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Graduate student life

Record High Attendance at Writing Boot Camp

Cornell University Graduate School

This year’s Proposal, Thesis, and Dissertation Writing Boot Camp, hosted by Cornell University Graduate School, went virtual and broke records, drawing 400 writers from 50 institutions.

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International relations

Calling Ukrainian refugees more ‘civilized’ than Syrians requires willful amnesia

Washington Post

In an op-ed in The Washington Post, Oumar Ba, writes that historical events such as wars and atrocities are treated as distant parts of Europe’s past.

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Radical collaboration

Radical Collaboration initiative adds AI, quantum, design tech

Cornell Chronicle

The universitywide initiative has resulted in the hiring and retention of world-class faculty, millions of research dollars invested, and published research that has helped push science forward and change lives in New York state, the nation and the world.

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Social psychology

Legal language affects how police officers are judged

Cornell Chronicle

Referring to police using the legal phrase “objectively reasonable” puts the officer in a more favorable light, regardless of race, according to new research from Neil Lewis Jr. ’13, assistant professor of communication, and doctoral student Mikaela Spruill.

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Sreang Hok/Cornell University Touchdown oversees Giving Day festivities in Willard Straight Hall.
Giving Day

More than $12M donated to support students in 24 hours

Cornell Chronicle

On Cornell’s eighth Giving Day, held March 16, 15,905 alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends from more than 80 countries made gifts totaling a record-breaking $12,268,629.

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Science for kids

Meet the neutrinos: Kids’ book introduces mystery particles

Cornell Chronicle

Physics researcher Eve Vavagiakis published “I’m a Neutrino: Tiny Particles in a Big Universe,” a picture book introducing children (and adults) to tiny particles that have an outsized effect on the universe.

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International relations

Myanmar genocide declaration could propel legal consequences

A&S Communications

The Biden administration has declared repression of the Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts to genocide, a formal declaration, says professor Oumar Ba, that carries significant rhetorical weight, in addition to potential legal consequences.

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Cornell Center for Social Sciences

CCSS announces 2022 spring grants for faculty

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has announced its spring grants for faculty.

Michael Reynolds, M.S. ’17, Ph.D. ’21, postdoctoral associate in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in the College of Engineering, demonstrated an origami model of a nanobot.
Sreang Hok/Cornell University Michael Reynolds, M.S. ’17, Ph.D. ’21, postdoctoral associate in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in the College of Engineering, demonstrated an origami model of a nanobot.
Arts Unplugged

Panelists explore ‘Science of the Very, Very Small’

Cornell Chronicle

From a nanoscale “brobot” flexing its muscles to a discussion of the artistry of scientific images, participants at a March 9 event got an up-close look at how quantum science and nanotechnology are shaping our lives.

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Jeff Viano/Military Service Digital Photographic Files The US Navy's Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) parked on a runway in preparation for a simulated Navy reconnaissance mission
Government

Panel: Drone warfare is increasingly sophisticated, deadly

Cornell Chronicle

Policymakers, legislators and military strategists must prepare for the consequences of other countries and actors such as the Islamic State using drones, according to panelists in a Cornell discussion March 14.

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Vanderbilt University
American Studies

Vanderbilt's Jonathan Metzl to deliver Krieger Lecture

A&S Communications

Jonathan Metzl, the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry and the Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University is the speaker.

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Government

Study: Language may not shape social outcomes

Cornell Chronicle

A new linguistic study, authored by Thomas Pepinsky, argues that there is no evidence that linguistic differences affect social and economic outcomes.

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Roman history

Historian delves into the battle that shaped the Roman Empire

Cornell Chronicle

In his new book, “The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium,” historian Barry Strauss offers a more accurate, nuanced narrative of the conflict and the fascinating personalities at its core.

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Drones

Drones in Ukraine have ‘irrevocably altered’ character of war

A&S Communications

As the Biden administration sends Switchblade drones for Ukraine's defense against Russia, Cornell government scholar Paul Lushenko comments on the use of drones in this and future conflicts.

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Provided Ian Ghasemian ’23 spent the summer doing research at the University of Virginia.
Student experiences

Students can apply now for Summer Experience Grants

A&S Communications

More than $500,000 will be available to help students pay for housing, food, travel costs and other expenses during an unpaid or minimally-paid internship or career opportunity