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Glass shelves in wooden cases holding pieces of pottery — Alison Rittershaus/Provided An Amazonian headdress is displayed with two cases of artifacts in the Anthropology and CIAMS Collections

Anthropology

Cornell anthropology opens Collaboratory May 14

5/1/2025 A&S Communications

The new Anthropology Collaboratory gathers many of the university’s anthropology collections and laboratories together in one place in Olin Library.

Graduate student research

Student spotlight: Haowen Zheng

5/1/2025 Cornell University Graduate School

Haowen Zheng, a doctoral candidate in sociology from Zibo, China, now studies why people move long distances within a country and how those moves shape their lives.

Building with a cross on top, blue ksy — Pedro Honn/Unsplash

Religion

Catholic charter school matter ‘raises profound questions about equal access’

4/30/2025 A&S Communications

The Supreme Court's decision in the matter of Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond will represent a critical test of the separation between church and state in public education, says Landon Schnabel, associate professor of sociology.

Alumni

Exploring adolescence and young adulthood, one episode at a time

5/1/2025 Cornellians

Through shows like ‘XO, Kitty,’ screenwriter Jessica O’Toole ’94 relishes highlighting the ‘inherent stakes and drama’ of youth.

Literatures in English

Poet Ishion Hutchinson tilts into expansive essay writing

4/30/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Award-winning poet Ishion Hutchinson is making his prose debut with his first essay collection, which brings together two decades’ worth of probing reflections on his childhood in Jamaica, the country’s cultural and colonial history and his maturation as a writer.

Nicolas van de Walle speaking, hands moving, wearing glasses and a jacket — Cornell University File Photo Nicolas van de Walle

Government

Conference on African political economy honors van de Walle

4/30/2025 A&S Communications

“Politics, Markets, and Governance in Africa: A conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle,” set for May 8-9, will focus on the core themes of African political economy, regimes, and modes of electoral and social participation and contestation.

Lake in autumn — John Wisniewski/Creative commons license 2.0 Massapequa Lake, Massapequa, New York

History

‘Self-indigenizers’ using executive bully pulpit in school mascot fight

4/30/2025 A&S Communications

The Long Island community of Massapequa is getting support from President Donald Trump for refusing to change its school mascot from Native American imagery, despite a state mandate, a fascinating example of self-indigenization says historian Jon Parmenter

Physics

Don Hartill, longtime physics professor, Lansing mayor, dies at 86

4/30/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Donald Hartill, a professor of physics emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences and a driving force behind decades of experimental research in particle physics, died on April 16. He was 86.

Cars speed down a six-lane road through a city — Oleksandr Zhabin/Unsplash Kyiv, Ukraine

International politics

Even if a ‘peace’ deal is reached, Russia won’t give up on Ukraine

4/30/2025 A&S Communications

Cornell experts Bryn Rosenfeld and David Silbey comment on a 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine starting May 8, declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin to mark the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II.

Several people standing in three rows, wearing dark blue shirts — Provided A portion of this year’s Expanding Your Horizons volunteers

Graduate student research

Hundreds of grad student volunteers host conference for budding scientists

4/29/2025 Cornell University Graduate School

Over 300 graduate students came together to offer this year’s annual Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) conference, putting in countless hours of volunteer work to host middle and high school students from across the state for a day of hands-on learning experiences on April 5.

Eight people wearing green academic stoles (plus one baby) — Simon Wheeler for Cornell University Cornell’s 2025 Bouchet Society inductees. Back row (left to right): Don Long, Andrea Robinson, Salma Rebhi and her son, Zhuang Han, and Aspen Omapang. Front row (left to right): Jamila Walida Simon, Marguerite Pacheco, Libby Indermaur, and Belen Sotomayor

Graduate student honors

Nine inducted into Bouchet Honor Society

4/28/2025 Cornell University Graduate School

Salma Rebhi, doctoral candidate in Romance studies, is among Cornell’s Bouchet scholars inducted at the annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Graduate Education.

Interior of a house — Joe Wilensky/Cornellians The hexagonal living room features cypress walls, a huge stone fireplace, and natural light.

Alumni

Alum still lives in the house Frank Lloyd Wright designed for him

4/25/2025 Cornellians

Centenarian Roland Reisley ’46, BA ’45, an A&S physics alum, has resided in the Hudson Valley home for more than seven decades.

artificial intelligence graphic with brain, lights and circuits

Psychology

Brain’s ‘blue spot’ key to healthy aging, early Alzheimer’s detection

4/24/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Specialized MRI scans revealed dramatic changes over the human lifespan in the locus coeruleus, a finding that helps characterize healthy aging patterns.

Student experiences

Ask an Ambassador: Get off campus to explore Ithaca

4/25/2025 A&S Student Ambassador

The streets of Collegetown and of Ithaca have become filled with memories for me.

Painting in blues and oranges, showing people standing in lines, wearing medical masks — AI generated illustration/Provided

New Frontier Grant

Conference explores post-Covid-19 global health biopolitics

4/24/2025 A&S Communications

… patients, institutions and subjects, among neighbors and communities, and in politics and governance. A three-day … aftermath. For a list of presenters and more information, visit the conference website . The conference is part of an …

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