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Danish String Quartet

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Danish String Quartet featured on Cornell Concert Series Nov. 14

At Cornell, the GRAMMY-nominated quartet will perform works by Caroline Shaw, Haydn, Shostakovich, and a selection of their original compositions and traditional folk tunes.
 doctors in an operating room

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Conference considers medicine from historical standpoint

The Nov. 2 conference will focus on an interdisciplinary approach.
A microphone

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Cornell experts analyze rhetoric used by both campaigns in final stretch

Following former President Trump’s campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Cornell experts comment on the event's speeches and on Democrats' responses.
Beyoncé

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‘Icon of national femininity’: Beyoncé to appear at VP Harris Houston rally

As Election Day closes in, a Cornell expert in Black feminism sees 'deep meaning and significance' in superstar Beyoncé's support for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Sigrid Nunez

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Sigrid Nunez reading Nov. 7 concludes fall 2024 Zalaznick series

“Sigrid Nunez’s novels meditate on life and the world with unfussy clarity and lightness. Today she is one of the most profound living American writers."
Soldiers in brown formal uniforms march in line beside a blue wall

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North Korean troop deployment aimed at cementing alliance with Russia

Cornell military expert says North Korea sending troops to Russia for for eventual deployment in Ukraine, if true, amounts to more of a political statement, than a military one.
Satellite images

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Archaeology conference focuses on cultural erasure

“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.
person wearing VR glasses

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Art + tech exhibit looking for student work

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.
Peter Lepage, wearing a black vest, stands in front of a large group of people assembled to talk about physics and honor his work

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Two-day ‘LepageFest’ honors physicist and former dean of A&S

The conference focused on the current status and future of heavy quark physics while highlighting the science Lepage has done throughout his career.
two people looking at sheet music that's sitting on a piano

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Events celebrate Chinese composer who also transformed language

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.
 US Capitol building

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Belnick presidential forum focuses on election and democracy’s future

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.
 White hall

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Sean Grayson due in court, attorney and legal scholar comments

Bodycam footage illustrates multiple instances in which Grayson made matters worse, says criminal law expert and professor of government Joseph Margulies.  
person teaching American Sign Language to a group in a circle

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ASL program offers performance series, welcomes new faculty

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

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Trump’s abrupt decision to play DJ, a sign of ‘accelerating cognitive decline’ says Cornell expert

Harry Segal, senior lecturer in the Psychology Department and in the Psychiatry Department at Weill Cornell Medicine, says Trump’s awkward display at his rally was another clear sign of mental decline.
Book cover: The Routledge Anthology of Women's Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism

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J. Ellen Gainor wins book award from Theatre Library Association

The George Freedley Memorial Award Special Jury Prize goes to Gainor for “The Routledge Anthology of Women’s Theatre Theory & Dramatic Criticism," which she co-edited.
Three dimensional art piece; a honeycomb like construction of white clay

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‘Silence’ theme of Society for the Humanities Fall presentations

Six fellows from a broad swath of humanities fields will present their projects in progress during the annual Fall Fellows’ conference, on Friday, Oct. 25.
Three people stand near a red production poster outside a theater

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Professor creates new work at national choreography center

Playing two roles during a prestigious residency, Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz will both choreograph a new dance work and document the process.
Carl Sagan

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Celebration of Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday being held Nov. 9

On what would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday, Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute will celebrate his legacy in an interdisciplinary day of science, music and more as part of the College of Arts & Sciences’ Arts Unplugged series.
Girl with blue Shirt and glasses

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Empowering research and building community: A Rawlings Scholar’s journey

Rawlings Presidential Research Program Scholar Tejal Nair is working on research that connects math and computer science with technology in areas such as healthcare.
Fall view of Goldwin Smith Hall

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A&S announces membership in MLA Strategic Partnership Network

“We felt this is an important resource that should be available to our humanists at all levels, whether they have the resources to pay for membership or not,” said Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Rowan Ricardo Phillips

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Poet and sportswriter Rowan Ricardo Phillips to read Oct. 17

“Rowan Ricardo Phillips is a renowned sportswriter, and has written extensively on baseball, soccer, and tennis. He is, however, first and foremost a poet of the highest order, full of formal sophistication, lyrical possibility, and musical syncopation."
man talking to two students

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A slice of wisdom from Russell Weiner ‘90

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

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A weakened Hezbollah could open the door for a two-state solution

A Cornell government scholar says that the reality of a severely diminished Hezbollah in Lebanon may provide an opportunity for a path toward peace.
person outside

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

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

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Will Mexico’s first female president take a different line on security, economy?

