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Distinguished Visiting Journalists

Three Distinguished Visiting Journalists head to campus

Cornell Chronicle

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, New York Times White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs and ProPublica investigative reporter Keri Blakinger ’14 will visit Cornell this spring.

Movie poster: Rule Breakers
Provided Movie poster: Rule Breakers
Cornell Cinema

Film about Afghan girls’ robotics club, panel set for Feb. 11

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Cinema will present a screening of the documentary “Rule Breakers,” chronicling the founding of Afghanistan’s first all-girls robotics team, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.

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Alejandro Luengo/Unsplash Chinese flag
Scholarship

Three Cornellians named Schwarzman Scholars for study in China

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell student and two alumni have been named Schwarzman Scholars for the 2026-27 academic year and will spend it in a master’s program in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.

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Cornell University Rory Guilday ’25 will become the first Cornell alumna to represent the United States in women’s hockey at the Olympics.
Alumni

Four women’s hockey alumnae to play at Winter Olympics

Cornell Chronicle

Players familiar to Cornell women’s hockey fans will take the ice when the puck drops at the 2026 Winter Olympics this week in Milan, Italy.

Michael Abels
Arts Unplugged

Composer Michael Abels, famous for work on Jordan Peele films, to visit March 6-7

A&S Communications

Events include film screenings, panel discussions and a concert by the Barbara & Richard T. Silver Wind Symphony.

Cornell's central campus with lake beyond
Physics

Four on faculty to receive DOE early-career grants

Cornell Chronicle

Four Cornell faculty members are among 99 researchers across the U.S. who have been awarded grants by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of its Office of Science Early Career Research Program.

painting by Paul Gauguin showing the artist wearing a hat with a wall and some furniture behind him. On the wall is a framed painting of a person lying on a bed
Public domain Self Portrait, 1893 by Paul Gauguin
Moral psychology

Art offers access to true self

Cornell Chronicle

Psychology researcher Jordan Wylie and colleagues found that artistic excellence, rather than moral excellence, offers greater access to one’s true self.

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Jason Koski/Cornell University Three Arts Quad buildings: Klarman Hall, Lincoln Hall and Sibley Hall
Klarman Fellows

College of Arts and Sciences announces 2026 Klarman Fellows

A&S Communications

The 12 early-career scholars will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

Bad Bunny
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Performing and Media Arts

Bad Bunny breaks through: Cornell expert on the Grammys

A&S Communications

The first artist to win Album of the Year with a Spanish‑language album, Bad Bunny reflects the mainstreaming of Spanish language music and artistry, says professor Karen Jaime.

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Cornell University file photo
Teaching awards

Weiss and Provost awards honor outstanding faculty

Cornell Chronicle

Four faculty from A&S have been awarded Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching.

Keisha N. Blaine
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Black History Month

Historian Keisha N. Blain to speak on Black women and the history of human rights

A&S Communications

In the public lecture culminating the Black History Month series, Blain will trace how Black women from Ida B. Wells to contemporary Black Lives Matter leaders have used the language and practice of human rights to confront racism and white supremacy.

Actor on the set of a lab, wearing a chic trench coat, among a collection of burned or corrupted objects
Provided In the lab as intern Daisy on “Bones"
Alumni

You'll recognize this alum from 'Undeclared,' 'Bones,' and more

Cornellians

Veteran actor Carla Gallo ’97 has a long list of credits on TV and in movies — and now, she’s co-starring in the hit comedy "Platonic."

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Ashley Osburn/Cornell University
Psychology

AI chatbots can effectively sway voters – in either direction

Cornell Chronicle

Two new papers – with experiments conducted in four countries – demonstrate that chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) are quite effective at political persuasion, moving opposition voters’ preferences by 10 percentage points or more in many cases.

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Garth Avery/Cornell University Jessica Salerno, left, associate professor in the College of Human Ecology and Cornell Law School, speaks with Cornell Chronicle writer Laura Reiley for the “Research Matters” podcast.
Psychology

Research Matters’ video podcast debuts, translating ideas into impact

Cornell Chronicle

Launching Jan. 27 with three episodes, “Research Matters” spotlights Cornell scholars whose research directly engages with real-world challenges, from climate change and public safety to mental health.

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Jesse Winter Students and alumni met for a summer networking event June 26 in New York City.
Career Development

Events boost student opportunities for career exploration

A&S Communications

More than 150 students took advantage of winter break to jump start the career and internship process through A&S events.