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Romance studies

Marilyn Migiel wins MLA prize for book on ‘proto-feminist’ poet

12/20/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Marilyn Migiel, professor of Romance studies, has won the Modern Language Association’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for “Veronica Franco in Dialogue,” forthcoming from the University of Toronto Press in spring 2022.

Trevor Pinch smiling and holding his book "The Golem at Large"

In memoriam

Pioneering professor Trevor Pinch dies at 69

12/20/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Trevor Pinch, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Science and Technology Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, who helped found multiple areas of study related to science, technology and sound, died Dec. 16.

Person wearing a black face mask with silver grid on it — Christopher Chandra, IS '22, demonstrates "Behind the Mask," a mask outfitted with sensors and an LED display.

Information Science

Wearables, robotics highlight Information Science student showcase

12/17/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Several Arts & Sciences students were among the designers presenting dozens of projects from three information science courses as part of a semester-end showcase.

graphic of political mascots elephant and donkey

Sociology

More Americans than usual have been changing parties. Why?

12/16/2021 The Washington Post

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Landon Schnabel anticipates many predictions about the outcomes of upcoming U.S. midterm elections — but not much about voters switching political parties.

Several people stand near a well — Credit: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections/Provided An image of a Philippine farm, from Gerow Brill’s papers, one of the collections to be digitized by the library.

Cornell Library

Library boosts new digitization projects

12/16/2021 Cornell Chronicle

… at Cornell University Library’s Digital Consulting and Production Services website . Jose Beduya is staff writer, …

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Student experiences

Students completing their studies eye the future

12/15/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Some of the 1,450 students who graduated in December share their transformational Cornell experiences.

Alumni support

Alumni gift to A&S supports doctoral students in the humanities

12/15/2021 A&S Communications

A $5 million alumni gift will help to support doctoral students in humanities fields within the College of Arts & Sciences.

man and woman in black and white photo — History Center of Tompkins County Peter & Phyllis Webb were born enslaved and brought to the Town of Caroline as children. They married in 1819. Peter purchased his freedom in 1818 for $350; Phyllis remained enslaved until New York abolished slavery in 1827. Their descendants still live in Tompkins County.

Rural Humanities

Rural humanities projects explore NYS past and present

12/14/2021 A&S Communications

Five essays that explore how students created publicly-engaged projects are available online.

History

The lessons "Moby Dick" has for a warming world of rising waters

12/11/2021 Salon

Aaron Sachs, professor of environmental history, nominates the novel "Moby-Dick" as the most helpful climate manual ever written.

Green, brown and blue map of Africa showing no borders

Literatures in English

Shortlist Announced for Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature

12/14/2021 A&S Communications

The Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature recognizes excellent writing in African languages and encourages translation from, between and into African languages.

Graduate students

Examining the impact of drone warfare on global world order

12/13/2021 A&S Communications

An upcoming book by a Cornell doctoral student explores a new field of study related to the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, typically referred to as drones, in warfare.

Government

Three Cornellians named Schwarzman Scholars

12/9/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Shaheer (Shawn) Haq ‘21, Daniel James II ’22 and Xiaochen (Brian) Ren ‘22 were elected to join the seventh cohort of Schwarzman Scholars, a program that nurtures a network of future global leaders.