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Speaker to address the roots of fascism in Europe

On April 11, political theorist Eleni Varikas will speak on “The Colonial Genealogies of Fascisms in Europe" as part of the 2018 Institute for Comparative Modernities (ICM) New Conversations Series. The talk, at 4:45 pm in G22 Goldwin Smith Hall, is free and the public is invited.
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Students' app helps users choose wardrobe based on weather

Beyond Ithaca, the app has been downloaded in more than 70 countries.
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A&S undergrad starts Hate Has No Home campaign on campus

The campaign also encourages people to have conversations with people who don’t agree with them and listen to one another.
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‘Follow your north star:' Alumna shares career path from footwear reporter to Fortune magazine

Leigh Gallagher said memorable classes focused on French literature, psychology, history and a treasure trove of English classes on Chaucer, Milton, Dreiser and Faulkner.
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Spring Environmental Humanities Lecture Series begins April 12

Scholars in the new interdisciplinary field of environmental humanities argue that climate change, water security, environmental justice and other such challenges can’t be solved purely by economic and scientific solutions: Human culture is implicated in ecological conditions.The Spring 2018 Environmental Humanities Lecture Series will bring to campus two leading scholars in the field. All talks in the series are free and open to the public.
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Three mathematicians awarded prestigious Simons Fellowships

Three out of the 40 coveted Simons Fellowships in Mathematics for 2018 have been awarded to Cornell mathematics faculty members: Professor Marcelo Aguiar, Associate Professor Lionel Levine and Professor Alex Vladimirsky.
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Professor Jamila Michener wins Early Career Award

… 0 … Jamila Michener, assistant professor of government, was recently awarded The 2018 Early Career Award by the Midwest Women’s Caucus for Political Sciences. … in research and her contributions to political science. … Professor Jamila Michener wins Early Career Award
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Students chosen for ethics conference at West Point

Two Cornell students were chosen to participate in the West Point National Conference on Ethics in America last month based on essays they submitted and a recommendation from Cornell’s Program on Ethics & Public Life.
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Princeton professor explores intersection between Jewish, American ghettos  

Mitchell Duneier from Princeton will visit campus for a 4:30 p.m. talk April 11 about his book, "Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, The History of an Idea." The talk will take place in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall.
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Exploring Arts & Sciences? Visit the majors/experiential learning fair April 12

Staff and faculty from departments and programs in the College of Arts & Sciences will offer a festive majors and experiential learning fair from 3:30-5:30 p.m. April 12 in the Groos Family Atrium in Klarman Hall.
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Ape communication explored at Cornell event

In a talk on “Gestural Communication and Pantomime in Great Apes” March 6 in Cornell's Goldwin Smith Hall, evolutionary anthropologist Itai Roffman from the University of Haifa and three Cornell faculty respondents explored the implications of the latest findings on primate culture and communication.
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Researchers identify the cells that trigger flowering

How do plants “know” it is time to flower? A new study uncovers exactly where a key protein forms before it triggers the flowering process in plants.Until now, no one has pinpointed which cells produce the small protein, called Flowering Locus T (FT). The study also points to an extensive intercellular signaling system that regulates FT production.
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Undercover: UCLA Historian to Speak about the Secret Life of Journalist Grace Halsell

Historian Robin R. G. Kelley will visit campus April 16-18 for three lectures as part of the 2018 Carl Becker Lecture Series.
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Students launch journal to explore connections between politics and space

When someone commits a crime in outer space, whose laws govern their punishment?
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Educational trip brings students to UN to appreciate complex world

UNITED NATIONS, New York City — A diverse group of undergraduates, graduate students, academic fellows and staff from Cornell took a trip to the city last month to tour the United Nations, learn more about disarmament issues and talk about career prospects with the global organization.
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Alumna finds parallels between Cornell experience, working at NYT

During her time at Cornell, Henig and a friend founded Kitsch, a student publication.
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Sociology professor Filiz Garip wins Komarovsky Best Book Award

