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O Canada! Former Big Red player runs popular hockey bar in NYC

A passion project for Denis Ladouceur ’02, who majored in economics in A&S, The Canuck is a haven for his countrymen—offering beer, poutine, and games on TV.
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PMA presents event with John Cameron Mitchell

Mitchell is best known as the writer/director/star of the rock musical and film “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
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Student startup pilots AI grading assistant, joins Y Combinator

GradeWiz, an artificial-intelligence teaching assistant founded by Cornell undergraduates Max Bohun ’25 and Aman Garg ’25, has been accepted into startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 Batch.
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Students gain decision-making insight from alumna Cheryl Einhorn

“If you’re outside of your comfort zone, then you’re on the right track."
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Budget plan: ‘Long and extremely divisive process’ ahead for Republicans

With House Republicans narrowly pushing through a budget plan, the strain on an already strained federal workforce could get worse, says government scholar David Bateman.
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War, love and loyalty: The ‘Iliad’ in Ithaca on March 12-13

A virtual event with translator Emily Wilson and a daylong community reading of portions of Homer’s epic poem highlight the spring Arts Unplugged event.
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University Lecture examines ‘The Narrative Brain’

Our minds and the ways we tell stories are closely attuned, research shows, and scholar Fritz Breithaupt will explore how that connection works during a March visit as University Lecturer.
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How Naval ROTC shaped my years on the Hill, and beyond

It wasn’t easy being in uniform during the Vietnam War era, but military service made Don Stanton '72 a better student—and a better man, he writes in a Chime In essay for Cornellians
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Concert celebrates the wonders of space March 2

In a musical journey through the cosmos, the Cornell Symphony Orchestra will perform the world premiere of “Ex Terra, Ad Astra,” a new work commissioned especially for this year’s Young Person’s Concert.
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Science and Technology Studies manager wins George Peter Award

For her skilled management and healthy sense of humor, Sarah Albrecht, administrative manager of the Science and Technology Studies Department in the College of Arts and Sciences, received the Employee Assembly’s 2024 George Peter Award for Dedicated Service.
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Meet the voice of Big Red men's ice hockey (and football!)

For decades, Arthur Mintz ’71, a math major on the Hill who also studied computer science, has served as the PA announcer for both teams—making him a Cornell sports icon in his own right.
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Your February 2025 reads

This month’s featured titles include books by A&S faculty and alumni: poetry, a kids’ book about Bali, and a short story collection.
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Remembering Molly Hite, professor emerita of English

Hite taught at Cornell from 1982 until her retirement in 2013.
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Gain knowledge from Big Red experts—without leaving home

The University’s online learning platform, eCornell, offers a dizzying variety of content; here’s a sampling, from AI to wines to real estate.
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After three years of war in Ukraine, Cornell experts assess endgame

On he third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Cornell University experts discuss sanctions and the state of US and European support for Ukraine.
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Roundtable to consider ‘Science Under Siege’

The Feb. 28 event will provide a forum for scientists, social scientists and humanities scholars to discuss challenges to research support in response to recent major changes to federal funding.
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Remembering William Kennedy, professor emeritus in comparative literature

Kennedy taught the history of European literature and literary criticism from antiquity to the early modern period.
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CAU lets you go back to school (without those pesky prelims)

For more than half a century, Cornell’s Adult University has offered summer courses on the Hill — from cooking to cycling and beyond.
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Solar solutions: Bio-inspired approach creates bespoke photovoltaics

What if photovoltaic panels were a hinged, lightweight fabric that was aesthetically attractive and could wrap around complex shapes to better absorb sunlight?
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Ellen Lust Leads Einaudi as New Director

Prof. Lust's research examines the role of social institutions and local authorities in governance, particularly in Southwest Asia and North Africa.
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Astronomer Anna Ho and team win Scialog award

Ho’s project will look at supermassive black holes residing in the centers of distant galaxies.
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Trump posture on Ukraine peace based on flawed assumptions

Prof. Bryn Rosenfeld comments on the summit between Pres. Trump and Putin.
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Chief Adjuah featured on Cornell Concert Series March 7

NPR has hailed Adjuah as “ushering in a new era of jazz."
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Prof’s new novel imagines a U.S. without Texas

Charlie Green’s new novel, “The Shah of Texas,” published Feb. 18 from Gold Wake Press.
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Documenting Uyghur history for the sake of the future

Zilala Mamat '26 has been traveling abroad to document the stories of Uyghur people.
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Experts call for 'accountability' before restoring Syria heritage sites

