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Music

Gamelan concert highlights Thai royal anthem

4/13/2026 A&S Communications

The April 26 concert welcomes a new assistant professor to the music department.

A display case filled with colorful Easter eggs and interpretive posters — Kathy Hovis/College of Arts and Sciences An exhibit of Ukrainian Easter eggs on display in Goldwin Smith Hall

Comparative literature

Easter egg exhibit showcases Ukrainian program, culture at Cornell

4/1/2026 Cornell Chronicle

An exhibit of brilliantly colored Ukrainian Easter eggs, or pysanky, is one of several new initiatives Cornell’s Ukrainian Program is undertaking to bring the culture, language and history of Ukraine to the Cornell community.

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Student advocacy

Humanities students take D.C. trip to advocate for funding

3/26/2026 A&S Communications

Four Humanities Scholars Program undergraduates and two graduate students attended the National Humanities Alliance Annual Meeting and met with lawmakers.

Career outcomes

Bright futures: A&S 2025 grads thrive despite economic uncertainty

3/26/2026 A&S Communications

Only 1.3% of last year’s graduating class in the College of Arts & Sciences graduated without a job offer or graduate school admission.

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Astronomy

Where to find other Earths? New list narrows down the targets

3/19/2026 Cornell Chronicle

New Cornell research – co-authored by an undergraduate and two recent alumni – will help exoplanet scientists pinpoint the most likely places to look for life in the universe out of more than 6,000 exoplanets.

Person in suit holding microphone, in front of a bank of red seats, some occupied — Jason Koski/Cornell University Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, leads his government class, Disagreement.

Government

Course introduces students to constructive disagreement

3/16/2026 Cornell Chronicle

The new class, led by Dean Peter John Loewen, will be taught again in the fall.

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Media studies

World According to Sound offers immersive audio experience March 23

3/6/2026 A&S Communications

A sonic experience where the audience sits blindfolded is returning to Cornell March 23 for a 6 p.m. performance in Sage Chapel.

Literatures in English

Literary critic Biodun Jeyifo dies at 80

2/26/2026 Cornell Chronicle

Biodun “BJ” Jeyifo, a leading literary critic and cultural theorist known for his analysis of modernity and its attendant social and cultural crises, died Feb. 11 in Lagos, Nigeria. He was 80.

Blue plaque with the title, "Toni Morrison" and a paragraph of text — Alexandra Bayer/Cornell University A historical marker for Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, was unveiled at 513 N. Albany St in Ithaca, where she lived during her first year at Cornell.

Alumni

Historical marker commemorates Toni Morrison’s time in Ithaca

2/20/2026 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell faculty, staff, students and community members celebrated the 95th birthday of Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, by unveiling a new historical marker in front of 513 N. Albany St., where she lived while in graduate school.

Music

Events honor the legacy of composer Steven Stucky

2/17/2026 A&S Communications

… of music in the College of Arts and Sciences, who founded Ensemble X with Stucky nearly 30 years ago. “People may not … performed with Bjerken on piano. On Feb. 22 at 3 p.m., Ensemble X will present the first of two “Boulangerie” … Stucky’s “Silent Spring” (2011) and “High Water Rising for Wind Ensemble” (2018), by Lamb. That exhibit opens Feb. 20. …

people sitting around a table — Provided Prof. Alexander Livingston talks with Upward Bound students over winter break during a pilot of the new summer program for high school students.

Civic education and outreach

New summer course to spark civic engagement in high schoolers

2/17/2026 A&S Communications

A Teagle Foundation grant will help fund the course and open pathways to higher education.

Two people in suits standing in front of the recognizable white dome of the US Capitol Building — Provided Christian Gant-Madison '25, right, interned with Congressman Gabe Evans (CO-08), left, last summer.

AI literacy

Helping urban youth use AI to navigate the future

2/16/2026 Cornell Chronicle

Christian Gant-Madison's '25 platform will use AI to connect youth to jobs, skill development opportunities, civic education information and social resources.

people standing around a portrait — Jakub Koguciuk/Provided Andrew C. Weislogel, the interim chief curator at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, shows students a piece depicting staffage in an early scene of New York Harbor.

