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Alum still lives in the house Frank Lloyd Wright designed for him

Centenarian Roland Reisley ’46, BA ’45, an A&S physics alum, has resided in the Hudson Valley home for more than seven decades.
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“We are La Voz” event highlights Latine artists

A collaboration between Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca community members is bringing together a monthlong event in downtown Ithaca, focused on Latine artists.
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Brain’s ‘blue spot’ key to healthy aging, early Alzheimer’s detection

Specialized MRI scans revealed dramatic changes over the human lifespan in the locus coeruleus, a finding that helps characterize healthy aging patterns.
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Conference explores post-Covid-19 global health biopolitics

A conference May 5-7, “The Biopolitics of Global Health After Covid-19,” will combine biopolitical and anthropological inquiry to spark a cross-disciplinary dialogue about (post-) pandemic discourses and practices of global health.
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Ask an Ambassador: Embrace the discomfort, welcome the growth

"Every moment of discomfort, doubt and homesickness shaped the person I’ve become."
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Love and the Athenian Mercury: 1600s advice column still resonates

As an avid reader of personal advice columns, historian Mary Beth Norton found the perfect confluence of interests in the Athenian Mercury, a London periodical published from 1691-97 that answered readers’ questions about love and marriage.
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Cornell Energy Summit considers global energy needs

The 2025 Cornell Energy Summit: “The Energy Landscape: Meeting Global Needs in the Age of Sustainability” will be held on April 30, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Statler Hotel Ballroom.
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Alumna earned congressional arguing chops on campus

Rep. Beth Van Duyne ’95, who represents Texas’ 24th Congressional District, recently won re-election to her third term.
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If parents can opt out of LGBTQ themes, can others opt out of traditional ones?

Hearing arguments on whether religious parents should be permitted to opt out their children from public school story time that includes LGBTQ themes, U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to favor the idea that parents can remove their children from these lessons, which 'prompts reflection on the boundaries of religious liberty in a pluralistic society,' says a Cornell sociologist.
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Ask an Ambassador: A class that changed my approach to my studies

A senior talks about one of his favorite classes.
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First Guerlac Lecture to celebrate ‘rock star’ science historian

Princeton history professor Michael Gordin will give the inaugural lecture celebrating the life and work of Henry Guerlac ’32, M.S. ’33, an influential historian of science and Cornell faculty member for three decades.
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Death of Pope Francis marks end of historic papacy

Cornell experts comment on the legacy of Pope Francis, who died on Monday, marking the end of a historic papacy.
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Our foreign students are terrified, and they’re right to be

In a New York Times op-ed, Rachel Beatty Riedl, professor of government (A&S) and at the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy writes that international students have felt increasingly unwelcome in this country.
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As head coach, former Big Red player is a slam dunk

A decade and a half after serving as team captain of men’s basketball, Jon Jaques ’10 has had a remarkable start as its leader.
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Cornell Atkinson at 15: celebrating science, fostering hope

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability’s 15th-anniversary conference addressed past successes and future efforts to support climate and sustainability.
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Center for Historical Keyboards boosted by $5 million gift

The gift will secure the future of the center's museum-quality holdings, as well as a rich program of concerts, festivals and educational offerings.
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Ask an Ambassador: How research makes a difference

Gloria's lab uses MRI imaging to study how exercise might be a powerful therapeutic treatment for Parkinson's Disease.
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Finding friendship at first whiff

Two women meeting for the first time can judge within minutes whether they have potential to be friends – guided as much by smell as any other sense, according to new Cornell psychology research.
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In ‘Silence’ spring conference, Fellows ‘attend to what is not there’


On April 25, seven Society for the Humanities’ Fellows will present their projects in progress during the annual Spring Fellows’ conference, highlighting the various ways that the theme of silence has been explored –
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PMA’s ‘SHED’ performance features intermedia dance

The culmination of a year-long study of “New/Futurism: Installation, Intermedia, Interactive & Immersive Dance,” the April 25-26 performance also features the work of influential choreographer Merce Cunningham and highlights collaboration among art forms.
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Symposium launches archive of Venezuelan migrant testimonies

On April 18, this collection of migrant experiences will be presented to the public in a daylong symposium at the A. D. White House.
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Cornell Celebrates Breakthrough Prize for LHC Collaborations

Cornell researchers are helping upgrade the CMS detector at CERN, as LHC collaborations win the 2024 Breakthrough Prize for fundamental physics discoveries.
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Cornellian selected for Gaither Fellows Program

A&S senior Rafaela Uzan is one of just 16 selected for the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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For Bixby Piccolo Hill ’27, ‘It was always Cornell’

