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New College Scholars study death, food, migration

Students in the program design a plan for their own interdisciplinary curriculum around a topic that doesn’t fit into a traditional major.
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New Einaudi Center director launches book in Zambia

Prof. Rachel Riedl discovered that religious expression is ubiquitous in the public sphere in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Research Portal Presents Link between Discrimination and Health Harms for LGBT Population

In a review of thousands of peer-reviewed studies, the What We Know Project (WWKP), an initiative of Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality, has found a strong link between anti-LGBT discrimination and harms to the health and well-being of LGBT people.

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Anti-LGBT discrimination has a huge human toll. Research proves it.

Nathaniel Frank, founder and editor of the "What We Know" Research Portal, an initiative of Cornell University's Center for the Study of Inequality, argues in the Was

 Joy Zhang playing the flute

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Joy Zhang ’21 wins Cornell Concerto Competition

The Cornell Symphony Orchestra's principal flautist performed Georges Hüe’s Fantaisie for Flute and Piano.
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Professor publishes Placentius’ pugnacious pig poem

Classics professor Michael Fontaine explores the poem’s possible influence on George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”
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The Ordered Patterns of Chance

Mathematician Lionel Levine researches the abelian sandpile—a mathmatical model that captures aspects of the real world but with simpler rules; in this Cornell Research article, Levine calls it a "toy universe."

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Zip Codes Matter

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.

 Jonathan D. Culler

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The Magic of Poetry

Jonathan D. Culler, the Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, wants to restore the magic of literary text for ordinary readers.

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New podcast episode explains inequalities of place

ZIP Codes Matter,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series, shows how inequality can be tracked across America simply by looking at ZIP codes. The podcast’s fifth season – “What Do We Know about Inequality?” – showcases the newest thinking across academic disciplines about inequality.

 A Milstein student shakes hands with a poet from the Open Doors project

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Milstein students visit Cornell Tech for summer updates, alumni talks

During their first summer this year at Cornell Tech, Milstein students will participate in workshops that will integrate theory, methods, technologies and applications.
 Georg Hoffstaetter, professor of physics, and Alicia Barton, president and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, tour the Cornell-Brookhaven ERL Test Accelerator facility.

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Celebration marks prototype accelerator getting up to speed

Construction is complete and the first major test was a success, so a celebration was in order to mark these accomplishments of the Cornell-Brookhaven ERL Test Accelerator facility, known as CBETA. In time, it is expected to become the most energy-efficient, high-performance accelerator ever built.

 Students work on data visualization projects

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Visualizing data through storytelling

By graphically representing data, information becomes more accessible to different audiences. Anna Feigenbaum, a writer, researcher and educator who focuses on creating social change through technology and communication, visited campus Nov. 18-20 for two workshops on data storytelling, sponsored by the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity and open to all students.

 African American children standing in front of the "Fernwood Colored School"

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New podcast episode traces roots of educational inequalities

Inequalities institutionalized during the Civil War era remain with us today, says Noliwe Rooks, professor of Africana studies and director of American studies.
 Randall Forsberg speaks at a rally.

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Einaudi program promotes nuclear freeze movement’s legacy

Forty years ago this month, disarmament advocate and researcher Randall Caroline Watson Forsberg told peace activists assembled for Mobilization for Survival’s annual meeting that a bilateral nuclear arms freeze “could change the world.”

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Students have multiple opportunities for career exploration over break

Alumni offered advice at networking sessions and students tuned in virtually to gain insights related to internships and job searches.
The Arts Quad in the summer

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Grants seed social science research, conferences

Studies exploring the effects of disadvantaged neighborhoods, a reimagined school recess and customized avatars were among a slate of faculty projects receiving grants this fall from the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS).
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Learning Where You Live course empowers students

“The course changed how I think about my future. It made me realize that success has many definitions as all of us live different lives.”
 Letter to EB White

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Conan O’Brien correspondence with E.B. White surfaces

When two Cornell University Library staffers heard comedian Conan O’Brien talk in his podcast about a letter he sent to famed author E.B. White nearly 40 years ago, they had a thought: What if that note from the then-16-year-old O’Brien was among the 25,000 letters in the library’s E.B. White Collection?

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George Hutchinson’s ‘Facing the Abyss’ cited by MLA

Professor George Hutchinson has been recognized by the Modern Language Association (MLA) of America in the competition for its fourth annual Matei Calinescu Prize, with an honorable mention for his book “Facing the Abyss: American Literature and Culture in the 1940s” (Columbia University Press).
 African American children standing in front of the "Fernwood Colored School"

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Segregated Education

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.

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Historian and medievalist Brian Tierney dies at 97

Professor Emeritus Brian Tierney, who taught medieval history at Cornell for 33 years and was recognized as a leading authority on medieval church law and political thought, died Nov. 30 in Syracuse. He was 97.

Tierney taught in the Department of History from 1959 until his retirement in 1992 as the Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies.

Drawing depiction of antibiotic resistant bacteria in film.