Innovative courses

Museum installation focuses on small figures in large landscapes

2/10/2026 A&S Communications

A new student-led installation at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art explores the role of “staffage" figures.

Student standing in front of railing — Kathy Hovis Katrina Greene '27

Student excellence

A&S student chosen for civic engagement scholarship

2/6/2026 A&S Communications

… Katrina Greene ’27 spends most of her free time at Cornell working on issues related to injustice …

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Scholarship

Three Cornellians named Schwarzman Scholars for study in China

2/4/2026 Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell student and two alumni have been named Schwarzman Scholars for the 2026-27 academic year and will spend it in a master’s program in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.

Arts Unplugged

Composer Michael Abels, famous for work on Jordan Peele films, to visit March 6-7

2/4/2026 A&S Communications

Events include film screenings, panel discussions and a concert by the Barbara & Richard T. Silver Wind Symphony.

three people talking — Jesse Winter Students and alumni met for a summer networking event June 26 in New York City.

Career Development

Events boost student opportunities for career exploration

1/29/2026 A&S Communications

More than 150 students took advantage of winter break to jump start the career and internship process through A&S events.

people dancing — Courtesy of Janus Films Still from 8 ½ (1963, dir. Federico Fellini)

Cornell Cinema

Cornell Cinema unveils diverse, collaboration-driven spring lineup

1/22/2026 A&S Communications

From midcentury melodramas to speculative visions of technology and the human body—and even a French coming of age story about crafting world class cheese—Cornell Cinema’s spring season offers a varied plate.

three people smiling — Kathy Hovis From left, Wilson Kan, Marian Caballo and Reya Babu are all graduating this December.

Student accomplishments

Celebrating the journey with our December A&S grads

12/12/2025 A&S Communications

… new students and their hopes and dreams. Marian Caballo ’26 is an information science and cognitive science major … Seattle next year to start a job at Microsoft. Wilson Kan ’26 majored in economics, government and statistics and will … led me to so many corners of campus I would never have visited. I actually found out about the new cognitive …

three people in a classroom — Provided From left, Gray Fuller, Alis Fruehstorfer and Henry Fernandez are the founders of Collegetown Magazine.

Student creative works

Undergrads launch magazine featuring in-depth stories

12/9/2025 A&S Communications

A new student-run magazine focuses on long-form journalism that reflects the culture of Cornell and Ithaca.

Public engagement

Workshop, talk focused on applying lessons learned from COVID

12/8/2025 A&S Communications

Scholars converged at Cornell to talk about lessons policymakers and elected officials could glean from their research into the COVID pandemic to help deal with the next public health emergency.

China and Asia-Pacific Studies

Cornell-China trip celebrates 20 years of Levinson Program

12/8/2025 A&S Communications

Leaders celebrated the Levinson Program and joined other Cornell delegates at the Cornell-China Forum.

Person in military fatigues standing in front of others, speaking — Provided Kylie Williamson ’26 has been named Navy/Marines Student of the Year by Navy Federal Credit Union, a top honor in the Reserve Officers Training Corps system.

Physics

Cornell Navy ROTC midshipman earns top honor

12/2/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Kylie Williamson ’26 has been named Navy/Marines Student of the Year by Navy Federal Credit Union, a top honor in the Reserve Officers Training Corps system. Williamson is the first Cornell student to win the award.

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Career development resources

Career Development targets resources for students in tech fields

11/21/2025 A&S Communications

Tech students need to target specific organizations that match their interests, skills and values.

Government

New course encourages students to embrace disagreement

11/13/2025 A&S Communications

… A new course being offered in spring 2026 will give students the chance to consider some of the …

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Performing and media arts

A&S launches Cornell in Los Angeles semester study away

11/12/2025 A&S Communications

The program will place students in Hollywood for a semester of coursework, networking, and cultural immersion.

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Digital humanities

Combining humanities and tech for research gains

11/7/2025 A&S Communications

An interdisciplinary project is sparking collaborations among those interested in digital approaches to the study of history, languages and culture.

