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Astronomy

Decade-long galaxy survey releases final catalog

5/31/2018 A&S Communications

… Team has been equally profound. The team is a consortium of 23 mostly undergraduate colleges around the country for … of Groningen, said that “everything I’ve learned about the best practices for running a large survey and international …

Reunion 2018

Reunion 2018 innovates on the tradition of coming back

6/13/2018 Cornell Chronicle

… banner to Ankur Bajaj ’13 and James Feld ’13, with his best wishes for their fifth Reunion. “We are thrilled to be … of the diversity alumni associations, coordinated for the first time, added rich educational opportunities, lively … German ’92, an architecture graduate returning for the first time since his graduation for the CBAA Reunion. “There …

"I am ending this part of my education understanding that I never have to stop learning."

Nathan Floro '15Major: Linguistics and Near Eastern StudiesHometown: Canal Fulton, OHWhy did you choose Cornell?

two people at pianos — Chris Kitchen Degarmo, left, and Bjerken, played together during a Sept. 13 concert in Barnes Hall.

Alumni

Doctor/musician alumnus takes stage in Van Cliburn competition

10/6/2022 A&S Communications

… Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109, which he first played in high school. Other repertoire include Chopin … Sarcasms Op. 17 and Schumann Piano Concerto Op. 54 first movement. “When I bring a piece like that back, I … for the next note. It’s intoxicating in a way, one of the best feelings in the world.” …

History & Latina/o Studies

María Cristina García wins 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

4/20/2016 Cornell Chronicle

… a Journal of American History review describing it as “the best book yet written on Miami … brilliantly conceived, …

IN REMEMBRANCE

Noted astronomer James Houck dies at 74

10/8/2015 A&S Communications

… of the depth, rigor and professionalism needed to get the best from ourselves and our work. We feel the loss with his … the atmosphere. Among the results from that work was the first discovery of the very high luminosities of …

Hu Shih, Class of 1914, from the scrapbook of Lincoln E. Patterson.

University news

New residence halls named for Hu, Morrison, Ginsburg

3/23/2021 Cornell Chronicle

… Naming Committee – chaired by Corey Ryan Earle ’07, visiting lecturer and principal gifts associate – considered … spaces or to sign up for the monthly project e-newsletter, visit ncre.cornell.edu . Read the story in the Cornell …

Anthropology and Africana Studies

Africana alumna starts charter school in Arkansas

3/5/2014 A&S Communications

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Government

New course encourages students to embrace disagreement

11/13/2025 A&S Communications

A new course being offered will give students the chance to consider some of the most polarizing issues in our world today.

HISTORY

US should stay out of Syria, says Cornell historian

10/1/2015

… strongly adverse to military conflict, in my opinion it’s best for the U.S. to stay out – for now. The next president …

$Illustration featuring algebraic topology imagery on a yellow background, a sketch of Bill Thurston's headshot, and a paper with mathematical equations.$

Mathematics

Stretching shapes and building tools: topology at Cornell

11/20/2024 A&S Communications

… campus for the renowned conference. It was one of the first – if not the very first – regional conference on the topic and was likely the … twist, you just create another. It's like a whack-a-mole game. That twist is what topologists mean by an ‘invariant’ …

Interior of a grand building with a central desk and arched opening along the sides; book shelves — Andreas Praefcke/Creative Commons license 3.0 Main Reading Room, Library of Congress (Jefferson Building), Washington, D.C.

American history

Working toward Black reproductive justice from the Library of Congress

6/15/2023 A&S Communications

… one of the most democratic institutions we have, one of the best examples of what is possible in our democracy,” said … The Black Reproductive Justice Archive will focus, at first, on Cleveland. Named one of the worst places in the …

Extraordinary Journeys

'I’ve gained a deeper understanding of how technology can be leveraged for social good'

5/15/2023

… What Cornell memory do you treasure the most? Some of my best memories have come from connecting with other … in UX design and reached out to an alum to schedule my first informational interview. I was nervous because I’d …

Thorsten Joachims

Ronald P. and Susan E. Lynch Professor of Investment Management

… 41-69, Springer,2007. [ Springer Link ][ BibTeX ] 2006 Best Research Paper AwardT. Joachims, Training Linear SVMs … Applications(TDM-05) , pp. 165–174, 2005. [PDF] [ BibTeX ] Best Paper AwardT. Joachims, A Support Vector Method for … Retrieval (SIGIR), 2005. [Postscript] [PDF] [ BibTeX ] Best Student Paper AwardF. Radlinski and T. Joachims, Query …

people in tents — Britney Schmidt, associate professor of astronomy and of earth and atmospheric sciences, and her team set up their field site in Antarctica in 2018. They’re currently in Antarctica through February 2022.

Astronomy

Schmidt: Exploring Earth’s oceans to reach Europa

10/13/2021 A&S Communications

… and ocean using a submarine robot called Icefin – the first mission of its kind. But the whole time, she’ll also … innermost icy moon of Jupiter,” Schmidt says. Europa is the best place beyond Earth to look for life in the solar … with an underwater probe someday, we’ve got to do it here first.” Icefin is a small robotic oceanographer that allows …