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A new political landscape: Hispanic voters, Trump's transactional politics

With about 45% of Hispanics voting for Trump, we’re witnessing an important realignment of a group previously thought to be squarely within the coalition supporting Democratic candidates, says professor Gustavo Flores-Macías.
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Economic woes: Can Trump fix inflation?

Will President Donald Trump’s policies rectify the high prices Americans are seeing? Kaushik Basu, professor of economics at Cornell, says inflation is beyond the control of the party in power and is shaped by other actors.   
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Food waste solution wins top prize at hackathon

… Talent 2.0, Nov. 8 - 10, New York City AI, Jan. 17-19, 2025, New York City Animal Health, Jan. 31 – Feb. 2, 2025, Cornell Digital Agriculture, Feb 28 - March 2, 2025, Cornell Health, March 14-16, 2025, New York City Find …
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Could ‘inoculation’ limit election misinformation?

A popular strategy for combating misinformation can help people distinguish truth from falsehood – when combined with reminders to focus on accuracy, Cornell-led research finds.
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Jones understood all art, especially Black art, is ‘political’

Music producing legend Quincy Jones understood the political aspect of art, says Cornell music scholar.
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Revealing the superconducting limit of ‘magic’ material

Cornell researchers have identified the highest achievable superconducting temperature of graphene – 60 Kelvin. The finding is mathematically exact and is spurring new insights into the factors that fundamentally control superconductivity.
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New Feldshuh play premieres Nov. 1 at Schwartz Center

“Orlando’s Gift,” a new play written and directed by David Feldshuh, professor of performing and media arts, and inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” will premiere Nov. 1 at the Schwartz Center.
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Bells Are Ringing for This Veteran Chimesmaster

The Cornell Chimes' advisor for nearly a quarter-century, Jennifer Courtley Lory-Moran ’96, MAT ’97, recently marked a carillon milestone.
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Alum’s Firm Sells Garments Long Seen as an Oxymoron: Comfy Bras

At Harper Wilde, "30 Under 30" honoree Jenna Kerner Barnes ’11 offers underclothes for customers of many shapes and sizes.
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Crowdfunding launch supports Ways of Knowing podcast at Cornell

A crowdfunding campaign launched Nov. 1 to support a Cornell-based season of "Ways of Knowing,” a new podcast created by The World According to Sound.
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Mathematician Al Schatz dies at 90

Alfred H. Schatz, an emeritus professor of mathematics who taught at Cornell for nearly 50 years, died at home on Oct. 11 after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.
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The A.D. White House: Andrew’s abode is a campus gem

Commissioned by Cornell’s inaugural president, the villa later became an art museum—and has long hosted a humanities group.
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Klarman Fellow presents findings on housing cost history

This fall, Jake Anbinder, a historian with an interest in cities and strong ties to public policy, presented two conference papers elaborating on his award-winning book project.
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Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures holds first event

During “Beyond 2024: Envisioning Just Futures and Equitable Democracy,” faculty and students from across the university will come together to creatively showcase research and art, build community and be inspired to imagine a better future.
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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.
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Physicist Yuval Grossman elected to American Physical Society

Yuval Grossman, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society for seminal contributions in “flavor” physics.
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Poet pictures ‘a place where a woman may find some peace’

In “Purchase,” a new collection of poems from Associate Professor Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, the author seeks consolation for grief by turning to specific sources of beauty.
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Short film screenwriting: a high-wire act of abbreviation

In his new book, filmmaker Austin Bunn delves into the mechanics of the short form by reprinting notable scripts and interviewing the films’ creators, as well as providing insights and advice based on his own screenwriting career.
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Conference considers medicine from historical standpoint

The Nov. 2 conference will focus on an interdisciplinary approach.
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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.
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New Book by Alumni Explores Walter LaFeber’s Life and Work

A year after former students held a conference in NYC that paid tribute to a giant in the field of U.S. history, Cornell University Press has published a companion volume to the event.
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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.
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Collaboration blends fashion, film studies and spark of fun

Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection and Cornell Cinema are working together on a film series featuring influential costume designer Edith Head.
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Things to do: election insights, Halloween movies, Canine Crawl

Hear from experts about the election and the future of democracy, listen to the music of a 1914 alumnus who experimented with blending Chinese and Western musical traditions, and more.
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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."
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Students look to cast their votes with enthusiasm – and nuance

Cornell students are preparing to vote, many for the first time, by engaging with ideas and conversing across differences.
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University celebrates top faculty for outstanding teaching, mentoring

Eleven teaching faculty from across the university have been awarded Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching, Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff announced Oct. 22.
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Handel’s greatest hits, reimagined for organ

David Yearsley, the Herbert Gussman Professor of Music, has configured some of George Frideric Handel’s greatest works into pieces for solo organ in his new album.
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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.
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Archaeology conference focuses on cultural erasure

… 14765 … On Nov. 1-2, Cornell will host an international conference on the impact of political repression on archaeology and cultural heritage. … professor of Near Eastern studies and Anthropology in the College of Arts & Sciences (A&S), will discuss how …
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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.
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Winter Session 2025 registration is now open

Online Winter Session classes run January 2–18, 2025, including course offerings from economics and archaeology in A&S.
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eLab Welcomes 24 student startup teams to fall cohort

Twenty-four student teams, including several A&S students, have been selected for the Fall 2024 cohort of eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Short films from PMA course selected for festivals

… Seminar, taught by PMA Associate Professor Austin Bunn , are headed to film festivals this fall. The Mellon Foundation-funded course, “Documenting Rural … conducted the interviews and gathered heaps of b-roll. We used a professional videographer and Cornell grad Rafael …
Elijah Sheridan

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Student spotlight: Elijah Sheridan

Elijah Sheridan, a doctoral student in physics from Lansing, Michigan, studies string theory under the guidance of Liam McAllister at Cornell.
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Brooks students enjoy immersive experience at national conventions

This summer a group of seven Cornell students traveled with the Brooks School Institute of Politics and Global Affairs (IOPGA) director, former Congressman Steve Israel, and senior associate director, Erin King Sweeney, to the Republican and Democratic National Conventions to get an inside look at these major political events.
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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.  
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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.
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Your October 2024 reads

This month’s titles, featured in Cornellians, include "Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section" by A&S alum Rachel Somerstein ’04.
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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.
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World at a Turning Point interview

Arpit Chaturvedi Cornell MPA'18 and Larasati Eka Wardhani MPA'25 interviewed Luis Felipe López-Calva Ph.D. ‘99, global director, Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank Group during The World at a Turning Point: Cornell Conference on Development Economics and Law.
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Engaged faculty network grows with 28 new fellows

Fellows will spend the year developing a community-engaged course, project or publication, while also joining a network of scholars committed to advancing the university’s public engagement mission.
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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.
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Astronomy professor Ho named Packard Fellow

The fellowship from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation includes $875,000 in unrestricted funds to be used for research over five years.
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Scientists supporting mission to assess Europa’s habitability

Jupiter’s moon Europa may have conditions that could support life. To find out, NASA has launched its next flagship science mission, Europa Clipper, and Cornell scientists will play a role.
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Global experts look abroad for lessons in super election year

Voters in more than 60 countries are heading to the polls to elect new leaders in this record-breaking “super election” year. In many of those countries, democracy itself is on the ballot.
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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.