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 staff grad awards

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VP Opperman: Staff graduates met their challenges with ‘gusto’

Thirty-three university staff members were recognized for earning academic degrees at the 23rd annual Staff Graduate Reception, May 20 in the Hall of Fame Room in Friends Hall.

Two Cornell staff members are receiving bachelor’s degrees from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Nineteen are receiving Cornell master’s degrees, two are receiving doctorates, and 10 are receiving degrees in higher education from other colleges and universities.

Merrill Scholar thanks her high school teacher

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Merrill scholars honor their mentoring teachers, professors

The arc of educational continuity and inspirational teaching was celebrated May 22 at the 31st annual Merrill Presidential Scholars convocation in Willard Straight Hall. Thirty-four seniors – among the very best of the Class of 2019 – honored beloved, guiding-light high school teachers and inspirational Cornell faculty members.

 College Scholar senior Darby Tarlow

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College Scholars study AI, jury decisions, fake news and sonic meditations

One of the true treasures of the college experience is the freedom to follow your curiosity and see where it takes you. In no major is this more encouraged than for College Scholars in the College of Arts & Sciences, who, as sophomores, propose a project that combines their varied interests and craft their college curriculum to follow those pathways.

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Undergrad humanities scholars present their research

Meredith Chagares ’19 began her senior thesis in history, literally, with a footnote – one that led her to do investigative work for “Anatomy of a Cover-Up: How and Why the United States Covered Up Japanese World War II Biological Warfare Experiments.”

“I discovered about Japan’s experiments via a footnote while researching Nazi experiments,” she said.

 A page from The Tale of Kieu, written by Nguyen Du and first published in 1820

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Army service leads to career in area studies

Keith Taylor, professor of Asian Studies, celebrates his 50th anniversary as a U.S. Army veteran this Memorial Day, service to the country that determined his academic career.

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Weiss to Congress: Face China by strengthening democracy

Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, offered insights into China’s digital authoritarianism – and its surveillance, influence and political control – in testimony May 16 before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

 Statue of LIberty torch in new museum

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History prof plays role in new Statue of Liberty Museum

As a child, Maria Cristina Garcia’s family left Cuba for the United States to enjoy new freedoms that were lacking there. One of her first road trips as a new American was to see the Statue of Liberty and many of her photos from that trip show the statue in the background.

 Students in Verity Platt's course, Statues and Public Life, examine and analyze a statue outside Uris library.

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Active learning connects past, present in new classics course

Active learning strategies transformed what could have been a class of slides and lectures this past semester into one in which students debated, created and thought critically about what statues mean, from antiquity to today.

 High school kids work at a chalkboard

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Girls’ education suffers when high-achieving boys are peers

Boys, on the other hand, are not affected by high achievers of either gender.
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Morrison, architecture alumni honored by Arts and Letters academy

Writer Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, has been chosen to receive the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ highest honor for excellence in the arts. Three Cornell architecture alumni have also been named to receive 2019 Architecture Awards.

Morrison earned the Gold Medal for Fiction. Two Gold Medals, in rotating categories in the arts, are awarded each year to those who have achieved eminence in an entire body of work.

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Why, 65 years later, school segregation persists: New York City is a perfect case study

Noliwe Rooks, professor of Africana Studies, American Studies and Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies, writes in this NY Daily News piece that New York City schools have not achieved the dream of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. 

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Mettler selected as 2019 Radcliffe Institute fellow

Fresh off winning a Guggenheim fellowship, democracy scholar Suzanne Mettler, Ph.D. ’94, has just received another honor: a Radcliffe Institute fellowship.

 Anna Haskins

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Haskins wins William T. Grant Foundation research grant

Anna Haskins, an assistant professor of sociology in the College of Arts & Sciences, recently received a research grant of $350,000 from the William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program for her work on parental involvement in education.

 Student assisting with the conservation of birds of prey

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Grants fund 15 community-engaged research projects

Cornell student and faculty researchers and their community partners will use this year’s Engaged Cornell research grants to study Cornell’s socio-economic impact on Tompkins County, whether mobile research labs effectively engage underrepresented populations, and whether farmer-led research in Malawi influenced student learning and development.

This year’s grants, 15 in all, were announced earlier this month by the Office of Engagement Initiatives.

 Dean Jayawardhana and a graduate student

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A&S honors grad students with 2019 teaching awards

The awards recognize innovative teaching, student counseling, classroom presence, preparation, administration and the development of new courses.
 Trump and first lady in Europe

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European populists don’t need Donald Trump, but they like his support

Sociologist Mabel Berezin writes in this China Post opinion piece that populism has been a feature of modern politics for some time, especially in Europe.

