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Departments and Programs

"A college education should always extend beyond the classroom."

… over the world. Choosing to attend Cornell was one of the best decisions I have ever made, and it changed my life …

Transformative Humanities

Kennedy on Vergil's "Aeneid"

3/29/2016

… unless you understood how language works, and the best way to do that was through foreign language study. …

Transformative Humanities

Adelson on Kluge's "Plugging Up a Child's Brain"

3/29/2016

… the differences that bring life to what education at its best can do. Today I am completing a book on Kluge’s vital …

woman looking at another woman's phone — Lindsay France Marie Dorvilne, standing, helps Yanick Pierre-Louis, as her home care worker.

Alumni experiences

Overlooked, undervalued: Cornell research seeks to elevate home care workers

6/16/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Madeline Sterling '08, an Arts & Sciences alum, is part of a team launching a research program to elevate the value of home care workers.

Glenn Altschuler

Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies Emeritus
American Studies Program, History, Jewish Studies Program

… (University of Illinois Press, 1992) Better Than Second Best: Love and Work in the Life of Helen Magill . …

Liliana Colanzi

Associate Professor
Romance Studies

… (Mexico). The Hay Festival Cartagena included her among the best Latin American writers under 40 (Bogota39, 2017). Her …

Amit Vishwas uses a screwdriver to work on ALPACA, a round metal top with metal boxes and cables protruding — Ryan Young/Cornell University Amit Vishwas ’10, M.Eng.,’14, Ph.D. ’19, research scientist in the College of Arts & Sciences, works on the ALPACA instrument, with Donald Campbell, professor emeritus of astronomy (A&S), looking on.

Astronomy

Cornell-built instrument to transform Green Bank Telescope

10/9/2023 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.

Four people confer over notes — Cornell University Students engage in Active Learning

History

History department begins three-year active learning initiative

3/14/2023 Department of History

… deliberately about what my teaching goals are and how I can best achieve them. The most helpful aspect of our work …

Byron Suber

Senior Lecturer (On Leave)
Performing and Media Arts

… In his architectural history work, in looking for a site for study where the moving (or immobilized) body is … New Orleans, LA 1978 The Absent Minded Fairy, April 23, 1978, Asphodel Plantation, LA; Lucy Ricardo Blues Suite, …

James Morin

Professor Emeritus
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

… invisible close relatives. American Paleontologist 18(4):23-25. Cohen, A. C. and J. G. Morin. 2010. Two new … of a marine bioluminescent ostracod. Animal Behavior 78:723-734. Gerrish, G. A., J. G. Morin, T. J. Rivers, and Z. …

Anne Berger

Adjunct Professor of French Literature
French Studies Program, Romance Studies

… Pp.93-120. “Comment peut-on être Persanse?,” Contretemps n.2/3, Paris:Galilée, 1997. “The Latest Word from Echo” …

Kendra Bischoff

Associate Professor, Director of the Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program
American Studies Program, Center for the Study of Inequality, Sociology

… opportunities for civic education. I was awarded the 2023 Robert A. and Donna B. Paul Award for Excellence in … about Income Integration in Schools ." City and Community 23:110-134. Bischoff, Kendra and Peter Rich. 2023. “Neighborhood Effects on Schools and Students.” In The …

Person leading a singing group in a chapel — Ryan Young / Cornell University

Alumni

The University Chorus Makes Beautiful Music

5/31/2022 Cornellians

… you can put them together to do mixed works—so it’s the best of both worlds.” Given the longstanding connections …

Student experiences

A&S Student starts first term on Ithaca's Common Council

3/16/2022 A&S Communications

A&S student Jorge Defendini '22, a new member of Ithaca's Common Council, is focusing on environment and housing issues.

Awards

Weiss teaching awards honor 10 exceptional faculty

10/18/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Three A&S faculty members have been selected to receive Stephen H. Weiss Awards honoring excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring, President Martha E. Pollack announced Oct. 18.