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Health and Safety MeasuresAll Audience Members Must Adhere to Our Health & Safety ProtocolsIf you plan to attend a performance at the Schwartz Center, you must provide one of the following:A Cornell Student, Faculty or Staff ID. Faculty and Staff must additionally complete the Daily Check prior to attendance.Proof of being fully...
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The collaborative nature of innovation was one of the key messages author Steven Johnson delivered during a campus visit Sept. 22, as a guest of the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity.
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The Sept. 30 event is the first in a three-part panel series that celebrates the 50th anniversary of Cornell University’s women’s studies program.
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Join us on Saturday, October 2, from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. for a discussion with Nigerian filmmaker Arie Esiri. Esiri will discuss his journey from script to screen with his international indie co-production, EYIMOFE (THIS IS MY DESIRE).Location: Outdoors on the Schwartz Center Terrace (Rain location: Conference Room 220)Free and open to the public...
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An original play by Owen Reynolds ’25Saving for 17 is a 30-minute, semi-autobiographical, tragicomedy play about a family’s experiences during Hurricane Irma in Miami and the Florida Keys in 2017. The play explores the journey that a teenager endures surrounding his cancelled birthday, learning how to love himself and to become comfortable...
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The Department of Performing & Media Arts reignites live theater at Cornell with its first stage play since the return of in-person instruction in Saving for 17. The show notably marks the directing debut of author and producer Owen Reynolds ‘25, who hopes the play will help audience members understand “it's okay to be yourself.”Saving for 17...
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New York Times best-selling science and technology writer Steven Johnson will visit campus Sept. 22 to meet with students and faculty and offer a talk to the Cornell community, “20,000 More Days: How We Doubled Global Life Expectancy in Just 100 years.”
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Faculty, staff, students and alumni are planning a series of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Cornell’s women’s studies program, now Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies (FGSS), as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activism and advocacy on campus.
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Cornell University’s Department of Performing and Media Arts seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor in Cinema Studies for a 1.5 year, full-time position beginning January 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2023.We are looking for a dynamic and innovative scholar with a wide range of interests in cinema studies. The candidate will teach undergraduate...
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Performing and Media Arts is hiring House/Building Managers (Art/Entertainment Assistant III) for the 2021-2022 academic year. These leadership positions perform a range of essential duties in the department, from monitoring space use in the Schwartz Center for Performing and Media Arts to house managing public events in our theatres.Evenings and...
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