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Classics

Townsend lecturer explores Anatolian origins of European literature

A&S Communications

… 15. Since 1985, the Prescott W. Townsend Memorial Fund has  supported annual lectures  given by scholars of … first millennium BCE Aegean world, before focusing on the site of Hissarlik, which became a place of memory and ritual … of islands and cities named by Homer. “Subsequently, the site of Troy (Hissarlik) “became the locus of ritual …

women in front of US Capitol building
Provided Henley Schulz ‘22 spent the summer in Washington D.C., working in the office of U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio.
Summer Experience Grants

Summer Experience Grant applications now open

A&S Communications

The grants provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions.

three people talking
Jesse Winter David Folkenflik '91, spoke with Cornell faculty members Mabel Berezin, center, and Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, right, during a March 26 event in New York City.
Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Panel explores rise of nationalism across the globe

A&S Communications

… focused on nationalism around the world during a March 26 New York City event featuring NPR media correspondent … focused on nationalism around the world during a March 26 New York City event featuring NPR media correspondent … a March 26 event in New York City. Citizens seem to be supportive of the move, which has made the country “as safe …

Circles of purple on a pink background with light green colored blobs and lines swirling around
Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Kozikode/Dr. Roshan Nasimudeen Keratinocytes in spinous layer of epidermis.
Mathematics

Statistical machine learning can find unknown factors behind disease

Cornell Chronicle

The study builds on a foundation of theoretical work conducted by co-authors including Marten Wegkamp, professor of mathematics.

Squares with different geometric patterns in a stack with circles showing the same patterns in the four corners of the image
Nancy Wang ’24 and DALL-E3/College of Human Ecology Nancy Wang ’24 used the AI DALL-E3 and the prompt “create a schematic of one layer of flexible battery, one layer of woven conductive thread, and one layer of textile” to create this image.
Artificial Intelligence

‘A completely different game’: Faculty, students harness AI in the classroom

Cornell Chronicle

“This is a tool that students are using already, and it’s probably not going away,” said doctoral candidate Amelia C. Arsenault, M.A. ’23, a teaching assistant in the government department.

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Preservation Maryland Rowhomes on Pennington Avenue in Curtis Bay, Baltimore.
Anthropology

Cornell Expert: Why bridge collapse recovery is ‘time to listen’ to Baltimore residents impacted by coal shipping

A&S Communications

… on Maryland’s economy. We should do everything we can to support the people most impacted by the bridge collapse: …

kid working with art materials to make a butterfly
Chris Kitchen Members of the Ithaca Community visited campus for the March 15 event, creating butterflies under the guidance of entomologist/artist/Cornell doctoral student Annika Salzberg.
Arts Unplugged

Nabokov celebrated for crossing arts/science boundaries

A&S Communications

An avid lepidopterist since childhood, Nabokov was known to spend most of his free time on campus in the Cornell University Insect Collection.

Theda Skocpol
Theda Skocpol
Democracy

A.D. White professor addresses threats to democracy

A&S Communications

Theda Skocpol, Harvard scholar and A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell, will present the public lecture “Rising Threats to U.S. Democracy – Roots and Responses” on April 9.

Antonio Fernandez Ruiz
Neurobiology and Behavior

Mind Prize awarded to neuroscientist Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz

A&S Communications

The prize aims to “change the paradigm of neuroscience research by creating a community of next-frontier thinkers who can uncover a deeper understanding of the brain and cognition.”

Shiqi Lin
Chris Kitchen Shiqi Lin next to a poster in her office depicting 25 years of covers from the Chinese culture magazine Neweekly, which reflect China's social changes during the past quarter century.
Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow: Digital media connects people in a polarized world

A&S Communications

… of my sound recorder.” Lin, who experienced China’s rapid changes herself growing up, feels drawn to document … Chinese world as an especially controversial but critical site for problematizing this quest of media and politics,” …

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The 2024 Kessler Fellows cohort

Cornell introduces its 2024 Kessler Fellows cohort

Cornell Chronicle

The new Kessler Fellows, including A&S students, will spend their spring semesters sharpening their entrepreneurial skills while preparing for a fully funded summer internship at a startup of their choice.

Smiling photo of smiling man with Cornell graduation gown in front of academic builing.
Alumni experiences

Passion for civil rights continues after Cornell: Alec Giufurta ‘21

A&S Communications

Alec Giufurtan '21, discusses his work related to journalism and civil rights, and his current life as a law student.

Tanya Chartier dressed as a mime in front of a silver tube
Mathematics

Celebrating April as Mathematics Awareness Month

A&S Communications

The Cornell and Ithaca communities can see a unique blend of mime and mathematics during two days of events planned by the Cornell Department of Mathematics on April 19 and 20.

Book cover featuring an image of elderly people gathered in front of a building tagged by graffiti
Provided Book cover image with graffiti on Block 1221 Senior's Club designed by Álvaro Siza for IBA-1984/87, Kreuzberg, Berlin.
History of Art and Visual Studies

‘Art and Architecture of Migration and Discrimination’ released

College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

Following their co-taught Mellon seminar, Cornell faculty Akcan and Dadi announce the release of their edited volume of essays on the art and architecture of partitions, migrations, arrivals, experiences, and global conditions from the 20th century to the present.

Nicholas Kiefer
Nicholas Kiefer
Economics

Nicholas Kiefer, economist and ‘towering intellect,’ dies at 73

Cornell Chronicle

Nicholas Kiefer, an economist whose deep curiosity and sharp insights into statistics and economic theory enabled him to parse a range of financial and banking systems, died March 12.