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 Abu Qader ’21

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Freshman’s company uses big data to improve cancer diagnoses

Abu Qader has been noticed by both Google and TedX Teen and honored for his work combining computer science and health care.
 Russell Rickford

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History professor wins national book award

Russell Rickford, associate professor of history, was awarded the 2016 Hooks National Book award for his book “We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination.”
 Gretchen Ritter

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A message from Dean Gretchen Ritter regarding DACA

Dear Arts & Sciences students, faculty and staff,

 Cornell University President Martha Pollack

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Pollack urges Trump to support DACA program

Cornell University President Martha E. Pollack sent the following letter to President Donald Trump Aug. 31 to express her “deepest concerns” about Trump’s plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

 Speakers at symposium

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Symposium addresses role of truth in universities, society

“How do we reconcile stable truth with multiple understandings of truth?” Bruce Lewenstein, professor of science communication, posed that question during an academic symposium, “Universities and the Search for Truth,” held Aug. 24 in Bailey Hall. The event was part of the celebration of Martha E. Pollack’s inauguration as Cornell’s 14th president.

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Cognitive scientist calls for integration in language sciences

In a new opinion piece in a major publication, Morten Christiansen, professor of psychology, describes how the study of language has fragmented into many highly-specialized areas of study that tend not to talk to each other. He calls for a new era of integration in the paper, published July 31 in Nature Human Behaviour.
 Cornell University President Martha Pollack at graduation

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Pollack champions ‘educational verve,’ humane and rational values

Martha E. Pollack plumbed the depths of Cornell history and spoke to current times in her inaugural address Aug. 25, following her installation as the university’s 14th president.

Quoting a speech written during the dark days of World War II by Cornell historian Carl Becker, Pollack said there is just as much need today for universities to “maintain and promote the humane and rational values” that preserve democratic society.

Team A design. Concept by Michael Brill, art by Safdar Abidi.

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How best to say, ‘Keep out!’ 10,000 years into the future

Debates about nuclear energy rarely address an issue critical for future generations: how to warn them away from buried nuclear waste.
 Cornell Cinema

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3D capabilities highlight Cornell Cinema’s diverse fall schedule

The fall schedule includes a 3D movie extravaganza, four documentary premieres and a pioneering non-verbal film.
Vietnamese workers under palm trees

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New engaged learning curriculum offers gateway to the world

Anthropology’s new Global Gateways course sequence helps students take advantage of off-campus opportunities, from engaged learning programs to study abroad.
 Jeffrey Gettleman

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Pulitzer Prize-winning alum pens book about adventures in love and work

Jeffrey Gettleman said Cornell allowed him to explore his "million interests."
Animal images from ancient manuscript

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Animal depictions in the ancient world explored in conference

Whether ancient zoographers’ views were shaped by scientific study or by casual encounters with animals in nature will be explored in a conference Sept. 8-10 at Cornell, “Zoographein – Depicting and Describing Animals in Greece, Rome, and Beyond.”
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Language Resource Center opens in Stimson Hall

“We want this to be not only a place to practice other languages, but also a place to have encounters with other cultures.”
 Saurabh Mehta

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International faculty fellows make global impact

When Saurabh Mehta started working as a physician in India, he concentrated on treating sick patients. Now he takes a broader approach to such infectious diseases as tuberculosis and HIV.

 Conference goers

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Conference to explore new Southeast Asian language pedagogies

 New plaza in front of Schwartz Center

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Schwartz Plaza Reopens August 26th

The Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) celebrates the reopening of Schwartz Plaza, Aug. 26 at noon in front of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.