Cornell experts comment on the restoration of Syria's damaged and looted historical sites.
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Freelance Theater Critic and Editor Brittani Samuel Wins George Jean Nathan Award

The award committee praised Samuel for her “impressive breadth of address to the playgoing public,” foregrounding “the critic’s own social position in an effort to promote more thoughtful and empathetic theatergoing.”
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Decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa

Government professor Ellen Lust is coeditor of a new open-access book examining how decentralization affects communities in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Provided Panelists who will speak at "The Art of Discussion" include Hale Ann Tufan, associate professor of plant breeding and genetics in the School of Integrated Plant Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Jenny Goldstein, assistant professor of global development (CALS) and Alexander Livingston, associate professor of government in the College of Arts & Sciences.

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CTI explores 'The Art of Teaching' in new series

Through a series of facilitated faculty conversations, the series aims to shine a spotlight on unique aspects of a variety of teaching formats, from the discussion to the studio, from the field site to the lab to the seminar.
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Writer Melissa Harris-Perry to speak on community care and democracy

The Feb. 27 public lecture will be the third event in the Black History Month series organized and hosted by the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures.
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Brian Crane named director of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology

Brian Crane began as Director of the Weill Center for Cell and Molecular Biology on January 1, 2025. He is only the second Director in the History of the Weill Institute since its founding by inaugural Director Scott Emr in 2008.
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Bohannon, Manne event focuses on female body image, evolution

"Is Fat Female? Evolution, Feminism, and Getting the Story Right” takes place in person March 5; a virtual conversation between the two will be livestreamed March 6.
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With education funding cut looming, ‘irreplaceable data on schools’ at risk

The real economic and social value of the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences research won’t show up in DOGE’s metrics.
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Protein shuttling mechanism helps bacteria pump out antibiotics

A Cornell-led collaboration uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide spectrum of antibiotics from the cell.
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Solar solutions: ‘Crazy’ perovskite offers sustainable alternative to silicon

Cornell researchers are studying how the material can be recycled and grown to be more durable.
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Mentorship series: Rebeckah Fussell and Natasha Holmes

In a series of interviews with faculty-graduate student pairs, the Cornell University Graduate School spoke with Rebeckah Fussell, a Ph.D. candidate in physics, and Natasha Holmes, Ann S. Bowers Associate Professor of physics.
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The key to some nations’ public support for mental health care

Isabel Perera explains why some countries have failed to provide adequate services for the mentally ill while others expanded care.
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Junior wins international reporting honor

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.
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Pianist Jonathan Biss featured on Cornell Concert Series Feb. 21 

Biss is a performer, teacher and musical thinker whose on-stage repertoire ranges from the core canon to contemporary commissions. He will perform works by Franz Schubert and Tyson Gholston Davis. 
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Awards and Honors

Awards and honors received by faculty, postdocs and graduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Alumna playwright honored with Dramatists Guild award

Playwright Gloria Oladipo '21 is also an award-winning cultural critic and journalist with The Guardian.
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X-ray study sheds light on cost-effective fuel cell materials

Cornell researchers have captured an unprecedented, real-time view of how a promising catalyst material transforms during operation, providing new insights that could lead to replacement of expensive precious metals in clean-energy technologies.
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These alums are so inventive, they're in the hall of fame!

Cornellians are a creative bunch—and like Ezra himself, many have used their know-how and initiative to make a difference.
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Cornell expert: Anti-trans executive order belies unfounded moral panic

Wednesday's executive order prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in female sports discriminates not only against transgender people, but also against women, says philosophy professor Kate Manne.  
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Media Objects podcast releases 'sonic essays' based at Cornell

The series features the voices and research of 13 Cornell faculty members, more than half from A&S.
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Power of babble: Babies elicit simpler speech from adults

Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech in response to babies’ babbling and early speech, supporting language development, new Cornell research finds.
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Frederick Ahl, innovative classics scholar, dies at 83

A scholar of Greek and Roman epic and drama and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, Ahl was a member of the Cornell faculty for more than 52 years.
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NBC News’ Anne Thompson named Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Thompson is NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent.
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Dismantling of USAID will have “clear costs at home and abroad”

Such a retreat from current U.S. commitments dangerously disrupts protections to life and liberty, says Rachel Beatty Riedl, professor of government and director of Cornell University’s Center on Global Democracy.
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Dadi leads Climate Congress symposium with Getty Foundation grant

The conference, in Lahore, Pakistan, featured more than thirty guest scholars, curators, artists, and other practitioners and twenty-seven emerging scholars.