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What’s the response in China to the trade war?

Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, writes in this Washington Post opinion piece that even though China is rolling out nationalist propaganda in reaction to increased U.S. trade sanctions, Chinese leaders may actually be willing to find creative solutions for the current trade impasse.

Still, she says, there are signs that anti-U.S. protests could begin.

 Gretchen Ritter

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Gretchen Ritter named executive dean and vice provost at Ohio State University

Gretchen Ritter ’83, professor of government, has been appointed executive dean and vice provost of the Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences.
 Mitchell Baker

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Mozilla co-founder shares vision for a cooperative future for tech

Open source software, a web of connections, a tool for meaningful collaborations, a powerhouse research tool — when Mitchell Baker thinks of the things that the internet gets right, those are at the top of the list.

What makes us human

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Podcast considers Nile’s centrality to Egypt

“Egypt’s Nile,” the final episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series’ fourth season, considers what the Nile River means to Egypt. This season the podcast asked "What Does Water Mean to Us Humans?" and showcased the newest thinking across academic disciplines about the relationship between humans and water.
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Musicians ♥ Cornell

Mary McDonald ’78 discovered her voice at Cornell.

Originally a French horn player, McDonald joined the Cornell University Chorus, the women’s vocal ensemble, during her sophomore year and won an audition for free voice lessons.

“I had never had formal voice lessons,” she says. “One day, I asked, ‘What about these notes up here?’”

 Student presenting her art project

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New class contemplates media from cross-campus perspectives

Over the course of the semester, “Thinking Media” drew on Cornell’s rich holdings in media and material culture.
 Willard Straight student takeover

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Reflections on the occupation of Willard Straight Hall, 50 years later

On April 19, 1969, dozens of members of Cornell’s Afro-American Society and several Latino students occupied Willard Straight Hall for 36 hours to call attention to what they perceived as the university’s hostility toward students of color, its student judicial system and its slow progress in establishing an Africana studies program.

 Malte Ziewitz

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A&S professor honored with NSF Early Career award

Malte Ziewitz, assistant professor of Science & Technology Studies and a Mills Family Faculty Fellow, was recently honored with a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program award, which will help him to investigate how ordinary citizens cope with being rated, scored and ranked by algorithmic systems.

 Student works on Love Knows No Bounds website

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Milstein students create websites, computer curriculum as spring service projects

The projects are part of the Milstein “Collab” class, which combines academic modules (on journalism, citizen science, data collection, privacy issues and so on) with co-curricular exploration.
Jonathan Lunine testifies at hearing

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Lunine to Congress: Americans will ‘walk the red soil of Mars’

Cornell astronomer Jonathan Lunine suggested to Congress reasonable, practical steps – including baby steps back to the moon – to help Americans one day put boots on the oxidized dust of Mars.

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The extraordinary journeys of the Class of 2019

Our seniors share the classes, people and experiences that have shaped their time at Cornell.
 Headshot of postdoc fellow Mina Tahmasbi Arashloo

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Cornell selects eight Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows

Yunqui (Kelly) Luo has long been intrigued by the laws of nature.

“As a kid, I loved to play with tools and understand the ways in which the physical world works around us,” she said. The physics labs at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology cemented her passion for research.

 Eric Lei ’20 presents research during the CURB Spring Symposium Forum May 2 in Duffield Hall.

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Student research has CURB appeal

It’s a simple task for humans: Sort plants by the colors of their pots. For robots, though, it’s a much more arduous undertaking.

In a project blending technical savvy with lofty ambitions, a multidisciplinary team of Cornell undergraduates designed and built an autonomous robot capable of recognizing and handling potted plants.

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Romance studies grad student to publish new book

Francisco Díaz Klaassen, who started writing when he was 12, is the author of five novels.
 Two black holes

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Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say

Each new observable provides different ways of confirming the theory of general relativity and offers insight into the intrinsic properties of gravitational waves.
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A&S Dean Ray Jayawardhana to lead Argentine study tour to see eclipse

Ready to cross a few items off your bucket list? If so, you might want to visit the list of upcoming trips planed by Cornell Adult University, many led by faculty in Arts & Sciences.
 woman on couch holding up newspaper with giant headline that says "Fake News"

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Source credibility is key to derailing fake news

Fake news is a threat to American democratic institutions, whether through online election interference or, in extreme cases, inciting violence. New research offers a roadmap for dealing with false information.
 Tameka Walker

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‘Know your purpose,’ speakers urge at OADI awards dinner

Before Clinton Ikioda ’19 came to Cornell, students and staff at his high school said he’d been admitted only to fill a diversity quota. Once he arrived, he felt constant pressure to prove he belonged – as well as a persistent worry that he didn’t.

 international grad students honored

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International graduates honored at Global Learning reception

With more than 5,000 international students, Cornell is a vibrant global community. The Office of Global Learning honored international students’ achievements May 2, sending the Class of 2019 off in style.

