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New Faculty: Jamie Budnick

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Jamie Budnick, Sociology

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New Faculty: Chelsea Mikael Frazier

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Chelsea Mikael Frazier, Literatures in English

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New Faculty: Daniel Hirschman

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Daniel Hirschman, Sociology

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New Faculty: Kristen Warner

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Kristen Warner, Performing and Media Arts

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New Faculty: Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, Performing and Media Arts

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New Faculty: Carolyn Fornoff

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Carolyn Fornoff, Romance Studies

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New Faculty: José Luis Montiel Olea

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

José Luis Montiel Olea, Economics

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Lectures to unearth stories ‘that don’t get told’ in classical scholarship

9/1/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Oxford scholar Constanze Güthenke will bring to light untold stories of classical scholarship during the 2022 Townsend Lectures Sept. 7, 9, and 12.

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New Faculty: Milena Djourelova

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Milena Djourelova, Economics

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New Faculty: Joe Lerangis

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Joe Lerangis, Music

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Student Spotlight: Sophia Veltfort

8/31/2022 by : Staff , Cornell University Graduate School

Sophia Veltfort, MFA ’20, a doctoral candidate in English language and literature, studies the representations of speech and thought in 20th-century fiction.

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Mikhail Gorbachev, dead at 91, ‘likely haunts Putin’s dreams’

8/31/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Vladimir Putin has spent his entire life trying to undo Gorbachev's legacy, says Cornell University military historian David Silbey.

Luminescent tree-like structure with purple branches and bright green canopy: The lateral habenula in the mouse brain

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Study finds tiny brain area controls work for rewards

8/31/2022 by : Krishna Ramanujan , Cornell Chronicle

The discovery has implications for psychiatric disorders, particularly depression and anxiety.

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Three projects awarded Belonging at Cornell innovation grants

8/29/2022 by : Tom Fleischman , Cornell Chronicle

The "Can You Hear My Voice?" project, a collaboration between Arts and Sciences, the ILR School, eCornell and the College of Human Ecology, received one of three Belonging at Cornell innovation grants for 2022.

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The Great Separation: Why American Politics Is Coming Apart at the Seams

8/29/2022 by : David Guaspari , A&S Communications

Megan McArdle, opinion columnist for the Washington Post, will discuss increasingly divided American life and politics in a Sept. 14 lecture.

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Reporters discuss history of “land grab” universities in press freedom lecture

8/29/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Journalist Tristan Ahtone and historian Robert Lee will talk about how Indigenous land expropriated by the 1862 Morrill Act is the foundation of the land-grant university system in the 2022 Kops Lecture.

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Between Two Slices of Bread, an Enduring Big Red Bond

8/26/2022 by : Linda Copman , Cornellians

Two ’06 classmates enjoyed a simple-but-tasty sandwich for decades—then the Washington Post shared it with the world

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Neuroscientist receives Freedman Prize

8/26/2022 by : Linda B. Glaser

Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz has been awarded the 2022 Freedman Prize, which recognizes exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness.

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Fall 2022 Zalaznick Reading Series Features Global Voices

8/25/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , A&S Communications

Beginning Sept. 8, the series brings innovative, award-winning authors to read from their work on Cornell’s Ithaca campus.

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Cornell helps detect CO2 for first time on faraway world

8/25/2022 by : Blaine Friedlander , Cornell Chronicle

A large international team found molecular evidence of carbon dioxide on the exoplanet WASP-39b, a giant gaseous world orbiting a sun-like star about 700 light-years away.

The three researchers are sitting around a desk and Ailong Ke is pointing to an image of the IscB molecule on the computer screen.

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Microscopy reveals mechanism behind new CRISPR tool

8/25/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

New research could lead to promising antiviral and tissue engineering tools in animal and plants.

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Energy center receives $12.6 million in renewed funding

8/25/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The award allows the center to continue its work developing advanced fuel cell technologies in alkaline media.

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A&S opens application portal for Klarman postdoc fellowships

8/23/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

… 14. … A&S opens application portal for Klarman postdoc fellowships …

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Quelle Surprise! The Hidden Benefits of My French Lit Major

8/19/2022 by : Melissa Hart Moss ’93, JD ’97 , Cornellians

Being immersed in another language and culture made Melissa Hart Moss ’93, JD ’97 a better lawyer—and a more broad-minded person

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Seeds of survival: Botanic Gardens honors the Black experience

8/17/2022 by : Susan Kelley , Cornell Chronicle

Arts & Sciences student Jakara Zellner ’23, co-leader on the Garden Ambassador team, who served on the advisory committee and narrated the audio tour of a Cornell Botanic Gardens featuring 21 plants significant to the Black experience in the Americas.

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Summer reflections from Milstein students

8/16/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Hear from four of the 29 students in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity about their summer at Cornell Tech.

