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 Humanities Scholars program.Ghosh said her professional and academic experiences have centered around the liberal arts — she attended a small liberal arts college as an undergraduate and then taught at small…
Community-engaged learning is a core part of the Milstein Program for Technology & Humanity, where students apply their skills to address specific problems with community partners. A new video highlights one collaboration that’s helping to redistribute furniture to people in need.In the video, Milstein students Catie Rencricca ’22 and Andrew Gao ’22 and board members from Neighbor to Neighbor…
This year’s Racker lecture series, sponsored by the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, will feature Dr. Richard P. Lifton, president of Rockefeller University, where he is also Carson Family Professor and head of the Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics. Lifton will present two lectures discussing current research in biology and genetics. “From Mendel to Medicines: New…
Three Cornell astronomers have been appointed to panel membership for the Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astro2020: Nikole Lewis assistant professor and deputy director of the Carl Sagan Institute, Professor Gordon Stacey and Professor Martha Haynes.
The survey originated in 1964 and a new one has run approximately every 10 years. This project between the National…
Nilay Yapici, assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in The College of Arts & Sciences and a Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator, recently received a $2 million grant to fund her research on taste perception and hunger in the neural system.The award came from the National Institutes of Health’s Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) grant,…
Alex Quian ‘20 spent his summer working on service projects in his local community of Dallas, Texas, to inspire young people to be leaders and make a difference. Instead of the usual occasional weekend service projects, Quian added another layer to his commitment to giving back by pioneering a month of volunteering.Quian founded the non profit, 30 Days of Service, and completed 30 different…
Social psychology researcher and professor Thomas Gilovich, the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Chair of Psychology, was recently awarded The Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Donald T. Campbell Award.The senior career award is given to those who have demonstrated distinguished scholarly achievement and sustained excellence in social psychology throughout their professional research career…
The economics department will welcome Ariel Rubinstein for its annual George Staller Lecture Oct. 28. “Ariel Rubinstein is one of the world’s most prominent economic theorists, with seminal work in game theory,” said Kaushik Basu, C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics. “What makes him special is the philosopher’s touch that he brings to his writings.” Rubinstein,…
Five Arts & Sciences students have been named 2019-2020 Engaged Ambassadors, a position that allows students to be mentors to other students pursuing the Certificate in Engaged Leadership.The Engaged Ambassadors are dedicated to community-engaged learning, and are actively involved in engagement and leadership activities from across campus. They have a wide range of interests, from…
Associate Professor of Chemistry Kyle Lancaster was recently honored with the National Fresenius Award from Phi Lambda Upsilon.Phi Lambda Upsilon, which promotes high scholarship in pure and applied chemistry, established the prize in 1965 in recognition of Carl Remigius Fresenius to honor outstanding chemists early in their professional careers. Recipients demonstrate outstanding research,…
Professor of musicology and ethnomusicology Alejandro L Madrid recently received the American Musicological Society’s 2018 Philip Brett Award for his article, “Secreto a Voces: Excess, Performance, and Jotería in Juan Gabriel’s Vocality.”Madrid is a cultural theorist who specializes in music and expressive culture from Latin America and Latinos in the United States. He focuses on issues of…
Margaret Rossiter, the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History of Science Emerita and graduate school professor, was recently featured in Smithsonian Magazine discussing her 2012 book, "Women Scientists in America: Forging a New World Since 1972."In the interview, she discusses her firsthand experience of a lack of women's representation in science. Since then, she has dedicated years of…
Assistant Professor of Government Jamila Michener’s book, “Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics” has been named the winner of the 2019 Virgina Gray Best Book Award.The prize, sponsored by the American Political Science Association, is awarded annually to the “best political science book published on the subject of U.S. state politics or policy in the preceding three…
A book by Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, has been shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize. “Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus, the Language of the Universe” focuses on the importance of calculus in modern civilization, charting its development from Archimedes to chaos theory and artificial intelligence. He…
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.The program aims to support early-career researchers who focus on the foundation’s target issues: reducing inequality and improving the use of research…
Every year TEDxCornellUniversity hosts an annual conference on campus that celebrates the mantra of “spreading ideas that matter.” The event is completely student run, the culmination of all year planning to foster an environment where speakers teach, inspire and entertain the community. The conference will be held in Statler Auditorium on April 28 from 2-4:30 p.m.This year, Andrew Rosenblatt ‘20…