Wendy Wolford, center, vice provost for international affairs, congratulates international graduates.

 Photo of Mahiro Abe '20

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Junior awarded Goldwater Scholarship

The scholarship supports students pursuing graduate study and careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
 Oskar Eustis

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NYC’s Public Theater director: “Use theater to cross boundaries”

Oskar Eustis believes that theatre can help people learn what it’s like to be a true citizen in a democracy – not what our country is experiencing right now, but in a true democracy — where people have conflicts, try to understand each other, compromise, empathize and come up with solutions.

 Woman in India cleaning out her water containers

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Clean Water

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fourth season, "What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and love. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the spring semester.

 Woman in India cleaning out her water containers

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Podcast shows how piped-in water changes lives

“Imagine how much water you use a day, and then imagine having to carry every ounce of that to your home."
 Student gazing into the distance with flowers in the foreground

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Klarman postdoctoral fellowship program announced

The program will support early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise.
 Odyssey student reader

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‘The Odyssey in Ithaca’ captivates audience during daylong community reading

"Our cultural treasures are to be shared with everyone," said Alexa Saylan '22.
 Cornell psychology conference 2018

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Undergrads to present psychology research at May 9 conference

The 2019 Cornell Undergraduate Psychology (CUP) Conference will bring together undergraduate students with diverse interests to share their research, meet other students and faculty and learn about the various kinds of psychological research being conducted across the Cornell campus. The conference will be held May 9 in the Physical Sciences Building Atrium from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

 cells

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Facility upgrades invigorate immunology, cell research

Hailed as “transformative” and “a historic achievement” by faculty members, a strategic investment of close to $2 million directed by Provost Michael Kotlikoff has improved Cornell’s capabilities in flow cytometry, which is pivotal in cell research.

 Mariana Wolfner

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Two biologists elected to National Academy of Sciences

Maria Harrison, the William H. Crocker Professor at Boyce Thompson Institute and adjunct professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science, and Mariana Wolfner, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences, are among 100 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, the academy announced April 30.
NGC4945 Galaxy image

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Telescopes to help decode the cosmos

As humans, we have an insatiable desire to understand the cosmos and our place in it. How did the universe begin and how did it evolve? What is the nature of dark matter and dark energy? How will it all end? “These are the most fundamental questions one can ask,” says Steve Kang Hoon Choi, Cornell Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow. “If we believe greater knowledge betters our lives, then this is what drives us to study the cosmos.”
 Jessica Zarkin

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Whose work is it? The military or the police?

Jessica Zarkin studies the effects of violence on citizens’ perceptions and behavior in Latin America. A comparative politics PhD student in Government, Zarkin is trying to understand the connection between state institutions and citizens. Her focus is on security.
 Kelly Zamudio, left, Goldwin Smith Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Provost Michael Kotlikoff chat at the Provost’s Seminar on Teaching and Learning April 18 at the Statler Hotel.

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Provost’s seminar celebrates innovation in teaching

The Provost’s Seminar on Teaching and Learning brought nearly 75 faculty and instructors together to share and celebrate innovations in teaching at Cornell.
 Peng Chen

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Chemistry professor finalist for Chemical Pioneer Award

Peng Chen, the Peter J. W. Debye Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, is among three finalists for the American Institute of Chemists’ 2019 Chemical Pioneer Award.

 Spider man showing in 3D at Cornell Cinema

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Cornell Cinema plans new all-access passes, receives five-year funding

The cinema has kept pace with technology by adding a digital cinema package in 2013 and a 3D system in 2017, but what makes the cinema unique is its capability to still show 35mm films.
 Math prof talking about soccer and math

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The delightful geometries of soccer balls

A creative “arms race” has raged in recent years, transforming the traditional black pentagons and white hexagons of soccer balls with new graphics and seam patterns. On April 11, mathematical artist David Swart explored the latest soccer ball designs and spherical geometry in the 2019 Math Awareness Month lecture, sponsored by the Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences. A reception followed the lecture.