TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to appear on Capitol Hill today as lawmakers contemplate the future of the popular app amidst national security concerns.
Sarah Kreps, the John L. Wetherill Professor in the Department of Government in the College of Arts and Sciences, director of the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School Tech Policy Institute and adjunct professor of law, researches the…
Alexa Easley, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has been honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Polymeric Material Science and Engineering (PMSE) for outstanding polymer research.
A specialist in redox-active polymers for energy storage, Easley won the 2023 ACS/PMSE Global Outstanding Graduate…
The International Monetary Fund and Ukraine have agreed on a $15.6 billion loan package aimed at bolstering government finances, which have been sapped by Russia’s invasion. The deal would mark the first IMF loan to a country currently at war.
Richard T. Clark is a political scientist who studies policymaking at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Given the IMF’s prior…
Research in the realm of accelerator physics focuses a lot on where you get the particles from. My group’s expertise is creating and manipulating electron beams. We’re typically interested in studying a process called photon emission by way of using light to impinge on a specially engineered material that will emit electrons when illuminated. My group are experts in generating high brightness…
I joined the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2005. The project then was already in the middle of construction and primarily I worked on the pixel detector and getting that ready for data taking, which started in 2010. But already I was thinking about what we want to do in the future. So I got involved with the H luminosity LHC upgrade, the next…
As a graduate student in Germany at a national research lab, students weren’t allowed to do many thing for themselves. My advisor sent me to Cornell for six months to learn how to do things. In Newman Lab, the students do everything – how to use the clean room, how to solder, etc. So after I finished my Ph.D. I came back to Newman Lab and Cornell.
The work of our group is centered around…
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In 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin for official talks on Tuesday. The visit offers a show of support for the Kremlin, while further aligning the two countries in their mutual rivalry with the West.
Jessica Chen Weiss is a professor of China and Asia-Pacific studies at Cornell University.
Weiss says: “Xi’s visit to Moscow reflects the continuing…
How will the OpenAI large-language model, ChatGPT, improve research productivity in the humanities?
An open forum on that topic will be held Friday, March 24, at 3:30 p.m. in the Guerlac Room of A.D. White House. Participants will include: Morten Christiansen, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Psychology (College of Arts and Sciences); Laurent Dubreuil, professor of French, francophone and…
Morten H. Christiansen, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has been elected to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.
Founded in 1760, more than 50 years before Norway’s first university, the society has about 435 members in humanities and natural sciences. Christiansen was elected in the Language Science category for…
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From left, Jack Donnellen, Aindri Patra, Shuqian Lyu and Alexander Burnett are four of the newest members of the Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program.
Twenty sophomores in the College of Arts & Sciences will design their own interdisciplinary courses of study as the newest members of the Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program.
Their research interests and early proposals — which range from “Injustice, Heritage and Identity Resilience” to “Black Maternal Mortality and Radicalized Medical Malpractice Throughout History” —…
The opening of Cornell’s Museum of Classical Archaeology in 1892 brought a wealth of world art and history to rural upstate New York, with about 800 plaster replicas of sculptures and inscriptions, big and small, well known and recently excavated from the ancient Near East, Egypt, and ancient Greece and Rome.
“You can imagine what such a collection meant for Cornell in the late 19th century,”…
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High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is ubiquitous in single-use applications such as packaging and containers, labeled with the number two inside the triangular recycling symbol.
Plastics are incredible materials with properties invaluable to the functioning of our modern world. They are strong, flexible, versatile, long-lasting and inexpensive. In particular, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) is ubiquitous in single-use applications such as packaging and containers, labeled with the number two inside the triangular recycling symbol.
But the ways HDPE is produced and…
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Manipulating the properties of atomic material helps Paul Malinowski understand the fundamental physics of how different quantum phases develop and are related to each other.
The Honduran government announced Tuesday a move to establish diplomatic relations with China, thereby severing relations with Taiwan. The switch would leave Taiwan recognized by only 13 countries.