Beginning in Fall 2019, the astronomy department will begin to offer a minor in astrobiology, only the second of its kind available in the Ivy League, and the sixth in the country. It will also offer a minor in data science in astronomy.Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor of astronomy and director of the Carl Sagan Institute, stressed the collaborative nature of the new astrobiology minor. …
Amazon Prime’s new docuseries, ‘‘The Luckiest Guys on the Lower East Side,” features Elissa Sampson, lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program, in Episode 2. Sampson is also credited with helping location scout for the film. The series chronicles the challenges of Jewish small business owner Sammy Gluck as he struggles to keep his 70 year-old business alive. The work highlights the cultural conflict…
The newest story to come out of the Marvel Universe, “Captain Marvel,” features the work of a team of linguists from Cornell’s PhD program. Doctoral students Ryan Hearn and Joseph Rhyne are credited with the creation of the alien language Torfan, which is used in the film.Linguistics researchers are used quite regularly in large-scale science fiction works, Hearn said. “Anytime you have to create…
Joshua Berman ‘91 reclines in his chair and addresses the 10 students clustered around a table in a classroom overlooking the Arts Quad. “The charm of a setting like this is there is no question too small or too big, anything you want to ask. I am so excited to be here so you can ask what you want.”Berman, a pre-med student turned government major and lawyer, visited campus Feb. 8 for a career…
The Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity will bring a number of prominent thinkers to campus for public events and workshops this spring.The Milstein Program offers undergraduates the combination of a liberal arts education in the College of Arts & Sciences with a summer program and courses at Cornell Tech’s New York City campus to cultivate innovative and creative leaders who are…
The 2018 winners of the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced by Abdilatif Abdalla, chair of the prize’s board of trustees.The fiction prize winner is Tanzanian writer Zainab Alwi Baharoon, for "Mungu Hakopeshwi." The poetry category winner is Kenyan author Jacob Ngumbau Julius, for “Moto wa Kifuu.”Baharoon and Julius will each receive $5,000 awards. The prizes…
Through Cornell’s participation in a regional career development organization, students have the opportunity to travel to company headquarters and gain first-hand experience in career fields, network with top professionals, and explore job opportunities through Cornell’s involvement with the Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers.Cornell joins 16 other schools in the group, which helps…
A series of events for Arts & Sciences students this winter break offer the chance to connect and network with alumni in finance, healthcare, government and policy, law, and media.The meet and greets are organized by the A&S Career Connections Committee (ASCCC). Established in 2010 to assist with enhancing alumni-student connections within the College, the ASCCC aims to help students…
Cornell PhD candidate Carol-Rose Little has had a long-standing fascination with languages of other cultures. “I've had an interest in languages since I knew other languages existed in the world,” Little said. “During my undergraduate time (at McGill University), I started working with a community out in Eastern Canada and that's what really opened my eyes to how my love of language can be…
Deblina Datta ‘90 visited campus Oct. 19 for a career conversation hosted by the Arts & Sciences Career Development Center. She spoke about her transformative experiences working with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and many different opportunities in the public health world.As a student, Datta was a biology major concentrating in genetics and development and pre-med. She was drawn to…
Music plays an ever present role on Cornell’s campus— through chimes concerts, acapella groups, the Big Red Band and more than 50 other musical groups. Two students who specialize in jazz have received recent honors for their unique blend of passion, performance and academics; Cosimo L. Fabrizio ‘22 in Arts & Sciences and Colin Hancock ‘19 in Architecture, Art, and Planning.Fabrizio is…
The colleges of Arts & Sciences and Human Ecology will offer upperclassmen an opportunity to interview with potential employers through the annual New York Recruiting Consortium Jan. 11.The off-campus program connects juniors and seniors with interviews for full-time employment and internships with employers based in the New York City area. The companies attending represent a variety of…
The German Studies Department will co-host a three-day international conference Oct. 11-13 discussing the works and theoretical contributions of German multimedia artist and storyteller Alexander Kluge. All conference events will focus on Kluge’s diverse contributions to new perspectives on creative arts and critical practice for the 21st century.Kluge is hailed as one of the leading intellectual…
Georgene Huang ‘01 combines her passion for business with her drive to help generate gender equality in the workplace through Fairygodboss, an online,data-focused community of professional women evaluating companies’ employment practices.“I always say it started because I had a bad day at work,” said Huang, who began her career as a managing director at Bloomberg Ventures and also ran the…
Will Republicans retain control of the House and/or the Senate? Will the U.S.prioritize immigration reform? Trade? Health care? International relations?
With a historic level of political division, the upcoming midterm elections could be an influential and potent political turning point.
Arts & Sciences professors Gretchen Ritter and Glenn Altschuler will offer their insight on this…
Jordan Turkewitz ‘92, managing partner at Zelnick Media Capital, will visit campus Sept. 21 as part of a Career Conversation event offered by the Arts & Sciences Career Development Center.Turkewitz graduated with a degree in government, and went on the receive an MBA from Columbia Business School in 1998. He began his career as co-founder and chief operating officer for the Student Advantage…