 Beekeeping

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Three projects awarded 2017 digitization grants

Since its inception in 2010, the Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences has helped to digitize items in Cornell’s collections, from punk music flyers to historic glacial images of Alaska and Greenland to 

 Child plays with Hungry Alien exhibit, wearing gloves that make it hard to pick up food

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Fun, hands-on course teaches science communication

The course goal is to produce one or two polished exhibit ideas for Ithaca's Sciencenter.
 Student observing solar eclipse with special glasses

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Good heavens! Cornellians marvel at eclipse

On the eve of fall semester classes starting, Cornellians spied the sky – with special safety glasses – to view the partial solar eclipse Aug. 21 over Ithaca.
 Students participating in med school internships

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A&S alum hosts med school interns for summer experiences

Hank Fessler ’77 says the program allows him to see the long-term impacts of his contributions.
 Faculty and students in classroom setting

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Courses address recent events and national climate

Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences are exploring questions about recent events in their research and scholarship, and students have the opportunity to engage with their expertise through numerous courses this Fall relevant to our current national climate.
 Ishion Hutchinson

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Cornell poet to kick off Botanic Gardens’ lecture series

Cornell Botanic Gardens opens its annual Fall Lecture Series with award-winning poet Ishion Hutchinson on Wednesday, August 30, at 5:30 p.m. in Call Auditorium, followed by a garden party at Cornell Botanic Gardens.
 Ron Rash

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Zalaznick series Includes readings by Quan Barry, Marlon James

Poet and fiction writer Ron Rash kicks off the Fall 2017 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series on Thursday, Sept. 7, 4:30 p.m., at the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Cornell’s Klarman Hall. All events in the Reading Series are free and open to the public.

 Katharine Poor

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FGSS alum continues social justice work in India, Texas

After spending a year helping human trafficking victims in Mumbai, India, alum Katharine Poor ‘16 is headed to Texas to work for an organization that aids refugees and undocumented immigrants.

 Students and families listening to convocaiton speech

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Dean welcomes Class of 2021

Under sunny skies on Saturday, Aug. 19, incoming first-year students, transfer students, and their families gathered on the Arts Quad for a convocation ceremony.
 Doughnuts

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Devil versus angel: When do they shift into action in the face of temptation?

What might cause a person to choose a doughnut for breakfast instead of a bowl of oatmeal?

This piece in the San Francisco Chronicle, explores reserach into temptation conducted by Melissa Ferguson, Cornell professor of psychology, and Paul Stillman, a postdoctoral researcher in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at The Ohio State University.

 Fullbright poster

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Fulbright recipients head off to global destinations

Fourteen Cornell students and recent alumni are setting out this fall for destinations around the world, thanks to grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Camper Mary draws an excavation trench at Gegharot, an archaeological site in Armenia.

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Armenian girls uncover the past in archaeology camp

From July 17-20, six Armenian girls got an insider’s view of archaeology as participants in the pilot session of Camp Aragats
Solar eclipse

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Solar eclipse offers moon-walk moment: Science is all the rage

In this USA Today opinion piece, astronomy Professor Philip Nicholson writes that Monday's solar eclipse could have impacts beyond a one-day event.

 Arts quad in the fall

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College celebrates year of generous giving

The growth of annual funds in the College of Arts & Sciences has been the most significant of all of Cornell's schools and colleges this year.
 Jamila Michener

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People who get Medicaid are made to feel powerless

In this Washington Post opinion piece, Jamila Michener, assistant professor of government, writes about her research, which shows that people on Medicaid often feel powerless and therefore disengage in politics.

 Meera Kattapuram

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Ecuador trip solidifies classroom work

For the past two years, Meera Kattapuram ’17 has been conducting research on infectious diseases and micronutrients in a Cornell lab, focusing especially on the role they play in the health of mothers and young children. This summer, she got a chance to see her research in action in an Ecuadoran hospital.

 Azat Gündoğan

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Cornell provides refuge for scholars under threat

Cornell works with several organizations that protect academics threatened by violence or persecution.
 Chemistry equipment, glass tubes

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Chemistry student enjoys 'making invisible things tangible'

Chemistry major Cathy Ly ‘19 is spending her summer in Ithaca doing research at Cornell, thanks to the J. Emory Morris Fellowship she received from the chemistry department.  

“I love doing hands-on work,” said Ly, “and being able to make invisible things tangible, to discover what isn’t immediately apparent to human eyes.” She’s interested in chemistry’s applications to astronomy and material science.

