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Campus & Beyond

The notable lives behind (seven more) big red buildings

Cornellians

How many times have you uttered the name of a Cornell building—whether you lived, ate, took classes, or studied there—without knowing anything about the person it honors? Here’s a look at some of those memorable lives. (And be sure to check out part one …

P. Gabrielle Foreman
Provided P. Gabrielle Foreman
American studies

MacArthur Fellow to give Krieger Lecture on 19th-Century Black political organizing

A&S Communications

American Studies Program …

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Psychology

Circumstances influence happiness as much as personality

Cornell Chronicle

Government …

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Climate

Dark comedy can lighten up fight against climate change

Cornell Chronicle

History …

Person wearing PPE holding two small, colorful birds
Chris Kitchen Zhilei Zhao and parrots
Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow studies vocal learning in parrots

A&S Communications

Neurobiology and Behavior …

An artist's drawing of a head with a clock and cogs inside, with a fly buzzing past.
Changfan Lin
Chemistry & Chemical Biology

New research sheds light on how circadian rhythms work

Cornell Chronicle

Chemistry and Chemical Biology …

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Daniela Paola Alchapar/Unsplash Colorful tropical garden in the Caribbean
Comparative Literature

Recent alumna awarded Bernheimer Prize

A&S Communications

Comparative Literature …

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Provided Behind the scenes of “We Love We Self Up Here.” Cornell students Austin Lillywhite (left) and Afifa Ltifi (slightly visible besides) with filmmaker Kannan Arunasalam.
Comparative Literature

Film co-produced by Natalie Melas wins award

A&S Communications

Comparative Literature …

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Student experiences

Ask our ambassadors: My favorite memories

A&S Student Ambassador

There was a chill in the air, but with all of the energy buzzing around me, I couldn’t feel it. Everywhere I looked, I saw red: the leaves were red, faces were rosy and adorned with paint and stickers, and everyone was wearing Cornell apparel. It was …

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Economics

‘Cheap thrills’: Low-cost leisure leads to less work, more play

Cornell Chronicle

Economics …

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Anthony Lopardo Students Kevin Souhrada and Lindsay Manos drag lobster traps away from the shoreline on Cuttyhunk Island in Massachusetts.
Student experience

Students’ island clean-up trip inspires multimedia projects

A&S Communications

Music …

book cover: Subsurface
Literature and climate change

Book goes underground to find how climate change shapes stories

Cornell Chronicle

Comparative Literature …

Jane Landers
Provided Jane Landers
History

Noted life of an “Atlantic Creole” focus of Becker Lectures

A&S Communications

History …

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Student experiences

Ask our Ambassadors: Finding Plato on the Arts Quad

A&S Student Ambassador

As a student of the College of Arts & Sciences, I find that I spend most of my time on or around the Arts Quad. Whether that be studying at Olin Library, in class at Morrill, McGraw or White halls, or getting coffee at the Temple of Zeus, it is in these …

Museum display of a nude sculpture, cases of objects and a quote on the wall
Provided An exhibition focused on Pliny the Elder at Cornell’s Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
Humanities

Museum exhibit illuminates Pliny’s study of art, nature

Cornell Chronicle

Classics …