Cornell's Jewish Studies Program, the Center for Jewish History and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research present "Monish: A Musical Tale of Talmud and Temptation," set to rhyming English verse.
In an on-line poll of more than 600 philosophers, the Sage School’s Philosophical Review has been voted the best general journal of philosophy by a wide margin -- 371-165 over its nearest rival.
The performance was part of the National Theatre’s “Courage Everywhere” project, which features world-class directors producing plays on the themes of suffrage, courage and the fight for political equality in the UK and around the world.
Image: This is the Arecibo message with color added to highlight its separate parts. The actual binary transmission carried no color information. Credit: Arne NordmannToday’s Google doodle celebrates the 44th anniversary of humankind’s first intentional radio message to extraterrestrials, via the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, which was then managed by Cornell.
Nilay Yapici, assistant professor of neurobiology and behavior, has received a 2018 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Research Grants for Junior Faculty from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR). The grant provides an early career investigator with up to $100,000 for one to two years to support research focused on aging processes and age-related diseases.
Héctor Abruña, the Emile M. Chamot Professor of Chemistry, was named the recipient of the Allen J. Bard Medal for 2019, one of the highest honors of the Electrochemical Society.
Students in the new class, Instrumentation for Composers, wrote for eight solo instruments and had their pieces performed by professional musicians on the Cornell faculty.
Acclaimed poet Julia Kasdorf and award-winning documentary photographer Steven Rubin, co-authors of “Shale Play,” will be reading on Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. at Buffalo Street Books. This will be followed by the event, “F Word: Poems + Photographs of Witness from Pennsylvania’s Fracking Fields,” on Nov. 12 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in 122 Rockefeller Hall.
Political economist Alberto Alesina will discuss "Immigration and Redistribution: Perceptions Versus Reality” at an Oct. 31 lecture as part of the George Staller Lecture series.
Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, has named Derk Pereboom as the Senior Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities and Melissa Ferguson Senior Associate Dean for Social Sciences.
The colleges of Arts & Sciences and Human Ecology will offer upperclassmen an opportunity to interview with potential employers through the annual New York Recruiting Consortium on January 11th.
Assistant Professor Óscar Gil-García of Binghamton University and his brother, Manuel Gil, a professional photographer, will share the story of their exhibit, “From Stateless to Citizen: Indigenous Guatemalan Refugees in Mexico” during a Nov. 9 lunch in the Latina/o Studies Center on the fourth floor of Rockefeller Hall.
A wave of democratization swept over the African continent in the 1990s. Has it made a difference in the welfare of individuals in sub-Saharan African nations? And why hasn’t the shift to multiparty elections led to profound change in African governance, given the region’s rapidly changing economics and urbanization?
Alison Van Dyke, retired senior lecturer of performing and media arts and an integral part of the Cornell Prison Education Program, died in London on Oct. 5, while on a trip to Spain, France and England.
“Love Transformed,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series, explores the complex relationship between love, early Christianity, and contemporary wedding practice.
Efforts continue to focus on faculty renewal and undergraduate scholarships, but gifts will also support important programs and exciting new initiatives.
Building on the strong tradition of intellectual history in Cornell’s Japanese studies, the East Asia Program (EAP) is developing a new initiative on contemporary Japanese thought led by Pedro Erber, associate professor of Romance studies and new director of EAP. The initiative intends to return attention to the place of Japan in our contemporary world.
Zoee D’Costa ’19 and other students in the Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine class learned about more than just medicine during their international conversations.
Historians Febe Armanios and Bogac Ergene will discuss the role of alcohol consumption in Muslim communities since early Islamic times during a public lecture Oct 18.
Graduate students from the Department of Performing Media Arts have been honored with multiple fellowships and grants over the course of the year. Recipients of awards include Caitlin Kane, Jayme Kilburn, Rosalie Purvis, Elaigwu Ameh, Kristza Pozsonyi and Sam Blake.These grants, which support research, creative pursuits and teaching, give grad students the opportunity for peer academic review, funds to carry out projects and finances for travel.
The German Studies Department will host a three-day international conference Oct. 11-13 discussing the works and theoretical contributions of German multimedial artist and storyteller Alexander Kluge.
Cornell has received a $1.5 million endowment from the Central New York Humanities Corridor, thanks to a $3.55 million matching grant from the Mellon Foundation that also funded endowments at Syracuse and Rochester, which will support regional interdisciplinary humanities projects. With the Society for the Humanities stewarding the Cornell endowment, Cornell faculty will have faster access to funding with less paperwork.
New renovations and expansions in Uris Hall have improved classroom and seminar room spaces in the Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI), given undergrads in the sociology department a computer lounge and provided more space for graduate students to hold meetings and conduct research.
The off-Broadway world premiere of “The Winning Side,” a new play by James Wallert, will feature Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., senior lecturer in the Department of Performing & Media Arts, as Major Taggert
Sabrina Karim, assistant professor of government, and her co-author Kyle Beardsley, Duke University, have been awarded the 2018 Conflict Processes Section Best Book Award from the American Political Sciences Association for their book, “Equal Opportunity Peacekeeping: Women, Peace, and Security in Post-Conflict States.”
The mysteries of quantum computing will be explained by physicist Shoucheng Zhang, a lead researcher in the field, in the fall Hans Bethe Lecture on Wed., Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
On the table in her cozy Fifth Avenue office, Funmi Dosunmu ’12 offers her clients the choice of champagne, a mimosa, a plate of sweets or just an Evian water. They are celebrating, after all. Most of them are planning for one of the biggest days of their lives. Adorning her walls are gorgeous shots from weddings that she’s planned.
The third annual Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium on Sept. 27 features three renowned neuroscientists who will discuss their research and techniques to explore the brain: Michale Fee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gail Mandel, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University; and Kamil Ugurbil, University of Minnesota.
When Rolf Barth ’59 thinks about his time as a Cornell Chemistry major, he remembers the 80 hours a week he spent in classes, labs, his language courses in German and Russian, plus three summers doing research at CalTech and Scripps Oceanographic Institute.
Enrique Morones, president and founder of Border Angels, will offer a public talk, “Border Angels, Border Realities and Immigration Today,” at 6 p.m. Sept. 25 at the First Unitarian Church, 306 N. Aurora St., Ithaca. He will also visit Cornell classes and meet with students during his two-day visit to Ithaca.
So many students attended the semester’s first Wednesday Lunch Series on Aug. 29, sponsored by the Asian American Studies Program (AASP) and the Asian and Asian American Center, that some of them ended up standing.