Jewish Studies Program

Alumni gift endows director position for Jewish Studies Program

11/5/2025 A&S Communications

… said. “It represents a distinctively Cornell alumni-faculty partnership to strengthen Jewish studies as a field of study …

Society for the Humanities

Medical anthropologist to deliver annual Society for Humanities lecture

11/4/2025 A&S Communications

… latest book “Medicines That Feed Us,” is forthcoming in 2026. She is also the author of “Bodies, Politics and …

Physics

Nathan Seiberg explores frontiers of physics in 2025 Bethe Lecture

11/4/2025 A&S Communications

Seiberg, professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, will explore string theory and other aspects of scientific progress.

American studies and history

Historian to explore state of American sports in 2025 Seymour Lecture

11/4/2025 A&S Communications

… their biggest fans.” This semester, Baker is serving as a visiting professor of the practice in the American Studies …

Person speaking at a lecturn with a black and white photograph displayed behind — Patrick Shanahan Cornell historian Corey Earle shared stories of remarkable women throughout Cornell’s history during an Oct. 25 brunch as part of the Trustee Council Alumni Meeting.

Cornell history

TCAM brunch highlight’s women’s history at Cornell

10/28/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell historian Corey Earle shared stories of remarkable women throughout Cornell’s history during an Oct. 25 brunch as part of the Trustee Council Alumni Meeting.

Philosophical debate

Which discipline should survive the end of the world?

10/24/2025 A&S Communications

… said. An additional perk – the first 100 people receive a free sweatshirt. …

Government

Event considers political lessons learned from COVID

10/21/2025 A&S Communications

… fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Lee’s visit will also include an afternoon workshop with faculty …

Alumni excellence

Cornell composer’s work featured in upcoming Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series event

10/16/2025 A&S Communications

A new work by Cornell alum Zachary Wadsworth DMA ’12, will premiere this weekend in three concerts, including one at Cornell’s Bailey Hall.

person with screen behind — Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, delivers the 2025 Ef Racker Lecture. Ryan Young/Cornell University

Alumni accomplishments

Nobel laureate shares research exploring the origins of life

10/15/2025 A&S Communications

Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, shared decades of research into one of biology’s most puzzling mysteries – the origins of life – during the 2025 Ef Racker Lecture.

In Memoriam

Remembering Prof. Debra Castillo, champion of Latinx students, community

10/13/2025 A&S Communications

Professor Debra Castillo, Stephen H. Weiss presidential fellow and Emerson Hinchliff professor of Hispanic Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, died Oct. 5 at the age of 72.

Economics and psychology

Behavioral economics: Born at Cornell, embraced by policymakers

10/3/2025 A&S Communications

Economists and psychologists work together to understand how human behavior impacts people's decision-making in the marketplace.

Economics and psychology

Nobel-winning behavioral economist Richard Thaler to speak Oct. 17

10/2/2025 A&S Communications

… economist and former Cornell Professor Richard Thaler will visit campus Oct. 17 for a conversation about his … by A&S and the SC Johnson College of Business. The event is free and open to the public. Register here. A faculty …

professor and students in a classroom — University Photo Professor Michelle Smith, standing, works with students involved in an active learning project.

Innovation in the classroom

Faculty respond to request to share progressive teaching ideas, study shows

10/2/2025 A&S Communications

… show the impact this initiative has had.” Raudiyah Onimode ‘26, a biological anthropology major on the premed track, …

people watching someone do work — Kathy Hovis From left, Zakk Dannemann, a microfabricator at MiTeGen, works on a project, while talking with Benjamin Apker, MiTeGen’s chief executive officer, and company founder and Cornell physics professor Robert Thorne.

Faculty innovation

Creating customized tools for scientists around the world

10/1/2025 A&S Communications

… to expand our core competencies,” Thorne said. At this point, MiTeGen’s online site is popular with scientists …

Literatures in English

Animals are dashing, stampeding, gliding into contemporary fiction: Book explores how

9/8/2025 A&S Communications

Elisha Cohn's second book, “Milieu: A Creaturely Theory of the Contemporary Novel,” also explores the methods authors are using to give animals a voice.

Lots of students standing in a big space with bright lights overhead facing someone with a microphone. — Amanda Hatcher A crowd of students listens to alum Dan Cane '98 talk about the companies he's founded during an entrepreneurship kickoff event Sept. 4.

