Humanities

Durba Ghosh, incoming director, with Paul Fleming, outgoing director.

May 15, 2024 • Kate Blackwood , Cornell A&S Communications

Durba Ghosh, professor of history in the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences, will become the Taylor Family Director of the Society for the Humanities, starting on January 1, 2025. Rec...