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Science and Technology Studies

Maps have political power, sociologist says

1/4/2024 A&S Communications

A new paper examines the politics at play in the maps published in 2020 as part of a peace plan proposed by the Trump Administration.

Jillian Goldfarb

Associate Professor, Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies (CIAMS)

Black and white historic image of Filipino family traveling on carabao from an American concentration camp, circa 1900 — Cornell University Library's Rare and Manuscript Collections A Filipino family traveling on carabao from an American concentration camp, circa 1900. Image adjusted into positive from Gerow Brill's glass plate negatives kept in Cornell University Library's Rare and Manuscript Collections.

Cornell Library

Digitized images illuminate U.S. colonial period in the Philippines

1/3/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Idyllic images of the Philippines taken by a Cornell alumnus in 1902 illuminate the tumultuous U.S. annexation of the archipelago in the aftermath of the Philippine-American War, according to a Ph.D. student in history.

Innovative curriculum

Student opinion pieces encourage action on climate change

1/3/2024 A&S Communications

… When Nini Kaur ’26 found out that President Biden was visiting her hometown of Pueblo, Colo. to talk about climate … “I wanted to encourage people to go to the (president’s) visit and ask questions,” said Kaur, an environment and …

Vera H.P. Hsu

Visiting Lecturer
Music

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Philosophy

What if ‘food noise’ is just…hunger?

1/2/2024 New York Times

Kate Manne writes that “food noise,” ubiquitous on social media, is a rebrand of some of the most basic human drives: hunger, appetite, craving – and she argues that we should resist this reframing.

Two people stand together in a studio with paints and paintings — Olya Frank/Provided Gordon Sander and Jonathan “JJ” Manford ’06

Alumni

For two Cornellian pals, art meets life — now in book form

12/22/2023 Cornellians

An enduring friendship between alums — dating back to when they were mentor and student — has led both to cultivate their creativity.

Weinan Sun

Assistant Professor
Neurobiology and Behavior

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History

Cornell historian testifies in landmark Indigenous rights case

12/21/2023 A&S Communications

Jon Parmenter helped the defense successfully assert an Aboriginal right to trade based on 18th century treaties.

Global leaders

Cornell’s ’24-25 Schwarzman Scholars named

12/20/2023 Cornell Chronicle

A&S young alumni are among this year’s group of 150 scholars, who are from 43 countries and 114 universities. Schwarzman Scholars, an international program, nurtures a network of future global leaders.

Awards

NY Times op-ed by philosopher Kate Manne wins award

12/21/2023 A&S Communications

The award honors “standout pieces that successfully blend philosophical argumentation with an op-ed writing style.”

Brian Kane

Advising Dean

Faculty excellence

Math professors honored as AMS fellows

12/20/2023 A&S Communications

Two professors in the Department of Mathematics were recently named fellows in the American Mathematical Society.

Hand-lettered sign "No Justice, No PEACE" held by a person in a crowd — Clay Banks/Unsplash

Africana Studies

Reparations commission ‘step in right direction,’ but education is key to understanding

12/19/2023 A&S Communications

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, an expert in Africana studies, wrote about how America should respond to its history of racism in an opinion piece in The Washington Post.

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Sociology

LGBTQ Catholics in a state of ‘conditional belonging’

12/19/2023 A&S Communications

Sociologist Landon Schnabel says the blessing of same-sex couples is an important and complex step for the Catholic Church.