Kenneth Roberts is a professor of comparative and Latin American politics at Cornell University.
Roberts says: "Honduran President Xiomara Castro is opening negotiations with China to establish…
An all-day Cornell conference open to the public will help hiring professionals and others learn ways to create a more inclusive workforce — thinking beyond the traditional definitions of that phrase.
Speakers will focus on ways that companies and organizations can recruit and retain employees from a variety of marginalized groups — including underrepresented minority groups and those who have…
Comics journalism and non-fiction comics, which employ visual storytelling to cover news or nonfiction events, have become more popular over the last three decades. In a lecture on Tues., March 28, Andy Warner ’06, an author of nonfiction comics, will explore the power of graphic media to tell true stories. He’ll discuss some of the key issues facing graphic journalism in recent years,…
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From Howard Eugene Stern, class of 1917
Cornell’s founding as a nonsectarian university meant that from the start, students from all backgrounds and religions were welcomed to campus.
So, when Herb Neuman ’53 got off the bus with his suitcase and portable typewriter to begin his studies, he said he didn’t feel discrimination on campus. He remembers that freshman housing was more like a military barracks, all of the male students had…
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Human colorectal cancer cells treated with a topoisomerase inhibitor
Carbs are often thought of as something to minimize in one’s diet – but consider that carbohydrate molecules are as important to our bodies as proteins and DNA. All organisms have carbohydrates coating their cells, and these molecules are essential to how cells communicate with each other and how humans can evade pathogens and maintain health.
In the Spring 2023 Aggarwal Lectures, chemical…
The Journal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) has awarded its 2022 best article prize to Cornell philosopher Karolina Hübner for “Representation and Mind-Body Identity in Spinoza’s Philosophy,” which appeared in the quarterly journal in January 2022.
Each year, JHP awards an Article Prize to an article published in the previous year’s volume, and a Book Prize to a book published in the…
Cornell alums Scott Ferguson ’82 and Michael Kantor ’83 — Emmy-winning producers of HBO’s “Succession” and the PBS “American Masters” series, respectively — will reflect on their careers in film and television production during a two-day visit to campus March 28-29 as part of the College of Arts and Sciences' Arts Unplugged series.
During a public event, “From the Big Red to the Red…
The current rate of the expansion of space – called the Hubble constant – is a measure of the age and size of the universe. But recently, a new debate has emerged about the Hubble constant, potentially calling into question the standard model of cosmology.
“For the past 20 years, astronomers have observed the entire universe to be expanding at an increasing rate, pulled apart by a cosmic force…
A mathematician and author of best-selling books that speak to math’s societal and technological role in the world will visit campus March 13-17 as an A.D. White Professor at Large.
Jordan Ellenberg, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and author of “How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking,” will offer two free events…
The College of Arts & Sciences is preparing for this year’s Giving Day, Thursday, March 16 — a day to show your support for our faculty and students. We hope you’ll join in the fun!
Last year, A&S alumni, parents, students, and friends joined together to raise more than $1.29 million for the College of Arts & Sciences on Giving Day.
Your gift allows the College to fulfill its…
A leading literary theorist with expertise in cultural aesthetics, marxism, and psychoanalysis will deliver this year’s Culler Theory Lecture at Cornell’s Society for the Humanities. Anna Kornbluh, professor of English at the University of Illinois Chicago, will address "Immediacy: Some Theses on Contemporary Style" on Tuesday, March 7, from 5 – 6:30 p.m. in the Guerlac Room at the A.D. White…
Protesters are taking to the streets across Mexico, claiming that electoral law changes — enacted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — pose a threat to democracy and could mark a return to the past.
Gustavo Flores-Macias is a professor of government at Cornell University and an expert in Latin American politics. He says the United States has relatively few diplomatic options to push back…
For a long time – centuries, in fact – philosophers theorizing about morality didn’t interact much with scientists studying human behavior.