Economics

Entrepreneurial students flock to kickoff event

9/8/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Niko Tsavekou ’27, an economics major in the College of Arts & Sciences, won the pitch contest for Katha, a creatine-enhanced coconut water recovery drink he created with two friends.

Person speaking and gesturing — Provided Toni Morrison M.A. '55

Legendary alumni

Four-day event celebrates 70 years of Toni Morrison’s Cornell legacy

9/4/2025 Cornell Chronicle

A four-day event featuring films, panels, workshops, the unveiling of a mural and other activities will celebrate the 70th anniversary of her degree, life and work. “Toni Morrison: Literature and Public Life” will take place Sept. 18-21.

Literatures in English

Jean Blackall, first woman tenured in English at Cornell, dies at 97

9/4/2025 Cornell Chronicle

… Department of English, in the College of Arts and Sciences, died July 15 in Williamsburg, Virginia. She was 97. … Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program … Frantz Blackall , a Cornell faculty member from 1958-94, died July 15 in Williamsburg, Virginia. She was 97. In 1971, …

Summer Experience Grants

Summer Experience Grants help students explore their futures

8/29/2025 A&S Communications

SEG funding supports students with funding for living expenses, transportation and travel.

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Career resources

Special career workshop focuses on outlook for 2026

8/26/2025 A&S Communications

… in the coming year. “Job and Internship Search for the 2026 job market” will take place from 4:30-6 p.m. in Room … Special career workshop focuses on outlook for 2026 …

two women dancing — Courtesy of Sony Picture Classics. Still from Saving Face (2004, dir. Alice Wu).

Cornell Cinema

Horror, comedy, musicals and Jane Austen: Cornell Cinema’s fall 2025 season

8/22/2025 A&S Communications

… director. “Watching a film at Cornell Cinema means we get to think and feel deeply together as a community, which makes us more connected, … respite and a site of transformation: a place that brings together strangers, neighbors, and friends to experience films …

Undergraduate Research

2025 Nexus Scholars talk about academic growth, transformation

8/21/2025 A&S Communications

Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..

Science and Technology Studies

Margaret Rossiter, historian of women in science, dies at 81

8/14/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Margaret Rossiter, the Marie Underhill Noll Emerita Professor of the History of Science in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and known worldwide for her studies of the history of women in science, died Aug. 3. She was 81.

Graduate student works

Censorship from the other side of the aisle: New book considers publishing trends

8/12/2025 A&S Communications

… the morals —or lack thereof — in current titles, authors and publishers were being slammed by folks on the cultural … in “ That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing,” published … to these things through hashtags.” Followers of certain accounts can make a post attacking a book go viral “without …

Neurobiology and Behavior

Neurobiology professor named Pew Scholar

8/12/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, assistant professor and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a biomedical sciences grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Alumni

Meredith Oppenheim has some innovative ideas about growing older

7/25/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Meredith Oppenheim ‘95, founder of Vitality Society and now a strategic advisor in the senior housing space.

Temple of Zeus party for Zeus manager, Lydia Dutton; Pictured left to right: A.R. Ammons, Cecil Giscombe, Lydia Dutton, David Burak, Phyllis Janowitz, James McConkey, and Tony Caputi — A party in the Temple of Zeus for retiring Zeus manager, Lydia Dutton. Left to right: A.R. Ammons, Cecil Giscombe, Dutton, David Burak, Phyllis Janowitz, James McConkey and Tony Caputi.

Broad Impact Feature

Throughout history, poets find inspiration at Cornell

7/1/2025 A&S Communications

Visit the Poetry Foundation website, type in “Cornell,” and you’ll find 405 results.

Faculty excellence

A&S honors 13 faculty with endowed professorships

6/27/2025 A&S Communications

The professorships are made possible because of gifts from alumni, parents and friends.

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Alumni experiences

Reunion 2025: The view from five years out

6/17/2025 A&S Communications

Members of the Class of 2020 remember their journeys at Cornell.

person pointing at a screen — Kathy Hovis Andrews shared her research about public attitudes toward climate action.

Reunion 2025

Professors address climate change from multiple disciplines

6/10/2025 A&S Communications

The panel, during Reunion 2025, was called "Beyond the Apocalypse: New Narratives and Innovations for Climate Action."

people on a stage taking a bow — Casey Martin YAMATO The Drummers of Japan played Feb. 2 in Bailey Hall as part of this year's Concert Series.

