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Image of hundreds of microscopic proteins shaped like cylinders — Kellogg Lab provided A cryo-electron microscopy image of TnsC filaments.

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Advanced microscopy shines light on new CRISPR-Cas system

7/23/2021 Cornell Chronicle

The CRISPR-Cas system holds promise for developing an improved gene editing tool.

Rachel Judith Weil

Professor
Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, History, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies Program

… intellectual and gender history of early modern England. My first book,Political Passions: Gender, the Family and … intellectual and gender history of early modern England. My first book,Political Passions: Gender, the Family and … been convicted of a crime. I also think about prisons as sites of politics , where both gaolers and prisoners engage …

William John Kennedy

Avalon Foundation Professor Emeritus in the Humanities
Comparative Literature, Medieval Studies Program, Romance Studies

… imitations of that poet's work throughout Europe. The Site of Petrarchism: Early Modern National Sentiment in … imitations of that poet's work throughout Europe. The Site of Petrarchism: Early Modern National Sentiment in … plays and their global impact on eighteenth- to twenty-first-century fiction and drama in Europe, Asia, Africa, and …

History

How Herman Melville can help us cope with dark times

6/15/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Prof. Aaron Sachs’ new book tells the stories of two American writers, who he says show us how history can offer hope.

student looking at book — Jason Koski/Cornell University A student looks at the cover of the Cornell Daily Sun from Sept. 12, 2001, at Kroch Library.

Class experiences

Students explore 9/11 from multiple perspectives in new class

9/9/2021 A&S Communications

… through an American studies course. “The scrapbooks are firsthand information that can be used to study what was … in the city in 2001, very near the World Trade Center site. He was 1 month old when the attacks occurred, but he’s … Online collections of objects collected from the sites of the attacks; Speeches made by President George W. …

Why Cornell? Ambassador Nick Answers

… of Central Florida and I’d been going to Gator football games since before I could stand. Despite that, in trying to … team (for which I’m traveling around New York playing games for the third season), both of whom took time out of …

2025 New Faculty

New Faculty: Patricia Ekpo

9/1/2025 A&S Communications

… for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University, 2024-2025 Academic background: Ph.D., American studies; …

Romance studies

Let the novel speak

2/7/2019 Cornell Research

… Yet he shied away from devoting his life to literature at first, thinking instead that his craving to be useful to … a writer I could talk about political and social issues. My first three novels had large political and social … hallucinogenic drug in order to create a virtual reality game, which allows players to experience the high of the …

History

Teaching Hard History with Freedom on the Move

5/22/2020 A&S Communications

… Kowalski designed and built the innovative crowdsourced site with a broad set of users in mind. Now, in … T he Hard History Project (HHP), FOTM has published the first components of a broader initiative that aims to … to point the way forward for archives and interpretive sites who want to engage with educators. "This project shows …

Graduate student research

Student spotlight: Nianpo Su

1/14/2025 Cornell University Graduate School

Nianpo Su, doctoral candidate in linguistics, studies how syntactic principles determine the structure of sentences in human languages.

Anthropology, American Indian & Indigenous Studies

Artifacts from upstate Indigenous towns digitized, repatriated

9/23/2020 Cornell Chronicle

… ‘structure’ we used ‘house.’ We used ‘town’ instead of ‘site.’” Bridges and Jordan are now inviting Indigenous … present and collect this abundance of information on the website, the project has depended on the expertise of library …

Engaged Research Grants

Cornell poet’s play “Trap Door” opens an aperture into Ithaca history

5/14/2021 Cornell Chronicle

… “Meandering these streets, one might happen upon a landmark site or a name easily recognized. But how many stories go … about the piece as moving not necessarily from historical site to historical site, but instead from murmur to murmuration.” Van …

Valzhyna Mort

Associate Professor
Literatures in English

… for the Dead and Resurrected (FSG, 2020), named one of the best poetry book of 2020 by The New York Times and The NPR, … for the Dead and Resurrected (FSG, 2020), named one of the best poetry book of 2020 by The New York Times and The NPR, …

Government

Social media tips to avoid sharing, spreading election disinformation

11/2/2020 A&S Communications

… see a flood of disinformation, particularly on social media sites. “In particular, in the next 24 hours potential voters … or fake news about militia activity or danger at polling sites. This type of disinformation is a form of voter … their local election boards or look at voting information sites such as rockthevote.com or iwillvote.com. And if …

A lacross player in white and red uniform holds a trophy aloft; he's surrounded by celebrating teammates — Provided The Cornell men’s lacrosse team celebrates after defeating Maryland in the NCAA Championship Game May 26 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Athletics

Cornell lacrosse wins national championship, first in 48 years

5/27/2025 Cornell Chronicle

… The Big Red defeated Maryland 13-10 in the NCAA title game held at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. … Cornell lacrosse wins national championship, first in 48 years …