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Five elephants of various sizes wade in a water hole
Ivonne Kienast/Provided "The Elephants of Dzanga Bai,” a pre-conference sound and photo installation will kick off the program on April 24
Society for the Humanities

In ‘Silence’ spring conference, Fellows ‘attend to what is not there’


A&S Communications

On April 25, seven Society for the Humanities’ Fellows will present their projects in progress during the annual Spring Fellows’ conference, highlighting the various ways that the theme of silence has been explored –

Several people dancing in formation in a sunny studio
Anthony Lewis Lall/Provided Preparing for the April 25-26 "SHED" performance, Ashley Dorais and other dancers rehearse elements choreographed by the influential Merce Cunningham
Performing and Media Arts

PMA’s ‘SHED’ performance features intermedia dance

A&S Communications

… Episodes ,” an evening-length program of choreography accompanied by students’ original music and projections. The … Cunningham Dance Company from 1984 to 1993, Lent was a visiting guest artist in Ithaca this semester, sharing …

Person paging through a notebook set on a table piled with archival materials
José Beduya/Provided Irina Troconis, assistant professor of Latin American studies, pores over a selection of handwritten Venezuelan migrant testimonies, part of the TodoSomos archive, in the Reading Room of Cornell University Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collections.
Cornell University Library

Symposium launches archive of Venezuelan migrant testimonies

Cornell Chronicle

On April 18, this collection of migrant experiences will be presented to the public in a daylong symposium at the A. D. White House.

Jennet Dickinson
Provided Jennet Dickinson, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and researcher at CLASSE, works on a silicon module for the upgrade of the CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Cornell is assembling a detector using over 2,000 of these modules.
Physics

Cornell Celebrates Breakthrough Prize for LHC Collaborations

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers are helping upgrade the CMS detector at CERN, as LHC collaborations win the 2024 Breakthrough Prize for fundamental physics discoveries.

Rafaela Uzan '25
Provided Rafaela Uzan '25
Student life

Cornellian selected for Gaither Fellows Program

Student & Campus Life

A&S senior Rafaela Uzan is one of just 16 selected for the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

People on the dimly-lit set of a film
Provided Bixby (right) works on the PMA production of Milkshake Kiss in spring 2025.

For Bixby Piccolo Hill ’27, ‘It was always Cornell’

Alumni Affairs & Development

A recipient of the Martin and Bernice Rosenzweig Scholarship, in addition to Cornell grant aid, Bixby is grateful for the generous financial support of his studies in Performing and Media Arts.

Person sitting under a tree
Angel Balashev/Unsplash
Sociology

DIY religion: More Americans finding faith outside church

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell-led research finds that large numbers of Americans are leaving organized religion – not in favor of secular rationality, but to pursue spirituality in ways that better align with their individual values.

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Student experiences

Ask an Ambassador: Cornell outside the classroom

A&S Student Ambassador

Experiences beyond your coursework will help you acquire skills that serve you in college and beyond.

Looking closely at the inside of a plastic cup that has a circle of fuscia hexagons stuck to the bottom
Provided Inside a Smart Cup
Alumni

‘Smart Cups,’ clever idea: Alum’s company 3D prints ingredients

Cornellians

Founder and CEO Chris Kanik ’05, Arts & Sciences econ major, hopes its technology will revolutionize how we transport beverages, medicines, and more.

Person sitting on a bench and reading under a small, flowering tree.
Jason Koski/Cornell University Spring reading on the Arts Quad
Alumni authors

Your April 2025 reads

Cornellians

This month’s featured titles include poetry, a Creative Writing Program prof’s neo noir novel, and a memoir about working for two celebrity chefs

three people smiling sitting a table
Simon Wheeler Cornell Writing Centers tutor Finley Williams, center, works with student Julianna Cross, right, as new tutor Catherine Seo, left, looks on.
A focus on writing

Knight Institute creates ‘culture of writing’ on campus

A&S Communications

The institute coordinates the Cornell Writing Centers, Graduate Writing Service, writing workshops, first-year writing seminars and other programs.

Nine fire fighters wearing their gear pose holding game like devices
Provided Varna Volunteer Fire Company members show the new sensory kits developed in partnership with Michelle Tcherevatenko ’25.
Science and Technology Studies

Robinson-Appel Award recipients create community-engaged solutions to social challenges

Cornell Chronicle

Three Cornell undergraduates, including A&S student Michelle Tcherevatenko ’25, are being recognized for their dedication to tackling social challenges through innovative, community-engaged learning projects.

about a dozen people in creative clothing sit in a richly decorated room
Anja Schütz/Provided Roomful of Teeth
Cornell Concert Series

Vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth featured on Cornell Concert Series April 24

A&S Communications

Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy Award-winning vocal band dedicated to re-imagining the expressive potential of the human voice.

Elizabeth Ryan
Provided Elizabeth Ryan
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Graduate student Elizabeth Ryan selected to attend Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting

Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology

A Chemistry and Chemical Biology graduate student in the Weill Institute’s Baskin Lab, Ryan will be among 600 young scientists from around the world to come together in Lindau, Germany.

Bonobos Kanzi and Panbanisha with Sue Savage-Rumbaugh with the outdoor symbols "keyboard."
Cognitive Science

Celebrated bonobo Kanzi honored in workshop

A&S Communications

Kanzi's legacy and the relation between great apes and language will be explored in a Humanities Lab Workshop on April 19.