Alumni support

Gift creates new Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series at Cornell

6/2/2025 A&S Communications

A $2 million gift from the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts will rename the Cornell Concert Series and allow it to continue its efforts to bring world-class musicians to campus.

Alumni excellence

Med student Grace Staes ’22 feels prepared for the work

5/29/2025 A&S Communications

Staes said her major in anthropology has proven to be an asset in medical school.

Faculty honors

Norton honored with top alumni award from Harvard

5/29/2025 A&S Communications

The Centennial Medal recognizes alumni who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to knowledge, their disciplines, their colleagues and society

two people talking to a group — Simon Wheeler Associate Professor Roger Moseley, left, is taking over as the new director of the Milstein Program, a job that Associate Professor Austin Bunn, right, has held for the past three years.

Academic innovation

Music professor named new director of Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

5/27/2025 A&S Communications

Roger Moseley, associate professor of music, will begin in the new role July 1.

Cornell-Ithaca Collaborations

“We are La Voz” event highlights Latine artists

4/25/2025 A&S Communications

A collaboration between Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca community members is bringing together a monthlong event in downtown Ithaca, focused on Latine artists.

two people standing near McGraw Clock Tower — Provided Van Duyne, left, and her daughter Katie during a trip to Cornell.

Alumni excellence

Alumna earned congressional arguing chops on campus

4/23/2025 A&S Communications

Rep. Beth Van Duyne ’95, who represents Texas’ 24th Congressional District, recently won re-election to her third term.

three pianos on a stage — Simon Wheeler Three instruments from the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards sit onstage awaiting performers before a 2024 concert in Barnes Hall.

Alumni support

Center for Historical Keyboards boosted by $5 million gift

4/17/2025 A&S Communications

… Work” in 2024. Musicians from around the world have also visited the collection to use it for teaching – including … instruments to the public, including concerts and group visits to the center. “I encourage the audience to get close …

three people smiling sitting a table — Simon Wheeler Cornell Writing Centers tutor Finley Williams, center, works with student Julianna Cross, right, as new tutor Catherine Seo, left, looks on.

A focus on writing

Knight Institute creates ‘culture of writing’ on campus

4/11/2025 A&S Communications

The institute coordinates the Cornell Writing Centers, Graduate Writing Service, writing workshops, first-year writing seminars and other programs.

students carrying banner at graduation reading Cornell 2024 — Paul Newman/University Photography The 2024 graduation ceremony

Career outcomes

2024 A&S grads report stellar career outcomes

4/2/2025 A&S Communications

Jen Maclaughlin credits the College’s first-year advising seminars for at least part of the success for 2024 graduates.

two people looking at books — Douae Maarouf ’27/Student and Campus Life Justin Eburuoh ’27, left, and Branden Sattler ’26 check out books from the Language House Library. Beginning in the fall, the Language House will include students who use American Sign Language, in addition to those speaking French, Spanish, Mandarin and Korean.

Language experiences

Language House opens to students learning ASL

4/1/2025 A&S Communications

Students who want an immersive on-campus experience with American Sign Language (ASL) can now sign up to live in the Language House.

Person standing at a podium — Linda Glaser Reading a poem in Quechua

Language Resource Center

Share and hear poetry in many languages at this April 9 event

3/21/2025 A&S Communications

The event celebrates April as National Poetry Month.

Entrepreneurship

Student creates company focused on luxury African bags

3/21/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The newest episode of Startup Cornell, a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, features Cornell senior Micere Mugweru ’25, the founder of Mizoma Africa.

Alumni authors

Alumna’s book wrestles with society’s expectations of women

3/17/2025 A&S Communications

From Kate Chopin to Maya Angelou to Shakespeare, Nicole Lipson ’98 uses literature to grapple with gender roles.

Red brick gothic house — Sreang Hok/Cornell University. The A.D. White House

Visiting professors

Three A.D. White Professors-at-Large on campus this spring

3/10/2025 A&S Communications

This semester, visiting A.D. White Professors-at-Large will explore themes of democracy, reparatory justice and Latin American narratives during public talks.

