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Panel offers advice for students interested in public affairs internships

11/13/2023 by : Hyrum Edwards , A&S Communications

Students interested in public service and government can learn more about their futures in the field at an event on November 15.

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Alumna explores impact of Asian American Hollywood icon

11/13/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Shirley Lim's ’90 research into Hollywood icon Anna May Wong is receiving lots of attention as Wong is pictured on a new set of U.S. quarters.

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Exhibit, symposium consider art ‘Between Performance and Documentation’

11/9/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Live events Nov. 16-17 will illuminate questions about performance, photograph and video – and the complex relationship between the three – posed in a current Johnson Museum exhibition.

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Talk to consider roots of antisemitism, racism, Islamophobia

11/8/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

A Nov. 16 talk sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the College of Arts and Sciences will shed light on the history of hate movements in the U.S.

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Looking ahead: State elections ‘not always great predictors’ of what’s to come

11/8/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Virginia voters flipped the House of Delegates to Democratic control, but this is not necessarily an indication of what’s to come nationally in 2024, says David Bateman.

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Riché Richardson receives literary society award

11/7/2023 by : Hyrum Edwards , A&S Communications

"Emancipation's Daughters" earned the 2022 C. Hugh Holman Award from the Society for Southern Literature.

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Struggling with sarcasm: Cornell expert on why Musk’s Grok chatbot isn’t funny

11/7/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

The key to funny sarcasm is found in empathy, says professor David Shoemaker, who studies the moral psychology of humor.

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Rediscovering self-fulfillment during a leave

11/6/2023 by : Hannah Mitchell , A&S Communications

Through hosting a talk show and traveling around the Middle East, An Le ‘25 relearned the value of passion, exemplifying that the path to success is not homogenous.

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Book reexamines scholarship, teaching in the era of COVID-19

11/2/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Three years after the disruptions of 2020, teaching and research continue to be immensely different from pre-pandemic times, according to scholar Debra Castillo.

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A. R. Ammons Reading Series: Reviving a beloved tradition

11/1/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Over two decades since Ammons’s passing, an open mic tradition is being revived thanks to a gift from his student Beverly Tanenhaus ’70.

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Bethe Lecture: Testing space propulsion on Earth

10/31/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

On Nov. 15, physicist and engineer John Foster will discuss the challenge of testing high power electric propulsion on the ground.

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Meshri family funds Baker 200 restoration project

10/30/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The Meshri Family Auditorium opened this fall, after a $6 million renovation.

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Apocalypse debate set for Nov. 9

10/30/2023 by : Hyrum Edwards , A&S Communications

Five professors will argue for the importance of their disciplines during the Logos Philosophy Debate Club’s annual debate.

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Role of women in early Christianity informs Catholic present

10/26/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

“As Roman Catholic Church leaders meet this month for the Synod on Synodality, some women—both nuns and laypeople—have been invited to join the workshop," says Kim Haines-Eitzen.

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Argentina’s run-off to be decided by Patricia Bullrich supporters

10/25/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Which candidate can capture the votes of supporters of Patricia Bullrich, the mainstream conservative candidate?

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Award-winning journalists to discuss role of the press

10/25/2023 by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

On Nov. 14, NPR’s David Folkenflik ’91, Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist, will moderate a panel of noted journalists and faculty to discuss “Free Press in a Free Society: U.S. Newsrooms on the Front Lines.”

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‘Climate Change Comedy Hour’ on Nov. 2

10/24/2023 by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

Environmental historian Aaron Sachs will use a combination of gallows humor, history and silly videos to show how we can shift our attitude about climate change -- and how that shift might help us get to the next stage of climate activism.

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Chinese linguist Tsu-Lin Mei dies at 90

10/24/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Mei was one of the most important Chinese historical linguists of the 20th century.

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As Pew investigator, Goldberg to study how animals feed young

10/24/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

The collaboration aims for a breakthrough in understanding the neural mechanisms by which parental animals balance their own needs with the needs of their offspring.

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Oct. 26 panel focuses on Israel-Palestine conflict

10/24/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The Department of Near Eastern Studies will offer “Understanding Events in Israel – Palestine” from 5-6:30 p.m. in Room 165 of McGraw Hall.

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Law and Justice party seeing ‘double rebuke’ from voters

10/18/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Prof. Bryn Rosenfeld comments on Poland’s Law and Justice party losing power.

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U.S.-supplied, long-range missiles of ‘limited utility’ for Ukraine

10/17/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Military historian David Silbey comments on Ukrainian forces using American-supplied, long-range missiles on the battlefield for the first time.

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‘Desdemona’ celebrates Morrison’s Nobel Prize anniversary

10/17/2023 by : Hyrum Edwards , A&S Communications

The performance will feature singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré, who wrote the music for the original production.

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Nature’s missing evolutionary law identified

10/16/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

An interdisciplinary group of researchers has identified a missing aspect of Darwin's theory that applies to essentially everything.

