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Historical black and white photo of a person seated, in formal clothes and a serious expression — Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division Frederick Douglass in 1877

American history

‘Words as battle axes’: A&S professors appear in Frederick Douglass film

10/21/2022 A&S Communications

Derrick Spires, Edward Baptist, and Gerard Aching help tell the story of the man born into slavery who became an advocate for African American freedom.

Arched hallway with sunlight — Jorge Fernández Salas/Unsplash Stanford University

Klarman Fellows

Klarman fellow’s research prompts Stanford to investigate its practices

10/20/2022 A&S Communications

An archive discovery by Cornell historian Charles Petersen reported in an August 2021 newsletter prompted Stanford University to establish a task force to investigate its admissions practices for Jewish students in the 1950s.

City blocks lit up at night, seen from far above — Ivan Serediuk/Unsplash Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

International relations

Drones ‘arms race’ renews debate on global governance

10/20/2022 A&S Communications

The United States is calling for a United Nations Security Council briefing regarding news that Russia is using Iranian drones for its war on Ukraine. Paul Lushenko, doctoral student and co-editor of "Drones and Global Order: Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society,” comments.

Literatures in English

Juliana Hu Pegues wins ASA book prize for ‘Space-Time Colonialism’

10/20/2022 A&S Communications

The prize recognizes the best first book in American Studies released during 2021.

Drab buildings under a cloudy sky: Big Ben reconizable in the distance — Stefanos Kogkas/Unsplash London

European politics

Policy inconsistent with UK reality: Cornell experts available on Truss resignation

10/20/2022 A&S Communications

Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced she will resign after 44 days in office. Cornell University professors discuss what’s next for the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Person wearing red and pearls, speaking at a podium — Lindsay France/Cornell University Cornell President Martha E. Pollack delivers her State of the University address Oct. 14 in Kennedy Hall.

State of the University

Pollack lauds ‘amazing Cornellians’ in State of the University speech

10/14/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell's president highlighted recent achievements of Arts and Sciences faculty.

Faculty Awards

Weiss teaching award honors eight exceptional faculty

10/20/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Four A&S faculty members have been honored for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

Person gesturing at a projection on a wall — Dave Burbank/Cornell University Vincent Mauro

Graduate student research

Latin America—Party Systems and Inequality

10/20/2022 Cornell Research

When citizens take the law into their own hands, what’s behind this behavior? Observing such a mob scene drove Vincent Mauro to study the question.

Romance Studies

‘Blood Novels’ explores material, metaphor in Spanish realist fiction

10/19/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Julia Chang examines the presence of blood and its deeper literary and cultural meaning in novels by three Spanish authors.

Yellow streak against a pale blue and pink sky; a missile launch

International relations

America and China Don’t Need to Knock Each Other Out to Win

10/19/2022 New York Times

Competition and conflict between the United States and China have continued to intensify, writes Jessica Chen Weiss, in New York Times commentary.

person on ladder looking through telescope — Jason Koski/Cornell Members of the Cornell Astronomical Society gave tours of Fuertes Observatory to the public, who were allowed to peer through the telescope during an October 14 celebration of its 100th birthday.

Astronomy

Crowd gathers to wish ‘happy birthday’ to Fuertes telescope

10/19/2022 A&S Communications

Partygoers enjoyed space-themed cupcakes, peered through the telescope and pored over a display of observatory instruments to celebrate Fuertes Observatory's 100th birthday.