Alumni visits

Students gain decision-making insight from alumna Cheryl Einhorn

2/27/2025 A&S Communications

“If you’re outside of your comfort zone, then you’re on the right track."

Public engagement

War, love and loyalty: The ‘Iliad’ in Ithaca on March 12-13

2/26/2025 A&S Communications

An event with translator Emily Wilson and a daylong community reading of portions of Homer’s epic poem highlighted the Arts Unplugged event.

In Memoriam

Remembering Molly Hite, professor emerita of English

2/24/2025 A&S Communications

… about non-Western literature, and subsequently hosted some visiting scholars from time to time from China and would …

In Memoriam

Remembering William Kennedy, professor emeritus in comparative literature

2/24/2025 A&S Communications

Kennedy taught the history of European literature and literary criticism from antiquity to the early modern period.

woman holding photo — Provided A Uyghur woman from Tashkent, Uzbekistan holds up a photo of her mentor and his students. The mentor helped her get into university.

Student research

Documenting Uyghur history for the sake of the future

2/19/2025 A&S Communications

Zilala Mamat '26 has been traveling abroad to document the stories of Uyghur people.

Faculty books

Prof’s new novel imagines a U.S. without Texas

2/19/2025 A&S Communications

Charlie Green’s new novel, “The Shah of Texas,” published Feb. 18 from Gold Wake Press.

person standing outside — Provided Gabe Levin

Student honors

Junior wins international reporting honor

2/10/2025 A&S Communications

Gabe Levin, editor in chief of the Cornell Daily Sun and a student in the College of Arts & Sciences, spent the summer of 2024 reporting on the Israel-Gaza war.

Alumni awards

Alumna playwright honored with Dramatists Guild award

2/10/2025 A&S Communications

Playwright Gloria Oladipo '21 is also an award-winning cultural critic and journalist with The Guardian.

Computer Science

Bowers student explores privacy, healthcare, satellite imagery

1/28/2025 A&S Communications

Vipin Gunda ’25 is excited about projects that apply his computer science knowledge to real-world challenges.

man and woman playing basketball — Courtesy of Warner Bros. and Swank Motion Pictures Still from "Love & Basketball" (2000, dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood).

Cornell Cinema

Cornell Cinema preview: Vampires, courtroom drama, animation and more

1/27/2025 A&S Communications

The spring season of films at Cornell Cinema has begun.

a bunch of people in a group smiling — Provided Alumni gather around Professor Maria Cristina Garcia during a Reunion 2024 event.

Latina/o Studies Program

Latina/o Studies offers new way to connect with alumni

1/24/2025 A&S Communications

“Fridays with Alumni” kicks off Jan. 31 featuring Kim Cardenas '17 & Joseph De Los Santos '19,

Society for the Humanities

Explore home space in a teenage sitcom during upcoming lecture

1/24/2025 A&S Communications

"Sanctuary from the Storm: Making (My) Room with The Torkelsons," will explore Sheppard’s fondness for the 1990s television show and what the show’s representation of home spaces can tell us about the way television influences living practices.

audiobook cover with people falling off a mountain

Faculty creative works

PMA prof’s new audiobook capitalizes on hair-raising adventure

1/23/2025 A&S Communications

… a bit to something that “works in your ears,” he said. Production began in 2023, with actors Lacy, Falahee and Kaur …

two people on a park bench — Melissa '00 and Rob '99 Lewin during a visit to campus in 2020. Provided

Alumni mentors

Alums offer mentoring to students exploring career options

1/9/2025 A&S Communications

Melissa Lewin ’00 and her husband Rob ’99 are active backers of Cornell through their support of Cornell’s Public History Initiative and the archaeology program.

Three people stand behind a product table for "Seen Nutrition" — Provided With new national interest in menopause healthcare, Bitar (left) and Han (right) have grown a customer base from Hawaii to Florida to Alaska.

American Studies

Ithaca startup’s product builds bone health using NY milk protein

12/23/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Two friends who bonded over shared concerns over their bone health have formulated a bioavailable calcium chew using milk protein from Finger Lakes dairy farms.