But movement is afoot to inform moral philosophy with psychological research, as well as the other way around, according to John M. Doris, the Peter L. Dyson Professor of Ethics in Organizations and Life in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business…
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An artist’s conception shows two merging black holes similar to those detected by LIGO.
When two black holes collide into each other to form a new bigger black hole, they violently roil spacetime around them, sending ripples called gravitational waves outward in all directions. Previous studies of black hole collisions modeled the behavior of the gravitational waves using what is known as linear math, which means that the gravitational waves rippling outward did not influence, or…
On Saturday, Nigerians will head to the polls for a fiercely-competitive presidential election in Africa’s largest democracy.
Rachel Beatty Riedl, director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and a scholar of Sub-Saharan Africa political systems, is available for interviews ahead of what she calls “an opportunity of historic turnover.”
Riedl says: “The 2023 elections in…
Karen Vogtmann, Goldman Smith Professor of Mathematics Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Vogtmann is among 120 members and 30 international members who were elected in 2022, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. With the newest elections, there are now 2,512 active members…
“Abolish the family? You might as well abolish gravity,” Sophie Lewis writes in her new book “Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation.” She will discuss her work in a lecture titled “Abolish Which Family? Black Familiality, Patriarchal Motherhood, and the Communization of Care” on Wed., March 1 at 5 p.m. in the Guerlac Room of the A.D. White House. Her talk will be followed by a…
Migrations: A Global Grand Challenge, part of Global Cornell, has announced the winners of its annual creative writing and art competition and four of the six are students from the College of Arts & Sciences.
With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Just Futures Initiative, the Migrations initiative sponsors this annual competition open to Cornell undergraduate and graduate…
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One of the rats in the Brain Computation and Behavior Lab.
A pair of researchers in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior are designing new technology and research methods to discover how brain circuits support learning and memory.
The Brain Computation and Behavior Lab, led by Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, an assistant professor and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Azahara Oliva,…
While there may not be a direct connection between an artist’s early life and his art, it is important to start the story of Fong Chung-Ray, a pioneer of modern art in Taiwan, with his war-torn youth, said art historian An-Yi Pan.
Born in China’s Henan Province in 1934, Fong grew up in a family that valued education, even as the Sino-Japanese War and then the Chinese Civil War forced them to…
Quartetto di Cremona will perform in the Cornell Concert Series on Thursday, March 2 at 8 p.m. in Bailey Hall on the Cornell campus. Their program will include works by famed Italian composers Boccherini, Puccini, Respighi and Verdi.
Hailing from Cremona, Italy, the birthplace of the violin, the foursome has toured extensively in Europe, the United States, South America and Asia, appeared at…
February 24 will mark one year since Russian tanks rolled over the border into Ukraine. As it stands there is still no end in sight and the U.S. is facing increasing pressure to provide military aid in the form of high tech equipment such as F-16 fighters and M1 Abrams tanks.
David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University where he specializes in military history,…
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Jessie Kapstad '24, right, poses with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, during his summer experience last year.
Applications for the Summer Experience Grant (SEG) will open March 1, and advisors in the College of Arts & Sciences will hold an information session from 3-4:30 p.m. on March 10, where they will share information about completing applications, provide tips on completing the budget form and give students a chance to ask questions.
SEG is a collection of summer funding awards that provide…
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Marten van Schijndel, left, and Helena Aparicio
Two recently-hired faculty in the Department of Linguistics are expanding the use of computer modeling and experimental techniques as they forge new paths of research in the discipline.
Marten van Schijndel and Helena Aparicio, both assistant professors in the College of Arts & Sciences, study how humans perform the incredibly complicated task of understanding and processing language. Van…
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Milner's project aims to use renewable electricity to achieve low-cost capture of methane from various streams, including landfills.
Phillip Milner, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is on a project team that won a grant for their research related to methane capture.
Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and ClimateWorks Foundation made awards to seven cross-disciplinary teams of early career scientists in the third year…
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A high altitude research balloon, launching in 2015
Several unidentified flying objects were shot down over the U.S. and Canada over the weekend. Countries have long used balloons to extend intelligence collection though more sophisticated technologies have replaced them in recent years.
Paul Lushenko is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and senior policy fellow at Cornell University’s Tech Policy Lab. He discusses several potential…
Kim Montpelier ‘24, Austin Manning ‘24 and Shanzai Ikhlas ‘24 have been selected for 2023 Harry Caplan Travel Fellowships through the classics department in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Montpelier, a classics and philosophy major, will participate in an immersive German program at the Goethe-Institut in Berlin. Her research focuses on the influence of Stoicism on the 17th century…
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Poem from an 1827 edition of Freedom's Journal
A digital humanities project cataloging the work of 19th century poets has unearthed a trove of work that sheds light on life, history and issues of the time, including the campaign to end slavery.
Doctoral student Charline Jao was inspired to create Periodical Poets after taking a class by Derrick Spires, associate professor of Literatures in English in the College of Arts and Sciences,…
The Cornell Department of Music in the College of Arts and Sciences and A.D. White Professors-at-Large program welcome internationally acclaimed and five-time GRAMMY Award-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw when she performs Maria Schneiders’ “Winter Morning Walks” on Friday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. in Barnes Hall.
Guest artist Scott Robinson (saxophonist-clarinetist)…
During his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for a focus on police reform as seven additional Memphis police employees fall under investigation for the death of Tyre Nichols.
Joseph Margulies, attorney and professor of government at Cornell University, says that while President Biden was right to call for police accountability, we all share responsibility for the police…
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Coronavirus testing site at Fischell Band Center in 2020
“The next pandemic could be just around the corner,” says the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the world is “dangerously unprepared.” On Feb. 20, David Shmoys of Cornell and Jay Bhattacharyas of Stanford will discuss what we’ve learned, and can apply, about the successes and failures of the policy responses to Covid‑19 in “The pandemic: What we got right,…
Akimasa Ihara ’23 is one of 100 students from four countries chosen for a new fellowship that will provide $50,000 toward his graduate school education.
Ihara, a physics major, has focused his research on experimental quantum computing, a technology he says has the potential to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, from climate change to disease.
“We don’t know the applications of…
Two Arts & Sciences alumni — Kamillah Knight ’13, MPA ’15, MBA ’22 and Julia Buffington ’14 —are among the winners of the inaugural Robert S. Harrison ’76 Recent Alumni Volunteer Awards.
The awards celebrate the service of a new generation of alumni volunteers and honor Harrison’s long-standing commitment to Cornell. Harrison served as a student trustee from 1975 to 1976, launching what…
Looking beyond the sculptures, pottery, and architectural ruins of the Graeco-Roman era in this year’s annual Society for the Humanities Invitational Lecture, art historian Verity Platt will present her research on a valuable but unexpected object of ancient natural history: the humble sea sponge.
Platt, professor of classics and the history of art and visual studies in the College of Arts and…
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US Marine Corps personnel on the Philippine Marine Corps Base
The United States is expanding its presence in Southeast Asia with an agreement to establish four bases in the Philippines, as part of an Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). The move is widely viewed as a means to deter China’s influence in the region.
Tom Pepinsky is a professor of government and director of the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University. Pepinsky says the…
New York Representative George Santos has told GOP colleagues that he is temporarily stepping back from his congressional committee assignments as he faces multiple investigations.
Steve Israel, professor of government and policy at Cornell University and a former congressman, can speak to the ramifications for Santos’ constituents. He says most of the hard work is done in committees.
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Ingabire visited the Opera Garnier in Paris.
Students throughout the university are flocking back to international travel opportunities now that COVID restrictions are easing a bit around the world. Those interested in studying abroad next fall or for the 2023-2024 academic year are prepping applications for a March 1 deadline, while deadlines are fast approaching for summer study abroad and other travel programs.
“We are thrilled…
