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Stone building with a green dome and a sculpture in front — K. Mitch Hodge/Unsplash Belfast City Hall, Donegall Square, Belfast

International relations

Despite lasting peace, legacy of trauma in Northern Ireland remains

4/11/2023 A&S Communications

Consistent ‘severe’ threat levels speak to the strong and lasting appeal of narratives within Northern Ireland society.

Music

Book examines the mainline Christian ‘Worship Wars’

4/11/2023 A&S Communications

Ethnomusicologist Deborah Justice analyzes how White American mainline Protestants used internal musical controversies to negotiate their shifting position within a diversifying nation.

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Religion

Understanding history of anti-semitism can help us today

4/11/2023 A&S Communications

Scholar David Nirenberg is a historian of Christians, Jews and Muslims in medieval Europe and the Mediterranean.

Seven people wearing green honor stoles — Simon Wheeler/Cornell University

Post-graduate excellence

Ten Inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

4/10/2023 Cornell University Graduate School

The Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate.

Miltary tank in motion on a dirt road, sending up dust — Kevin Schmid/Unsplash Miltary tank

International relations

Intelligence leak creates significant problems on and off the battlefield

4/10/2023 A&S Communications

Leaked documents include information about Ukrainian defenses, says history professor David Silbey.

A wide city street at night — Clay LeConey/Unsplash New York City's upper east side

Sociology

Sociology research centerpiece of comedic video

4/10/2023 A&S Communications

Professor Cristobal Young, on-screen, explains how he came to the conclusion that millionaire tax flight is 99% myth. He also shreds on guitar.

History

Chinese state used parent-child relationships to serve political goals

4/10/2023 A&S Communications

Prof. Mara Yue Du will talk about “State and Family in China: Filial Piety and its Modern Reform” on April 13 in Olin Library.

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Archaic equation helps scientists control CO2 transformations

4/5/2023 Cornell Chronicle

To manage atmospheric carbon dioxide and convert the gas into a useful product, Cornell scientists have dusted off a 120 year old electrochemical equation.

Neurobiology & Behavior

Brain Prize winner to speak on brain’s control of locomotion

4/7/2023 A&S Communications

Understanding locomotion can unveil fundamental principles of how our nervous systems generate behavior and lead to treatment for human movement disorders.

three men on stage — Chris Kitchen Austin Bunn, associate professor in performing and media arts, left, talks with Scott Ferguson, middle, and MIchael Kantor, right.

Arts Unplugged

From Dr. Fauci to 'Succession:' A peek into the lives of two alumni filmmakers

4/6/2023 A&S Communications

“From the Big Red to the Red Carpet” featured Scott Ferguson ’82 and Michael Kantor ’83, Emmy-winning producers of HBO’s “Succession” and PBS' “American Masters” series.

Literatures in English

Mary Ann Radzinowicz, Milton scholar, dies at 97

4/6/2023 Cornell Chronicle

A noted Milton scholar who also worked on modern poetry and American literature, Radzinowicz taught at Cornell starting in 1980, after a 20-year academic career in Great Britain.

Africana studies

Harvard historian to deliver Munday lecture

4/6/2023 A&S Communications

Vincent Brown, the Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, will deliver this year’s Reuben A. and Cheryl Casselberry Munday Distinguished Lecture April 17.

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Milstein Program

Milstein speaker to explore “The Battle for Your Brain”

4/6/2023 A&S Communications

… for the National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke, an elected member of the American Law Institute and …

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Philosophy

Classicist: ‘Modern’ view of religion dates to 303 AD

4/4/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Klarman Fellow Toni Alimi identifies three features of so-called modern religious views in “Divine Institutes” by the 4th century scholar Lactantius.

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Government

TikTok fines ‘a potentially fruitful alternative’ to bans or lack of regulation

4/4/2023 A&S Communications

Government scholar Sarah Kreps: The recent hearings on Capitol Hill and ongoing debates about a TikTok ban have shown how difficult it is to balance privacy concerns with core democratic principles of free speech.

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