"Vote here" sign beside a line of people

Government

Professor’s model perfectly predicted Trump victory

12/17/2024 Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell professor’s election forecasting model correctly picked Trump’s win this year in all 50 states – and would have correctly predicted 95% of states in every election since 2000.

person wearing glasses — Provided Nirbhay Narang '25 models the smart glasses he's created for people with hearing loss.

Computing and Information Science

Student creates AR glasses with transcriptions for people with hearing loss

11/7/2024 A&S Communications

Nirbhay Narang ’25 has created smart glasses that use AI to provide transcriptions of conversations in real time.

Four people stand with a mascot bear — Provided The grand prize winners for the Food Hackathon pose with Touchdown the Bear after the weekend.

Entrepreneurship

Food waste solution wins top prize at hackathon

11/5/2024 Cornell Chronicle

The hackathon included more than 150 undergraduate and graduate students from almost all of Cornell’s Ithaca campus schools and colleges.

Mathematics

Mathematician Al Schatz dies at 90

10/31/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Alfred H. Schatz, an emeritus professor of mathematics who taught at Cornell for nearly 50 years, died at home on Oct. 11 after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.

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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Art + tech exhibit looking for student work

10/22/2024 A&S Communications

Submissions are due Oct. 31 and should combine art and technology in any way: video games, fashion, sculpture, graphic design, virtual reality, AI collaborations, performance, music, etc.

Provided Satellite images used by the Caucasus Heritage Watch to discover the destruction of heritage sites.

Archaeology & Anthropology

Archaeology conference focuses on cultural erasure

10/22/2024 A&S Communications

“Unearthing Unseeing: Archaeology, Heritage, and Forensics in the Shadow of State Violence” will highlight new approaches to cultural remains caught up in contemporary conflicts and past trauma.

two people looking at sheet music that's sitting on a piano — Rulan Chao Pian Collection at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Chao discussing music with his daughter Rulan Chao Pian

Music & Asian studies

Events celebrate Chinese composer who also transformed language

10/21/2024 A&S Communications

Chao Yuen-Ren 1914, composer of the first Chinese keyboard music, was also a ground-breaking linguist who transformed the Chinese language through his scholarship on Chinese grammar and phonology.

Government & History

Belnick presidential forum focuses on election and democracy’s future

10/18/2024 A&S Communications

Scheduled for Oct. 30 at 5 p.m. in Ives Hall, Room 305, the event is free and open to the public and a livestream is available.

American Sign Language

ASL program offers performance series, welcomes new faculty

10/17/2024 A&S Communications

Lisa Sunde also helps to advise the American Sign Language club and manages the weekly ASL conversation hour in the Language Resource Center.

man talking to two students — Chris Kitchen Weiner talked with students during a reception (which included pizza) after the talk.

Alumni experiences

A slice of wisdom from Russell Weiner ‘90

10/7/2024 A&S Communications

Russell Weiner ’90, CEO of Domino’s, shared career and life advice during a Sept. 20 talk on campus.

Near Eastern Studies

Pulitzer Prize-winning author from Jerusalem to speak Oct. 10

10/2/2024 A&S Communications

Nathan Thrall will talk about his most recent book, “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy.”

A crowd of about 75 people stands behind a low box full of dirt; six people in the front hold shovels with red handles during a ceremonial "groundbreaking" event — Provided Members of the Cornell community break ground on the McGraw Hall renovation project on Sept. 19.

McGraw Hall renovation

Celebration kicks off McGraw Hall project

9/30/2024 Cornell Chronicle

More than 75 people, including university leaders, donors and members of the College of Arts & Sciences Advisory Council, celebrated the start of the $110 million McGraw Hall renovation project Sept. 19 with a “groundbreaking” ceremony.

people pouring bird seed into bowls — Provided Cornell students and students at Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES try out a quick and easy, DIY bird feeder activity.

Engaged learning

‘Birding buddies’ build social and science communication skills

9/26/2024 A&S Communications

Cornell students and high school students with disabilities or communication challenges met for 12 weeks to explore birds and build communications skills.

Economics

Economics conference considers tech, political impacts on global economy

9/20/2024 A&S Communications

Economists from around the world will come to campus Oct. 3-5 to explore the changing global economy.