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Government

Gov. John Kasich to speak at forum on Feb. 17

A&S Communications

Kasich will be in a virtual conversation with former Congressman Steve Israel, director of the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs and professor of practice in the Department of Government.

Molecular Biology and Genetics

CRISPR improves method for studying gene functions

Cornell Chronicle

A new paper describes a technique that helps biologists understand the roles that individual genes play.

Astronomy

Perseverance’s zoom cameras to take historic focus on Mars

A&S Communications

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been on a journey to Mars since its launch in July 2020 and is set to land on the red planet on Feb. 18. Alex Hayes, professor of astronomy, is a co-investigator for Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z — a set of stereo cameras that will be the “eyes of the rover.”

Person standing next to an outdoor food cupboard
Provided Brianna Johnson ’21, a student researcher on a Cornell team working to increase food security for local residents.
Engaged Research

New research grants support Ithaca-area communities

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell faculty and students are teaming up with community partners in Tompkins County to address opioid use, increase food security, build a greener construction industry and share stories of Ithaca’s Black history pioneers. The four teams received Engaged Research Grants, totaling more than $192,000, from the Office of Engagement Initiatives (OEI).

History

NEH grants Cornell $750K to develop ‘Freedom’ database

Cornell Chronicle

Ed Baptist, professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $750,000 digital infrastructure grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the development of the Freedom on the Move (FOTM) database. Launched in 2014, the database collects and compiles fugitive slave advertisements from 18th- and 19th-century U.S. newspapers.

Government

In limiting political content, Facebook risks advancing censorship narrative

A&S Communications

… Facebook announced on Wednesday that it will begin … into a harmful narrative that the tech company censors. “Facebook’s decision to tweak its algorithm to depoliticize … conservative voices that have been Facebook’s most engaged pages in recent months, it will simply play into the …

Philosophy

Manne to give Society for the Humanities talk on male entitlement

Cornell Chronicle

Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy, will give a talk titled “He Said, She Listened: Mansplaining, Gaslighting, and Epistemic Entitlement.”

Government

Latina and Black women lost jobs in record numbers. Policies designed for all women don’t necessarily help.

Washington Post

Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report on January employment included bad news about Black and Latina women in the workforce, writes Jamila Michener, associate professor of government in a Washington Post op-ed.

Psychology

Prolonged immaturity an evolutionary plus for human babies

Cornell Chronicle

Human infants use that time to begin to acquire complex social skills, including language, empathy, morality and theory of mind.

Anthropology, Asian Studies

Backed by powerful allies, Myanmar generals take cues from U.S. events

A&S Communications

Magnus Fiskesjö, professor of anthropology at Cornell University and expert on Southeast Asia, comments on continuing protesters in Myanmar against the military coup that reversed last November’s election.

American Studies

‘Racism in America’ webinar to examine protest movements

A&S Communications

Moderated by Kat Stafford, national investigative writer at The Associated Press, the webinar will feature five Cornell faculty experts.

Special Academic Opportunities

Humanities scholars begin first year undertaking diverse paths of discovery

A&S Communications

Students in the program undertake their own independent, interdisciplinary undergraduate research in the humanities.

Arts Unplugged

Cornell continues Morrison celebration with colloquium, reading, film

A&S Communications

A panel of scholars will examine Morrison's life and work during a panel on the occasion of her 90th birthday.

Cornell Center for Social Sciences

Center for Social Sciences announces 2021-22 faculty fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Political polarization, environmental justice and inclusion in higher education are a few of big issues faculty members—including several from the College of Arts and Sciences—will tackle in the next academic year as fellows at the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS).

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Taming fluorine: New nano materials for drug synthesis

Cornell Research

With support from the National Institutes of Health, Phillip J. Milner, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is developing metal-organic frameworks—a class of porous, crystalline nanomaterials—that can stabilize volatile fluorine-containing reagents.