Humanities Scholars Program 5 Year Anniversary Celebration

Event details Date: Friday, October 16, 2026 Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Location: A.D. White House - Guerlac Room - 121 Presidents' Drive, Ithaca, NY 14853 Type: Career / Professional Contact: Chloe Wray | clw252@cornell.edu About this event Celebrating 5 years of the Humanities Scholars Program - Cornell Homecoming 2026 The Humanities Scholars Program invites current HSP students, alongside Cornell’s broader Humanities community of students, faculty and alumni to attend two special events organized in recognition of the program’s 5th year at Cornell. The Humanities in the 21st Century Friday, October 16, 5:00-7:00 PM | A.D. White House, Guerlac Room 5:00 - 6:00 PM | A fireside chat to consider trends in undergraduate Humanities education, research, and futures, featuring faculty leaders in the Humanities at Cornell. This panel, showcasing the work of various Cornell undergraduate programs, will speak to students in the Humanities, faculty looking to engage with innovative pedagogy, and alumni of the program and broader Cornell Humanities community looking to connect with peers and fellow humanists across class years. Panelists: Durba Ghosh, Professor of History and Taylor Family Director of the Society for the Humanities; Laurent Dubreuil, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Department of Comparative Literature, and Founding Director of the Humanities Lab; Roger Moseley, Professor of Music and Director of the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity and the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboard; Verity Platt, Professor of Classics and History of Art and Director of the Humanities Scholars Program 6:00 - 7:00 PM | a reception will follow the panel in the A.D. White House dining room and gardens What can you do with a Humanities degree? A conversation with graduates of the Humanities Scholars Program Saturday, October 17, 10:30 AM-1:00 PM | A.D. White House, Guerlac Room 10:30-11:30 AM | A panel of recent HSP students highlighting their reflections from HSP and discussing how their undergraduate Humanities training continues to influence their careers, both within and beyond the Humanities. Panelists: Charlotte (Charlee) Mandy, Class of 2023 Classics and Archaeology, Ph.D. candidate in Classics at Columbia University; Nola Rettenmaier, Class of 2023 Biological Sciences and Near Eastern Studies, Ph.D. candidate in Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh; and Helena Brittain, Class of 2022 Literatures in English, JD Columbia Law School 2025, Family Attorney at Brooklyn Defenders Services. 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Humanities brunch at the A.D. White House We encourage current HSP students to attend and connect with alum and faculty, and we encourage Cornell Humanities alumni from outside our program to consider attending to share career insights with our students. Program subject to change. Please RSVP if you intend on attending our anniversary events. RSVPs are appreciated but not required. Please share with frien Official event details: https://events.cornell.edu/event/humanities-scholars-program-5-year-anniversary-celebration