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Students from all majors invited to mathematical modeling contest

10/13/2023 by : Hannah Mitchell , A&S Communications

The competition allows students to work on open-ended real world problems, showcasing the multifaceted nature of applied mathematics.

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Award-winning Simon Shaheen to perform, lecture on Arab music

10/11/2023 by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

“Simon Shaheen is widely celebrated as a virtuoso violinist and oud player, incomparably creative composer and master teacher of Arab music."

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Clothing is key: Van Dyck portrait captures ‘moment in the history of race-making’

10/11/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Ana Howie used her expertise in cultures of dressing and European imperialism to uncover a story tying Genoa’s elite families to globalized material trade – and Atlantic and Mediterranean slavery.

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Cornell ReSounds concert features Moog keyboard, new instruments

10/11/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

It will be the first time the instrument will be played in public.

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Mongolian music comes to campus

10/10/2023 by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

Concerts set for Oct. 20 and 22 will highlight the musical legacy of composer Byambasurengiin Sharav, a household name in Mongolia.

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Israel-Hamas conflict: Fighting misinformation requires better tools

10/10/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

“Every time there is some major event and information is at a premium, we see misinformation spread like wildfire," says professor Gordon Pennycook.

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Two chemistry professors win Cope Scholar Award

10/10/2023 by : Hyrum Edwards , A&S Communications

Tristan Lambert and Song Lin have been honored for work in organic chemistry.

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October India conference features government, corporate leaders

10/9/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys Limited, will offer the keynote address during an India Conference at Cornell Oct. 13-15.

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Cornell-built instrument to transform Green Bank Telescope

10/9/2023 by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

The new camera "is actually a very different way of observing the sky,” said A&S research scientist Amit Vishwas ’10, M.Eng.,’14, Ph.D. ’19.

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Performance and conference honor Viramontes

10/9/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Held Oct. 20-21, “Lest Silence Be Destructive" will feature readings, discussions and the first public performance of a musical album based on Viramontes' work.

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Cornell scholar: Netanyahu’s policy failures on display following attack

10/9/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

The sense of collective shock in Israel is larger than after the surprise attack on the country which started the Yom Kippur War, says Uriel Abulof.

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Poet and scholar of digital media to deliver annual Digital Humanities Lecture

10/6/2023 by : Julie McLean , A&S Communications

Tung-Hui Hu will talk on “The Grid vs. the Set: Early Attempts at Classifying Data” October 18.

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With McCarthy out, ‘we are slouching towards political chaos’

10/6/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

With our government stalled, our democracy is threatened like never before, says comparative sociologist Mabel Berezin.

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Coming home: Gayogohó:nǫˀ language programs expand reach

10/4/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

This summer, 40 members of the Gayogohó:nǫˀ diaspora came from all over the U.S. for a language camp on their ancestral homeland.

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Synod of Synodality ‘much needed listening session’

10/4/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

The gathering in Rome is unique both in structure and theme, says Daniel Gallagher, a professor of practice in the classics department.

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Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz receives NIH award for ‘transformational’ project

10/4/2023 by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

Neuroscientist Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz has received a New Innovator Director’s Award from the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.

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Physicists realize fractionalization without a magnetic field

10/3/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

The Kim Group leveraged geometric thinking in a twisted bilayer graphene lattice to predict new effects, a novel approach.

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Laurie Anderson visit offers a glimpse of her world

10/3/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The Sept. 26 talk was recorded and is now available to view on eCornell.

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Uyghur children in China’s genocide: A symposium

10/2/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Reported violations of ethnic minority children’s rights by the Chinese government will be explored in a symposium Oct. 27.

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Student receives top honor for Boccaccio essay

10/2/2023 by : Hannah Mitchell , A&S Communications

Grace Aiono ‘26 has been awarded this year’s Giuseppe Velli Prize by the American Boccaccio Association (ABA) for the best undergraduate student essay on the works of Giovanni Boccaccio.

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Staller Lecture to explore the economics of AI Oct. 12

10/2/2023 by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

Economist Jens Ludwig will explore how “big data” and AI tools help us understand and improve human decision-making.

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Cornell astronomy to offer Brinson Prize

10/2/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

The Brinson Prize supports postdoctoral scholars in carrying out novel research in observational cosmology.

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Physicist Michelle Wang named Biophysical Society Fellow

9/29/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Wang was chosen for “advancing our understanding of transcription, replication, and chromatin dynamics through the lens of DNA mechanics and topology.”

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‘Age alone’ should not dominate the decision for older politicians to resign

9/29/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

We need to recognize and remember the mark made by Dianne Feinstein says professor Elizabeth Sanders, but it’s also time for older politicians to begin considering the length of their careers.

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Cornell celebrates 15 years at the heart of CNY Humanities Corridor

9/28/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

The corridor is a consortium of 11 universities and colleges endowed by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Prominent Thai author speaks about her new novel

9/28/2023 by : Hannah Mitchell , A&S Communications

The first woman to win a consecutive Southeast Asian Writers Award, Veeraporn Nitiprapha will discuss her newest novel, “Memories of the Memories of the Black Rose Cat,” on Oct. 5.

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