 Yimon Aye

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Chemistry professor honored with prestigious ACS award

Yimon Aye, a Howard Milstein faculty fellow and assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has been honored by the Eastern New York Section of the American Chemical Society as the 2017 Buck-Whitney Award winner. Aye has been invited to give a talk at the awards ceremony Nov. 15 in Troy, N.Y.

 poster offering reward for runaway slave

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Freedom on the Move project awarded NEH grant

The project is creating a database of fugitive slaves in North America, using information in “runaway” advertisements placed by slave owners.
 human brain illustration

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Early career scientists named Mong Fellows in Cornell Neurotech

Ten new Mong Family Foundation Fellows in Neurotech will work under the mentorship of faculty across Cornell to advance technologies that promise to provide insight into how brains work, as well as strategies to fix them when they don’t.

Chemist doing research

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Chemists use electricity to amp up drug manufacturing

Give your medicine a jolt. By using a technique that combines electricity and chemistry, future pharmaceuticals – including many of the top prescribed medications in the United States – soon may be easily scaled up to be manufactured in a more sustainable way. This new Cornell research appears in Science Aug. 11.

 Milos Balac

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American Studies alum says major was perfect match for documentary career

Milos Balac ’11 found out that his language skills in Serbian and French – as well as his time on the Cornell ski team and his American studies courses — have paid off handsomely so far in his career as a documentary filmmaker.

Balac, a producer at Film 45 based in Santa Monica, is hard at work these days finishing up a project about Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic.

 undergraduate students

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Global scholars study English and more

This summer, 38 undergraduates, grad students, and visiting scholars from 12 nations are enrolled in Cornell's English for International Students and Scholars (EISS) program, according to this story on the Global Cornell website.

 Valzhyna Mort Hutchinson

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Belarusian professor releases new poetry collection

Valzhyna Mort's collection focuses on themes of war and displacement, music and gardens, language and earth.
Joseph Fetcho looking at zebra fish

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$9M grant will create neurotech research hub at Cornell

New tools developed at Cornell will provide neuroscientists an unprecedented glimpse into the inner workings of the brain.
 Students in the CAPS program

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Arts & Sciences student spends summer building bridges in U.S.-China relations

Zhangmin Abigail Chen ‘19, a College Scholar focusing on government and China & Asia-Pacific studies, is pursuing her interests in international affairs and non-profit management as an intern at the Carter Center’s China Program this summer.

The Carter Center, founded in 1982 by President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, is a nongovernmental organization commited to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering.

 Postage stamps featuring Roald Hoffman

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Ukrainian hometown celebrates Nobel prize-winning professor

The hometown of Roald Hoffmann, the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters Emeritus, has held an event, with lectures and music, to commemorate Hoffmann’s 80th birthday, which was July 18.

 Jerrold Meinwald

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Co-founder of chemical ecology celebrates 90 years

Colleagues are planning a symposium in August to celebrate the birthday of Jerrold Meinwald, Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, who turned 90 in January. The symposium will take place during the meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology in Kyoto, Japan.  

 Warrior-scholar student

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Warrior-scholars explore the relevance of 'Our Declaration'

Whether they served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard, the 15 veterans and reservists of the first 2017 Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) class agreed they gained a greater appreciation for democracy in the United States by seeing people from other countries aspire to a way of life many Americans take for granted.
 Yimon Aye

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Aye group discovers avenue for precision cancer treatment

One of the goals of personalized medicine is to be able to determine which treatment would work best by sequencing a patient’s genome. New research from the lab of Yimon Aye, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, could help make that approach a reality.

Megan Zhang

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Gap year allows alum to pursue passion for working with homeless

The American studies major says her coursework prepared her to work with a diverse population.
 Entrance to the Akwesasne reservation

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Collaborative play transcends borders, cultures

A new play about borders has found an unusual way to transcend them: by integrating local experiences in each new place it is performed.
 Students using tree-ring dating

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Arts & Sciences students use tree-ring dating at UNESCO site

Dendrochronology can help to date buildings, wooden objects and works of art such as icons.