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Astronomy

Dancing debris, moveable landscape shape Comet 67P

Cornell Chronicle

A comet once thought to be a quiet, dirty snowball cruising through the solar system becomes quite active when seen up close.

Government

Don't expect Congress to rein in Trump's use of military force in the Middle East

Washington Post

In a Washington Post piece, Professor Douglas Kriner considers the next steps Congress could take given escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

English

Online cultural critic wins 2019-20 Nathan Award

Cornell Chronicle

Soraya Nadia McDonald, cultural critic for The Undefeated, a website that explores the intersection of race, sports and culture, has been named winner of the 2019-20 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.

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Philosophy

Philosophy professor Manne wins book prize for ‘Down Girl’

Cornell Chronicle

Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the 2019 American Philosophical Association’s Book Prize for her first book, “Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny.”The biennial prize is awarded in odd years for the best published book written by a younger philosophy scholar.

Global Learning

Vice provost illuminates Cornell’s global role and impact

Cornell Chronicle

"I would like to see every student at Cornell have the opportunity to have an international experience."

In memoriam

Eminent historian Isaac Kramnick dies at 81

Cornell Chronicle

Isaac Kramnick, the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government Emeritus, a renowned scholar of English and American political thought and history, and a longtime champion of undergraduate education, died Dec. 21 in New York City. Kramnick was 81.Cornell President Martha E. Pollack said Kramnick was “a beloved Cornellian; a teacher and leader who, in his time at Cornell, touched the lives of generations of students, faculty and staff.”

International Studies

New Einaudi Center director launches book in Zambia

Cornell Chronicle

Prof. Rachel Riedl discovered that religious expression is ubiquitous in the public sphere in sub-Saharan Africa.

Physics

Understanding Quantum Matter Data

Cornell Research

Eun-Ah Kim, professor of physics, has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create new data science approaches to meet the data-driven challenges of strongly correlated quantum matter (SCQM), Cornell Research reports. This project, undertaken with Kilian Q.

Physics

Physicist Paul Ginsparg awarded Compton Medal

A&S Communications

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has awarded the 2020 Karl Taylor Compton Medal for Leadership in Physics to Paul Ginsparg, professor of physics and information science and founder of arXiv. The medal and $10,000 prize is presented by AIP every four years to “highly distinguished physicists who have made outstanding contributions through exceptional statesmanship in physics.”

Center for the Study of Inequality

Anti-LGBT discrimination has a huge human toll. Research proves it.

Washington Post

Nathaniel Frank, founder and editor of the "What We Know" Research Portal, an initiative of Cornell University's Center for the Study of Inequality, argues in the Was

Music

Joy Zhang ’21 wins Cornell Concerto Competition

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Symphony Orchestra's principal flautist performed Georges Hüe’s Fantaisie for Flute and Piano.

Sociology

Research Portal Presents Link between Discrimination and Health Harms for LGBT Population

A&S Communications

In a review of thousands of peer-reviewed studies, the What We Know Project (WWKP), an initiative of Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality, has found a strong link between anti-LGBT discrimination and harms to the health and well-being of LGBT people.

College Scholar Program

New College Scholars study death, food, migration

A&S Communications

Students in the program design a plan for their own interdisciplinary curriculum around a topic that doesn’t fit into a traditional major.

Classics

Professor publishes Placentius’ pugnacious pig poem

… word of the satirical, pun-filled, 248-verse epic, first published in 1530, begins with the letter “p.” The poem … among the pigs.” In his “Aftermath” to the book, which is published by Paideia Institute Press, Fontaine wrote: “The … Professor publishes Placentius’ pugnacious pig poem …

What Makes Us Human?

New podcast episode explains inequalities of place

A&S Communications

“ZIP Codes Matter,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series, shows how inequality can be tracked across America simply by looking at ZIP codes. The podcast’s fifth season – “What Do We Know about Inequality?” – showcases the newest thinking across academic disciplines about inequality.