Claudia Sheinbaum, being sworn in as Mexico's first female president today, faces several major challenges, says Gustavo Flores-Macías.
Four people work at a plastic patio table in the midst of ancient ruins: they are archaeologists on an excavation site

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Modeling an ancient house and garden in 3D

Cornell researchers have received a $150,000 NEH Digital Humanities Advanced Grant to create a 3D virtual modeling project based on the Casa della Regina Carolina, a large Pompeian house.
computer screen showing the OpenAI log and text about ChatGPT

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OpenAI restructuring ‘natural consequence’ of AI arms race

The latest changes at OpenAI mark a potential departure from the company's founding, says tech expert Sarah Kreps.
people walking outside with binoculars

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‘Birding buddies’ build social and science communication skills

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

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Writing against productivity in Latin American fiction

Klarman Fellow Romina Wainberg is writing a book that explores how early Latin American novelists depicted the act of writing in their fiction, with a particular focus on fictional representations of the writing process.
A few solders in camoflauge in a field

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Freeing Ukraine to hit targets deep in Russia likely won’t change tide of war

Cornell expert: “The center of gravity of this conflict is still in the east of Ukraine and Ukrainian disadvantages aren’t really going to be fixed by deep strikes inside of Russia."
Students in front of Screen that says Cornell World Languages Day

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World Languages Days opened to public this year

First-year World Languages Day is open to the public which brings a day filled with various activities.
Peter Kim

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Vaccine pioneer to give Racker Lecture Oct. 3

Peter Kim ’79 will explore how vaccines work and provide an overview of some of the most influential vaccines in history.
Beate Heinemann

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Leading particle physicist headlines fall 2024 Bethe Lectures

Beate Heinemann, professor at Universität Hamburg and director for particle physics at DESY in Germany, will share the stories of two outstanding women scientists in a public lecture.
Five people wearing black pose against a blue and black background. They look forboding.

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Splinter Reeds on campus as Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble

The West Coast's first reed quintet will come to campus Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 as the new Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble, hosted by the Department of Music.
The U.S. Capital.

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Speaker Johnson walking tightrope to avoid government shutdown

Cornell expert: Trump and the far right have House Republicans in a bind.
Line of people working in a factory

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Ban on Chinese tech in connected vehicles ‘extremely difficult’ to enforce

Cornell expert: A ban will offer no protection unless it comes with an investment in U.S.-capabilities.  
Scott Emr

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Scott Emr awarded 2024 Horwitz Prize for discovering ESCRT pathway

“This award places Scott Emr in the company of many of the top figures in molecular biology and biomedical sciences from the past 50 years.”
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Empowering online communities with NSF grant

Nori Jacoby, assistant professor of psychology, has been awarded an NSF fellowship for a project to develop algorithms to more effectively harness the intelligence of crowds by improving the quality of collective evaluations
Person standing on a balcony, looking out at a mountain, blue sky and palm trees

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Professor’s feature-length documentary film debuts at Cornell Cinema

“Possible Landscapes,” a new feature-length documentary film exploring the lived experience of landscapes and environments in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, will have its debut screening on Sept. 25 at Cornell Cinema.
person walking in hallway

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Economics conference considers tech, political impacts on global economy

Economists from around the world will come to campus Oct. 3-5 to explore the changing global economy.
A city at midday with a tower

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Cornell expert reflects on Sri Lanka election

Scholar Daniel Bass comments on this week's presidential election in Sri Lanka, the first since a 2022 economic meltdown that forced the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Four head shots of four writers, arranged in a square

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Freund Prize winners to read Sept. 26 

The work of the four winning writers – Andrew Boryga, Aisha Abdel Gawad, C. Michelle Lindley and Amanda Moore – spans a wide range of forms and topics.
Person writing on a dry-erase board with a window in the background

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Klarman Fellow to study consequences of the social safety net

Neil Cholli, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in economics, has received a grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth to study how inequality affects economic growth and well-being in the U.S.
Detail of a woven cloth showing figures dressed in red and yellow

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Language ‘Sustainability through Collaboration’ Conference at Cornell

Cornell, the only institution offering regular multilevel instruction in all six of the major Southeast Asian languages – Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Filipino (Tagalog), Thai and Vietnamese – will host a conference on the teaching of these languages on Sept. 19-21.
Stone building on a college campus, seen from across a green lawn

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Cornell history scholars in residence at Institute for Advanced Study

Mara Yue Du, associate professor of history; Durba Ghosh, professor of history; and Rachel Weil, professor of history are pursuing research projects at the IAS campus in Princeton, New Jersey.
Sevral people, some in colorful traditional dress, stand together in an auditorium

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Cornell hosts major international meeting on education

The global conference, held in July, received 1,150 submissions from scholars and practitioners from 112 countries, representing five continents.
Elisa Gabbert

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‘Accomplished’ poet and essayist to kick off 2024 Zalaznick Reading Series

Elisa Gabbert "has managed to create a life out of reading books and meeting her would be absolutely eye-opening for our students.”
Drummond Fielding

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New Faculty: Drummond Fielding

Drummond Fielding, Astronomy
Weinan Sun

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New Faculty: Weinan Sun

Weinan Sun, Neurobiology and Behavior
Alexandra Kleeman

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New Faculty: Alexandra Kleeman

Alexandra Kleeman, Literatures in English