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student sifting through rocks — Ryan Young/Cornell University Lillie Steen ’23, an undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in archaeology and art history, sifts through excavated soil at St. James A.M.E. Zion Church in Ithaca.

Community collaborations

A 'freedom church' unearths its Underground Railroad history

12/1/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Church members and a multidisciplinary team of Cornell faculty and students are learning more about St. James A.M.E. Zion Church by doing an archaeological dig.

students moving furniture — Ryan Young/Cornell University Adrian Lee '22, left, and Mar’Quon Frederick '22, right, move furniture from Balch Hall into trucks to be taken to homes involved in the Sunflower Housing Initiative.

Community outreach

Cornell, Ithaca College effort moves housing project forward

11/30/2021 A&S Communications

Research from a team of Cornell and Ithaca College faculty and students provided key insights to Tompkins County legislators as they recently approved funding for a new housing program to help formerly incarcerated people.

Voting sticker help up by a smiling person

Mathematics

Modeling suggests friendships may lead to lopsided elections

11/29/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Have you ever thought about not voting because your candidate’s victory seems assured? Think again.

Physics

arXiv founder Ginsparg wins Einstein Foundation Berlin Award

11/29/2021 A&S Communications

The inaugural Einstein Foundation Berlin Award for Promoting Quality in Research by the Einstein Foundation has been awarded to Paul Ginsparg, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of information science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, for his work in developing arXiv.org, the first platform to make scientific preprints immediately available globally.

Person receiving vaccine — Steven Cornfield on Unsplash

Economics

The most important meeting yet for global pandemic response–and drugmakers

11/29/2021 Fortune

As global health leaders meet to chart the future of pandemic response, equity between nations must take top priority, Basu writes.

Physics

Three professors elected as APS fellows

11/29/2021 A&S Communications

… have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society (APS): Kyle Shen , Kin Fai Mak and Lawrence Gibbons . The APS Fellowship Program recognizes members who have made … physics, or significant contributions to physics education. APS fellowship is limited to no more than 0.5% of all APS …

Graduate students

Student spotlight: Ben Fried

11/24/2021 Cornell University Graduate School

Ben Fried is a doctoral candidate in English language and literature from Ottawa, Canada.

St. James AME Zion Church — Provided St. James A.M.E. Zion Church is believed to be the oldest religious structure in Ithaca and one of the first A.M.E. Zion churches in the country.

Community engagement

Community partnerships honored at 2021 TOGO awards

11/23/2021 Cornell Chronicle

The Underground Railroad Project at St. James A.M.E. Zion Church, the Foodnet Meals on Wheels program, and Khuba International and the Learning Farm received collaboration awards for partnering with Cornell to improve the lives of Tompkins County residents.