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Chemistry, Mathematics, Science & Technology Studies

Four A&S assistant professors win NSF early career awards

Cornell Chronicle

One A&S researcher is studying the ethical implications of artificial intelligence algorithms.

Music

Ithaca Sounding celebrates homegrown modernist, experimental work

A&S Communications

Cornell’s Department of Music is collaborating with performers from Ithaca College and the community to offer Ithaca Sounding 2020, a multi-day, multi-venue event Jan. 30-Feb. 2.The festival and symposium will feature concerts, workshops, talks, presentations and readings focused on modernist and experimental concert music by Ithacans past and present, including keyboard composers Julius Eastman, Sarah Hennies, Robert Palmer, Ann Silsbee and David Borden.

English

Cornell Reading Series features multimedia and interdisciplinary authors for spring 2020

Since its inception, the Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series has brought some of the most exciting and innovative award-winning authors to read from their work at Cornell’s Ithaca campus—and Spring 2020 will be no different. Each reading is followed by a catered reception and book signing where students, faculty and the public have the opportunity to interact with the writers and poets; books are made available for purchase courtesy of Ithaca’s Buffalo Street Books.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Milstein program offers workshops on design thinking

April speakers will focus on an off-grid residential project in the Mojave Desert.

Mathematics

Podcast explores the inner life of scientists

Cornell Chronicle

Math and science may not seem like the most emotional subjects, but a new podcast aims to give them a whole lot of heart.

Klarman Hall
Klarman Fellowships

Arts and Sciences announces first class of Klarman Fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Six of the world’s most promising early-career scholars will pursue leading-edge research projects across the sciences, social sciences and humanities during three-year terms.

Romance Studies

Digital book gives a taste of Venezuelan performance artist

The volume’s six essays reflect upon the power of performance as an act of radical disobedience.

Interdisciplinary

A&S Digitization Grants program seeks applications

Cornell Chronicle

In research, documents and artifacts must be discoverable online to have the broadest impact. Continuing to recognize this need, the Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences is now in its 11th year of funding projects to create digital collections that are accessible to all researchers.

Alumni

Brooklyn Brewery co-founder named Entrepreneur of the Year

Cornell Chronicle

“I’ve always been very proud of having gone to Cornell," says Steve Hindy ’71, MAT ’73.

Physics

Energy-saving particle accelerator achieves breakthrough

Cornell Chronicle

The technology's capabilities can power the world’s largest accelerators to help scientists unlock the mysteries of the universe.

Performing & Media Arts

PMA Professor and Palestinian Playwright Win NEA Literature Translation Fellowship

A&S Communications

The National Endowment for the Arts has honored Rebekah Maggor, translator, theatre director, and assistant professor in the Department of Performing & Media Arts, with a Literature Fellowship in Translation. Her project is a collaboration with Mas’ud Hamdan, playwright, poet, and professor of Arabic literature and theatre at the University of Haifa.

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Biologist's research offers insight on molecular structures

Cornell Chronicle

Elizabeth H. Kellogg, assistant professor of molecular biology and genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences, considers herself an explorer. She devises and refines techniques for looking at the unmapped terrain within cells so she can discover molecular structures so small they are challenging to detect – yet essential to understanding cell function.

Cornell Cinema, Government, Comparative Literature

Alumna garners eighth Oscar nomination for film editing

Cornell Chronicle

Thelma Schoonmaker ’61 was nominated for her film editing work on “The Irishman.”

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Plants speak ‘roundworm’ for self-defense, study shows

Cornell Chronicle

New research finds that plants manipulate nematodes' pheromones to repel infestations, providing insights into how farmers could fight these pests.

Near Eastern Studies

Anthropologist: Why Trump's threat is unthinkable

CNN

Seema Golestaneh, assistant professor of Near Eastern Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, reacts in a CNN opinion article to President Trump's theats, issued on Twitter this week, to attack sites important to "Iranian culture."