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Literatures in English

Susan Choi MFA ’95, National Book Award winner, to read on April 22

Cornell Chronicle

Novelist Susan Choi MFA ’95, whose novel "Trust Fall" won the 2019 National Book Award, will read from her New Yorker story "Flashlight" during a virtual event on April 22.

Astronomy

Space Tech Industry Day a convergence of research, business

Cornell Chronicle

A constellation of scientists, technologists and businesses will offer a glimpse into how space will be explored in the years to come during the inaugural Space Tech Industry Day, a virtual symposium hosted by Cornell on April 23.

Astronomy

From Cornell to NASA to an icy moon of Jupiter

Cornell Chronicle

Laura Jones-Wilson, M.S. ’10, Ph.D. ’12, has long had her sights set on outer space. Cornell faculty, including astronomy professor Terry Herter, helped send her to a dream job with NASA.

Physics

Elusive particle may point to undiscovered physics

Cornell Chronicle

The muon, a tiny particle, has the giant potential to upend our understanding of the subatomic world.

Distinguished Visiting Journalist Program

Top science journalists explore challenges of covering COVID

A&S Communications

Four science journalists leading the way in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic will discuss their experiences in an upcoming College of Arts & Sciences virtual event April 28.

Creative Writing

Lennon publishes doubleheader of new fantastical fiction

Cornell Chronicle

J. Robert Lennon, who teaches fiction in Cornell’s Creative Writing Program, published two new books on April 6: “Subdivision,” a fantastical novel about memory and trauma; and “Let me Think,” 71 short stories collected from years of observing and chronicling the American absurd in fiction.

Sociology

Religion follows patterns of politicization during COVID-19

Cornell Chronicle

The analysis confirmed a documented benefit of religion: increased mental health.

Student creative works

‘Asiamnesia’ tackles racial stereotypes in entertainment industry

A&S Communications

“Asiamnesia,” being presented online April 15-17 by the Department of Performing and Media Arts, explores the stereotypes that plague Asian/Asian American actresses throughout their careers, but also celebrates their versatility and endurance.

Astronomy

Roving Mars, by air and land

A&S Communications

The Ingenuity helicopter and other rotorcraft could provide reconnaissance for rovers to help guide their routes.

Humanities

Kennedy recognized by Renaissance Society of America

Cornell Chronicle

The Renaissance Society of America has given William J. Kennedy its Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring “a lifetime of uncompromising devotion to the highest standard of scholarship accompanied by exceptional achievement in Renaissance studies.”

Klarman Fellows

Klarman fellow bridges divide between math and philosophy

Cornell Chronicle

Working in the field of logic, James Walsh, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in philosophy, studies the axiomatic method, a central methodology in mathematics whereby claims are proven from axioms.

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Racism in America

Faculty examine racism ‘embedded’ in US health care

Cornell Chronicle

… Africana Studies and Research Center … Center for the Study of Inequality … racism and inequality are “baked into” the American health care system, said Akilah Johnson, national reporter … of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and co-director of the Cornell Center for Health Equity . Akilah Johnson, national reporter …

Graduate student honors

Grad student wins fellowship to connect research to policy

A&S Communications

Gregor-Fausto Siegmund, a doctoral student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, was recently awarded the Ecological Society of America’s Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award.

Alumni honors

Alumna chosen for Soros Fellowship for New Americans

A&S Communications

Archana Podury ’18, has been named a 2021 fellow in the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants.

Global

Nyabola to speak at Race and Racism Across Borders event

Cornell Chronicle

Writer, activist and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola will discuss her upcoming book, Travelling while Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move, as part of Global Cornell’s Race and Racism Across Borders webinar on April 12.