A recipient of the Martin and Bernice Rosenzweig Scholarship, in addition to Cornell grant aid, Bixby is grateful for the generous financial support of his studies in Performing and Media Arts.
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DIY religion: More Americans finding faith outside church

Cornell-led research finds that large numbers of Americans are leaving organized religion – not in favor of secular rationality, but to pursue spirituality in ways that better align with their individual values.
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Ask an Ambassador: Cornell outside the classroom

Experiences beyond your coursework will help you acquire skills that serve you in college and beyond.
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‘Smart Cups,’ clever idea: Alum’s company 3D prints ingredients

Founder and CEO Chris Kanik ’05, Arts & Sciences econ major, hopes its technology will revolutionize how we transport beverages, medicines, and more.
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Your April 2025 reads

This month’s featured titles include poetry, a Creative Writing Program prof’s neo noir novel, and a memoir about working for two celebrity chefs
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Knight Institute creates ‘culture of writing’ on campus

The institute coordinates the Cornell Writing Centers, Graduate Writing Service, writing workshops, first-year writing seminars and other programs.
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Celebrated bonobo Kanzi honored in workshop

Kanzi's legacy and the relation between great apes and language will be explored in a Humanities Lab Workshop on April 19.
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Robinson-Appel Award recipients create community-engaged solutions to social challenges

Three Cornell undergraduates, including A&S student Michelle Tcherevatenko ’25, are being recognized for their dedication to tackling social challenges through innovative, community-engaged learning projects.
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Vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth featured on Cornell Concert Series April 24

Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy Award-winning vocal band dedicated to re-imagining the expressive potential of the human voice.
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Graduate student Elizabeth Ryan selected to attend Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting

A Chemistry and Chemical Biology graduate student in the Weill Institute’s Baskin Lab, Ryan will be among 600 young scientists from around the world to come together in Lindau, Germany.
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Ask an Ambassador: Three bits of advice before coming to college

"A positive mindset is key to success."
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Ethnic cleansing explored in Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration Lecture

Columbia University's Khatchig Mouradian will give a lecture, “Ethnic Cleansing in the Long 19th Century: The Native American, Circassian, and Armenian Cases,” on April 24.
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Mentorship series: Jonathon Thomalla and Mariana Wolfner

Jonathon Thomalla, a Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, and Mariana Wolfner, distinguished professor of molecular biology and genetics and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow in Molecular Biology and Genetics, discuss their mentoring relationship in a Q&A.
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Study of democracy’s decline offers roadmap for fighting back

The study of pathways to democratic backsliding provides clear examples of the risks currently posed to the U.S. system of government.
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Ask an Ambassador: Explore all of your interests

"My experiences with exploration pushed me to uncover new interests."
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National security journalist to discuss ‘New Cold Wars’

A public conversation with journalist David Sanger about his recent book, “New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West,” will highlight his April 21-22 visit.
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Biblical scholar: Parables in Luke parallel Genesis stories

Prof. Carmichael identifies how parables unique to Luke were composed as a response to, and reframing of, problems attributed to the earliest of biblical times.
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Booker’s speech: A retreat from the ‘acquiescent liberal elite’ and an embrace of ‘good trouble’

Prof. Alexander Livingston comments on Senator Corey Booker's historic 25-hour speech.
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2024 A&S grads report stellar career outcomes

Jen Maclaughlin credits the College’s first-year advising seminars for at least part of the success for 2024 graduates.
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Language House opens to students learning ASL

Students who want an immersive on-campus experience with American Sign Language (ASL) can now sign up to live in the Language House.
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Book plumbs AI’s potential to reinvigorate the humanities

In his new book, “Humanities in the Time of AI,” professor Laurent Dubreuil argues that the arrival of AI may present an opportunity to “re-create scholarship.”
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Chinese military drills send ominous message to Taiwan

The drills, in the waters and airspace around Taiwan, serve three military purposes, says professor David Silbey.
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Fulbright funds research on early Egyptian radio

With the award, Ziad Fahmy is working on the first critical history of early Egyptian radio.
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Le Pen conviction could ‘backfire’ on French political establishment

Le Pen’s sentence for embezzling $3 million is going to push French politics into even more tumult, says sociology professor Mabel Berezin.  
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New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak

The first major component of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) has arrived at its final home: the Cerro Chajnantor mountaintop, more than 18,000 feet above sea level.
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Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science

Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv, Sheon Han writes in a Wired feature about arXiv's creator Paul Ginsparg, professor of physics.
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Putting the brakes on bacterial mobility: A new approach to fighting disease

Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria’s ‘motor,’ preventing it from spreading through the body.