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Digital humanities

Combining humanities and tech for research gains

A&S Communications

An interdisciplinary project is sparking collaborations among those interested in digital approaches to the study of history, languages and culture.

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Future of the American University

Building university cultures of open inquiry: Nov. 18 talk

A&S Communications

John Tomasi, the inaugural president of Heterodox Academy, will speak on “The University at a Crossroads – and How We Can Build Cultures of Open Inquiry” as part of a series of events organized by the Provost’s Committee on the Future of the American University.

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Music

Commemorating composer, pianist, pedagogue Louise Farrenc Nov. 14-15

A&S Communications

The two-day event features performances of Farrenc’s chamber music on historical instruments, a reimagining of the salon culture in collaboration with the Johnson Museum of Art, and scholarly presentations.

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Government

Is Mamdani’s win indicative of a new wave in national politics? Not likely says Cornell expert

A&S Communications

New York City is too unique for Mamdani's victory to mean much for national politics, says professor of government Richard Bensel.

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Jewish Studies Program

Alumni gift endows director position for Jewish Studies Program

A&S Communications

The $5 million gift from Joseph Lubeck ’78 offers the Jewish Studies Program foundational support for the future.

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Photo illustration by Ashley Osburn/Cornell University A student chronicled her life in the ’50s and ’60s—then shared those memories with her daughter and granddaughter

How hundreds of letters home connect a Cornellian family

Cornellians

A student chronicled her life in the ’50s and ’60s—then shared those memories with her daughter and granddaughter – who's now an A&S alumna.

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Simon Wheeler for Cornell University Muna Ndulo, right, speaks as Chris Barrett, left, and moderator Paul Kaiser listen at the Einaudi Center’s Lund Critical Debate.
Government

Lund debate kicks off yearlong conversation on foreign aid

Cornell Chronicle

Faculty members discussed the value of international aid in the wake of the Trump administration’s policy that froze foreign assistance.

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American studies and history

Historian to explore state of American sports in 2025 Seymour Lecture

A&S Communications

Author and historian Kevin Baker will examine the paradox at the heart of modern American sports: while there are more games and sports than ever before, access has become increasingly limited and costly.

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David Rand

Professor, Professor of Marketing and Management Communications, S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, and Professor of Information Science, A.S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
Psychology

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Watt Family Photographs/McNeese State University “Woods workers” posing with a large crane near Carson, Louisiana, 1920.
Africana studies

Redbones and racial nuance in Louisiana Lumber War

A&S Communications

Klarman Fellow Kendall Artz wants to push beyond the assumption – one replicated by scholars – that company rosters and state records hold all there is to know about racial expression.

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Physics

Nathan Seiberg explores frontiers of physics in 2025 Bethe Lecture

A&S Communications

Seiberg, professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, will explore string theory and other aspects of scientific progress.

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Society for the Humanities

Medical anthropologist to deliver annual Society for Humanities lecture

A&S Communications

Stacey Langwick, associate professor of anthropology in the College of Arts & Sciences, will speak on "Healing in a Toxic World: Reimagining the Times and Spaces of the Therapeutic."

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Provided Bryce Brownfield, Ph.D. ’23 (left) and Cameron Kitzinger ’22 work in their lab for Forage Evolution, which was recently admitted into Cornell’s Center for Life Science Ventures incubator.
Physics

Startup bets their superfast microbe can rewrite biotech

Cornell Chronicle

Researchers develop a new bacterium that can absorb DNA directly from its surroundings and incorporate it into its own genetic code.

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Psychology and philosophy

To disclose or not to disclose good deeds, that is the do-gooder dilemma

Cornell Chronicle

A new study explores how people feel about sharing their good deeds.

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Sunwoo Lee/Provided A neural implant developed at Cornell rests on a grain of salt. About 300 microns long and 70 microns wide, it’s the smallest neural implant capable of wirelessly transmitting brain activity data.
Neurobiology and Behavior

Neural implant smaller than salt grain wirelessly tracks brain

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers and collaborators have developed a neural implant so small that it can rest on a grain of salt, yet it can wirelessly transmit brain activity data in a living animal for more than a year.