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Aquadro honored for contributions to population genetics

8/15/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

A world leader in the study of population genetics of the fruit fly, Aquadro studies the amount of diversity that exists within and between the genomes of organisms.

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Milstein students spend summer producing, questioning, exploring

8/15/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Milstein students spent eight weeks this summer wrestling with societal questions about technology's role in our world.

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Iván Andrade: ‘I love interacting with patients’

8/15/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Iván Andrade’s summer experience helped him realize that he’s headed in the right direction as he pursues a career in medicine.

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Humanities Scholars explore future careers through legal internships

8/15/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Two students in the College explored legal careers this summer thanks in part to grants from the Humanities Scholars Program.

James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a a professor emeritus of African and African American Politics and Social Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences,

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James Turner, a ‘giant’ of Africana studies, dies at 82

8/12/2022 by : David Nutt , Cornell Chronicle

James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a pioneer of the multidisciplinary approach to exploring the African diaspora, died Aug. 6 in Ithaca.

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Philosophy on Main Street

8/11/2022 by : Jackie Swift , Cornell Research

Shaun Nichols, professor of philosophy and director of the cognitive science major in the College of Arts and Sciences, compares high-minded philosophical systems to the ways people approach everyday problems. Like picking wild blueberries.

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Academic boot camp boosts veterans’ higher ed mission

8/11/2022 by : James Dean , Cornell Chronicle

Professors in physics and classics contributed to the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) hosted at Cornell for military veterans July 23 to Aug. 6.

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Coates wins 2022 Eni Award for environmental solutions in chemistry

8/9/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

An international honor recognizes Prof. Geoffrey Coates for innovations in sustainable plastics.

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Teachers critical to detecting and reporting child maltreatment

8/8/2022 by : Jim Hanchett , Cornell Chronicle

Time spent in school and the resulting contact with teachers and other school staff leads to increases in reports of child maltreatment – cases that would not have been discovered otherwise.

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The healing power of music

8/5/2022 by : Alison Torrillo French ’95 , Cornell Alumni Magazine

Alison Torrillo French ’95 writes about her experience singing with the chorus during Reunion 2022.

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Laura Niemi wins Kaplan Family Fellowship

8/4/2022 by : E.C. Barrett , Cornell Chronicle

Niemi won for her work teaching applied moral psychology through community-engaged learning.

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Alumni honored with writing prizes

8/3/2022 by : Amanda Lynn Brockner , Department of English

The Department of Literatures in English celebrates four alumni as winners of the 2022 Philip Freund Prize for Creative Writing.

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Harrison College Scholars explore politics, wellness, environment in summer work

8/3/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

From Ithaca to Hawaii to Ecuador, students in the Robert S. Harrison College Scholars Program took advantage of the summer as a time to explore their research interests.

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Study identifies 'transformative learning experiences’ of field courses

8/2/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

While many scientists say field courses shaped their careers and benefit their students, few studies quantify their effects. Cornell researchers want to change that.

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With visit to Taiwan, Pelosi upsets Xi-Biden’s balancing act

8/2/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Government Prof. Allen Carlson comments on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

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Interns experience a memorable Washington summer

8/1/2022 by : Jim Hanchett , Cornell Chronicle

Students completing internships in Washington, D.C. through the Cornell in Washington program are experiencing an in-person summer.

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Book views virtual, real world through a new media artist’s eyes

8/1/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

In a new book, Prof. Timothy Murray illuminates technological improvisation at the intersection of art and politics.

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Worms as a model for personalized medicine

7/28/2022 by : A.J. Bouchie , Cornell Chronicle

“You need to figure out how to tailor biomedical recommendations to different people based on their individual metabolism."

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‘The Zelensky Method’ unpacks Ukrainian president’s panache

7/26/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

In an extended essay, Grant Farred focuses on actor-turned-wartime president, examining the intersection of pop culture and politics.

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PMA prof honored with fellowship for screenwriting work

7/26/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Austin Bunn, associate professor of performing and media arts, has been awarded a New York State Council for the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in screenwriting.

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Exploring life in front of a classroom

7/26/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Stephanie Naing is working with sixth and seventh graders this summer who want to gain entrance into New York City's independent schools.

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Ice Age human footprints discovered in Utah desert

7/26/2022 by : Linda B. Glaser , Cornell Chronicle

Altogether 88 footprints were documented, including both adults and children, offering insight into family life in the time of the Pleistocene.

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Chasing carbon from trees to soils

7/25/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

A group of students, including some in the Nexus Scholars Program, completed field work and analysis this summer on soil coming from a long-term forest fertilization experiment.

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Internship offers insights into banking career

7/25/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Eros Georgiou ’25 is spending the summer exploring a career in banking, with help from a Summer Experience Grant.

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