… 0 … Filiz Garip, professor of sociology, was awarded the Mirra Komarovsky Best Book Award for her work, “On the Move: Changing Mechanisms of … a pioneer in the sociology of gender. … Sociology professor Filiz Garip wins Komarovsky Best Book Award
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A&S curriculum report recommends focus on exploration, simplified requirements

Faculty will take the next steps to determine whether the recommendation should move on to a proposal.
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Student playwrights and screenwriters honored March 23

The winning stage and screenplays from this year’s Heermans-McCalmon Writing Competition will be showcased Friday, March 23, at 4:30 p.m. in the Class of ’56 Dance Theatre at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
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Performance studies professor visits for Society for Humanities lecture

Fred Moten, professor of performance studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and professor at the University of California-Riverside, will deliver the 2018 Invited Society Scholar Lecture at 4:30 p.m. March 21 in Lewis Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall. The subject of Moten’s lecture will be “The Gift of Corruption.” The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Summer grants can support student research, travel

Through departments or the college, A&S students can find various ways to fund their summer adventures.
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Dave Zirin to deliver 2018 Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture

Professional athletes have recently faced increasing criticism when they engage in political discourse, even though athletes have long had a history of political engagement. Dave Zirin, award winning sports editor for The Nation, will deliver the Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture on “The History of the Activist Athlete” March 22 at 4:45 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Teukolsky to explore the Dark Universe in Spring Hans Bethe Lecture

Einstein predicted black holes and gravitational waves – bizarre deviations from Newton’s theory of gravity – but it took almost a century before experiments proved him right. Those experimenters won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, but why do gravitational waves matter? And why is the recent detection of waves from colliding neutron stars causing such a stir?
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Levine keeps the 'Norton Anthology of World Literature' fresh

The 2017 edition adds new sections of oral works and poetry and politics.
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Medieval and renaissance scholar speaks March 19

A Medieval and Renaissance literature scholar from Bard College will visit campus March 19 to talk about her research related to truth and fiction in texts from the Middle Ages.
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Fortune editor visits March 16 for Munschauer lecture

Leigh Gallagher '94, an English major, will talk about her work and her career path.
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Undergrad researcher explores ways to combat antibiotic resistance to cholera

Researchers have discovered a gene whose presence creates a larger “porin,” a hole in a bacteria’s outer membrane, allowing larger antibiotics to enter and attack the cell wall.
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Cornell Symphony Orchestra offers annual young person’s concert

Young musicians from Ithaca High School Chamber Orchestra, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra’s Youth Orchestra and the Cornell Synphony Orchestra will come together to perform a concert for the Ithaca community on Sunday, March 11.
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Professor offers talk on history of sexual minority rights in Zimbabwe

A professor from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, will visit campus March 7 to deliver a lecture examining the history of activism among sexual minority groups in Zimbabwe. Marc Epprecht, professor of Global development studies, History and Cultural studies will offer “Reflections on the Struggle for Sexual Minority Rights in Zimbabwe” at 4:30 p.m. at the A.D. White House.
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Colloquia explore Italian art, culture, literature, philosophy

This spring, the Italian program within the College of Arts & Sciences is hosting the Italian Studies Colloquium, a series of lectures bringing together enthusiasts of Italian art, culture, literature and philosophy.
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Translation by Brett de Bary inaugurates new Cornell Press imprint

Brett de Bary has translated one of the first two books in a new Einaudi Center imprint at Cornell University Press, Cornell Global Perspectives.
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Undergrads can apply for new summer research opportunities at Cornell Tech

Students will work with Cornell Tech faculty and postdocs, or partner organizations over a 10-week summer program.
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Professor explores complexities of communicating the 'norms of science'

Overcoming gaps between knowledge and belief requires scientists to engage with the public, Bruce Lewenstein says.
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Nelson Hairston elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

Nelson G. Hairston Jr., Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Environmental Science in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has been elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) for “outstanding contributions” in advancing ecological knowledge.
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Alumna explores colonialism in Puerto Rico in aftermath of Maria

Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico this past fall, and the slow recovery has left scholars and politicians wondering how to best help. On March 5, alumna Rosa Ficek ’03 will explore colonialism in Puerto Rico after this destructive hurricane in a public lecture, “Infrastructure, Colonialism and the State of Puerto Rico after Maria.” The talk, at 3:30pm in Cornell’s Morrill Hall, is free and open to the public.
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Historian to deliver Seymour Lecture on political activism of athletes

When NBA star Lebron James criticized President Trump on ESPN, Fox News host Laura Ingraham told him to “shut up and dribble.” Historian Amy Bass will discuss what happens when professional athletes speak publicly about political issues, in this year’s Harold Seymour Lecture in Sports History, "Listen to Athletes for a Change: Race, Politics, and Sports," March 8 at 4:30 pm in Lewis Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall.
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Alum continues activism in new role as president of City College

Vincent Boudreau, Ph.D. ’91 discovered the far-ranging impacts of Cornell's Southeast Asia Program as a graduate student.
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Robert Morgan to appear in History Channel docudrama

Robert Morgan, the Kappa Alpha Professor of English, will appear in the first episode of the new History channel docudrama, "The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen” on Wednesday, March 7 at 9PM ET/PT.  Morgan was tapped by the History Channel producers (who include Leonardo DiCaprio) for his expertise o
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Trevor Pinch receives 2018 J.D. Bernal Prize

Trevor Pinch, Goldwin Smith Professor of Science & Technology Studies, has been awarded the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2018 John Desmond Bernal Prize, a lifetime achievement award for his “distinguished contribution” to the field of science and technology studies (STS).
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Infant skull binding shaped identity, inequality in ancient Andes

For families in the Andes between 1100-1450 AD, cranial modification was all the rage.
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Sweet Honey In The Rock to offer concert & free workshops

The female a cappella group Sweet Honey In The Rock has used the power of music to advocate for justice, freedom, and democracy since the 1970s.
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Former NBA player to discuss athletes and activism in Feb. 27 lecture

Social activism efforts of professional athletes such as Chris Long, who recently donated his entire $2.25 million salary to support educational equality efforts, will be the focus of a Feb. 27 visit by former NBA player Etan Thomas. Thomas, author of “We Matter: Athletes and Activism,” will also discuss his new book at the free lecture at 4:30 p.m. in Kauffmann Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall.
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Sociologists to explore end-of-life care in Feb. 23 talk

The number of Americans over age 65 is expected to double by 2060, to 24 percent of the population, intensifying concerns about end-of-life care. In a talk on Feb. 23, sociologists Holly Prigerson and Libby Luth will speak on “Psychosocial Influences on End-of-Life Care: Leveraging and Application of Social Constructs,” at 3:30 pm in Rm. 302, Uris Hall. 
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Helping students jumpstart ‘side projects’

Tina He '19 and Maya Frai '20 say they can help students turn an idea into a completed project in about six weeks.
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Wall Street execs give inside scoop on interview process

Alumni will offer advice, resources and role play with students to illustrate typical questions and scenarios they might encounter.
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Cornell hosts Switch Ensemble residency

The Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players (CCCP) will host The Switch Ensemble for a five-day artistic residency Feb. 26 to March 3 that will include workshops, a lecture recital, a recording session and two concerts.The concerts will feature pieces composed by Cornell graduate students and faculty, and performed by the Switch Ensemble.
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Theater grad revels in Oscar nomination

Reed Van Dyk's film explores the interaction between a gunman and an elementary school receptionist.
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PMA professor directs international theatre production at The Cherry

“Rule of Thumb,” an international theatre production directed by Beth F. Milles, opens Feb. 23 at The Cherry Arts in Ithaca.
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Chemist Coates wins prize for best Science paper

Geoffrey W. Coates, the Tisch University Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has received the 2017 Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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New book examines Plato's view of human motivation

Twenty-five hundred years after they were written, Plato’s dialogues continue to yield insights that resonate with current philosophical discussions. In her new book, “Plato’s Moral Psychology: Intellectualism, the Divided Soul, and the Desire for Good,” Rachana Kamtekar, professor of philosophy, examines Plato’s approach to human motivation.