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James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a a professor emeritus of African and African American Politics and Social Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences,
Cornell University Cornell University James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a a professor emeritus of African and African American Politics and Social Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Aug. 6 in Ithaca.
In memoriam

James Turner, a ‘giant’ of Africana studies, dies at 82

Cornell Chronicle

James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a pioneer of the multidisciplinary approach to exploring the African diaspora, died Aug. 6 in Ithaca.

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Economics

Teachers critical to detecting and reporting child maltreatment

Cornell Chronicle

Time spent in school and the resulting contact with teachers and other school staff leads to increases in reports of child maltreatment – cases that would not have been discovered otherwise.

Hand reaching for blueberries
Joshua Woroniecki/Unsplash Whose berries are those?
Moral philosophy

Philosophy on Main Street

Cornell Research

Shaun Nichols, professor of philosophy and director of the cognitive science major in the College of Arts and Sciences, compares high-minded philosophical systems to the ways people approach everyday problems. Like picking wild blueberries.

Two people smile, discovering a piece of scientific equipment
Noël Heaney/Cornell 2022 Warrior-Scholars Samuel Espino (Left, Active Duty Air Force) and Marbin Garcia Renoj (Right, Active Duty Marine Corps) look at equipment during a tour of the Newman Accelerator Laboratory.
Student veterans

Academic boot camp boosts veterans’ higher ed mission

Cornell Chronicle

Professors in physics and classics contributed to the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) hosted at Cornell for military veterans July 23 to Aug. 6.

Geoffrey Coates
Jason Koski/Cornell University Geoffrey Coates
Sustainability

Coates wins 2022 Eni Award for environmental solutions in chemistry

A&S Communications

An international honor recognizes Prof. Geoffrey Coates for innovations in sustainable plastics.

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Cornell University Photo University Chorus alumni celebrate the group’s centennial at Reunion ’22.
Musical memories

The healing power of music

Cornell Alumni Magazine

Alison Torrillo French ’95 writes about her experience singing with the chorus during Reunion 2022.

Laura Niemi
Faculty awards

Laura Niemi wins Kaplan Family Fellowship

Cornell Chronicle

Niemi won for her work teaching applied moral psychology through community-engaged learning.

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Alumni honors

Alumni honored with writing prizes

Department of English

The Department of Literatures in English celebrates four alumni as winners of the 2022 Philip Freund Prize for Creative Writing.

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Provided Abigail Kraus husks a coconut during her summer experience in Hawai'i.
Student Research

Harrison College Scholars explore politics, wellness, environment in summer work

A&S Communications

From Ithaca to Hawaii to Ecuador, students in the Robert S. Harrison College Scholars Program took advantage of the summer as a time to explore their research interests.

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Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Flag of Taiwan
International relations

With visit to Taiwan, Pelosi upsets Xi-Biden’s balancing act

A&S Communications

Government Prof. Allen Carlson comments on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

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Jimmy Cawley/Provided Cornell in Washington participant Jimmy Cawley photographed protestors at the U.S. Supreme Court shortly after the court decision on abortion rights was announced.
Student experiences

Interns experience a memorable Washington summer

Cornell Chronicle

Students completing internships in Washington, D.C. through the Cornell in Washington program are experiencing an in-person summer.

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New media research

Book views virtual, real world through a new media artist’s eyes

A&S Communications

In a new book, Prof. Timothy Murray illuminates technological improvisation at the intersection of art and politics.

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Lindsay France Marie Dorvilne, standing, helps Yanick Pierre-Louis, as her home care worker.
Alumni experiences

Overlooked, undervalued: Cornell research seeks to elevate home care workers

Cornell Chronicle

Madeline Sterling '08, an Arts & Sciences alum, is part of a team launching a research program to elevate the value of home care workers.

entomology lab
Marc Goebel/provided Students in an undergraduate entomology lab work together to establish a species-area curve
Active Learning

Study identifies 'transformative learning experiences’ of field courses

A&S Communications

… excluded due to race and/or ethnicity, disability, first generation or socioeconomic status. “Moving forward, …

dark gray worms with pointed ends surrounded by dots of other microscopic things
Bingsen Zhang C. elegans as seen through a microscope.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Worms as a model for personalized medicine

Cornell Chronicle

“You need to figure out how to tailor biomedical recommendations to different people based on their individual metabolism."