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Physical forces affect bacteria’s toxin resistance, study finds

A random conversation between two Cornell researchers led to a collaboration between a chemist and an engineer.
 Brenda Schertz

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Sign of the times: American Sign Language thrives on campus

The new ASL classes meet the College of Arts & Sciences’ three-semester world language requirement.
 Yervant Terzian

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Yervant Terzian, who explored matter between stars, dies at 80

Yervant Terzian, the Tisch Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy, who studied the physical matter between stars, dedicated his career to education and chaired the department for two decades, died Nov. 25 in Ithaca. Terzian was 80.

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New podcast episode examines an impact of incarceration

“Climate of Fear” explores the impact of incarcerated parents on their children’s education.
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Alumnus turns College Scholar honors thesis into debut novel

"Pricked" chronicles the adventures of 22-year-old Briar Pryce in a magical, fairy-tale world hidden within modern-day Manhattan.
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Jewish Studies Program presents reading of 'Enough to Go'

The Jewish Studies Program will present a staged-reading of the new-old play "Enough to Go" by former Ithaca resident Fred Peretz Cohn on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall on the Cornell Campus. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited, and while tickets are not required, reservations can be made at www.tinyurl.com/enough-to-go.

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Looking for exoplanet life in all the right spectra

A Cornell senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets loitering in other cosmic neighborhoods: a spectral field guide.
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Looking for exoplanet life in all the right spectra

A Cornell senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets: a spectral field guide.
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Book provides a map for reading boundary-challenging author

Spanish-language writer Roberto Bolaño is, at heart, “a novelist who began as a poet and never ceased wanting to be one.”
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Climate of Fear

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.

 Rachel King

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Student spotlight: Rachel King

Rachel King is a doctoral student in psychology from Rockford, Illinois. After earning her undergraduate degrees from Rock Valley Community College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she chose to attend Cornell for the intellectual freedom provided by its interdisciplinary nature.
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Post-kidney Transplant diagnostics

Jonathon Han '21 spent his summer with nephrology patients at Weill Cornell Medical Center working to improve the diagnosis of post-transplant kidney-related diagnostics. He is profiled in a recent Cornell Research story.

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Ghosh named director of new Humanities Scholar Program

Durba Ghosh, professor of history and director of the feminist, gender and sexuality studies program in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been named the director of the College’s new

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History prof. discusses history of Thanksgiving meals

Postdoctoral associate of History Adrienne Bitar was featured in TIME Magazine dertialing the hisotry of vegetarian opposition to serving turkey on Thanksgiving. Bitar specializes in the study of American food and health history and culture. She is the author of "Diets and the Disease of Civilization
 Benjamin Garcia

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Benjamin Garcia, MFA ’11, wins National Poetry Series award

Garcia is a 2019 Lambda Literary fellow and has also won the 2018 Puerto Del Sol Poetry Contest.
 Ritchie Patterson

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Five faculty members elected AAAS fellows

Five Cornell faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.

 Jeff Palmer headshot in a blue shirt before a window.

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PMA film professor releases two short films

Jeff Palmer, assistant professor in the Department of Performing & Media Arts, has released two new short films that continue his mission to capture untold stories.

 Joe Brown

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Popular Science editor tells students to 'find your own way'

Even though Joe Brown '02 had a meandering academic journey, he said Cornell always welcomed him back.
 Eromin Center staff compare schedules.

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Study reframes the history of LGBT mental health care

"Clinical activists" in Philadelphia improvised new therapeutic approaches, guided by their own ethics and experiences.
 Itai Cohen, professor of physics, and Paul McEuen, the John A. Newman Professor of Physical Science

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Self-assembling system uses magnets to mimic specific binding in DNA

To make miniature machines that essentially build themselves, researchers took inspiration from DNA origami.
 Mother and son placing food into an oven.

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How the brain controls food intake

In this Cornell Research article, Nilay Yapici shares her genetic model organism and its use in understanding food perception and fo

 Peng Chen and lab members

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Unusual Metal Regulation—Single-Cell, Single-Molecule Levels

In this Cornell Research article, the work of Peng Chen is highlighted for his

 Susan Choi

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Susan Choi, MFA ’95, wins National Book Award

“I get to lead a life centered on books and bring other people into that world.”
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The power of social connections

How do lobbyists influence congress, and how do we estimate the reach of social networks?
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Sea fan corals face new threat in warming ocean: copper

“Action to alleviate the impact of warming oceans is a priority, but understanding the role of pollutants in coral disease and mortality gives us more options for solutions.”
 Antibiotic resistant bacteria in film.

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T-box structure in bacteria may be target for new antibiotics

New discovery offers hope as the threat of antibiotic-resistant disease germs grows.
 Potrait photo of Nafissa Thompson-Spires wearing a blue blouse.

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English professor receives Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Nafissa Thompson-Spires was honored for her debut short-story collection “Heads of the Colored People.”
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Comparative government and the future of American democracy

A New York Times article highlighted key takeaways from a recent lecture on campus discussing the future of American democracy from a comparative government standpoint.