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Person posing at a piano — Sofija Palurović Romanian pianist Aurelia Visovan, one of the 12 artists participating in the Forte/Piano Summer Academy.

Historical Keyboard Collection

Center for Historical Keyboards summer academy hosts 12 young piano stars

7/14/2022 A&S Communications

Young artists from around the world will be immersed in one of the world’s most significant collections of performance-ready historical pianos, with performances open to the public August 1-6.

Religion

Desert sounds offer lessons in solitude and community

7/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

In a new book, Kim Haines-Eitzen explores the rich range of desert sounds and what they can teach us about place, the past, solitude and community.

Stephan's Quntet — NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI In this image of Stephan’s Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope, sparkling clusters of millions of young stars and starburst regions of fresh star birth are revealed. Sweeping tails of gas, dust and stars are being pulled from several of the galaxies due to gravitational interactions. Most dramatically, Webb captures huge shock waves as one of the galaxies, NGC 7318B, smashes through the cluster.

Cosmic Exploration

Cornell astronomers cheer new space telescope’s first images

7/12/2022 Arts & Sciences Communications

Faculty respond to the release of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Ann Simmons smiling, with very short hair, red lipstick, earrings and a black jacket over a black top. — Ann Simmons

Distinguished Visiting Journalist

WSJ Moscow Bureau Chief named A&S Zubrow Visiting Journalist for fall 2022

7/11/2022 Cornell Chronicle

“We’re privileged to host Ann Simmons on campus at this time of global turmoil to share her deep insights with the Cornell community,” said Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences.

Mathematics

Talking numbers: Cornell hosts math communication workshop

7/7/2022 A&S Communications

August 8-11, mathematics researchers and college-level teachers will discuss what it takes to communicate effectively among mathematicians, to students, and to the public.

Person writing on a chalkboard — Chris Kitchen Christian Gaetz, Klarman Fellow in mathematics

Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow achieves ‘beautiful results’ with outstanding math problems

7/7/2022 A&S Communications

Christian Gaetz uses his specific focus in mathematics – algebraic combinatorics – to make exciting progress on open problems.

smiling woman — Provided Molly Ryan will be the new director of Cornell Cinema

Cornell Cinema

Celluloid recollections: Cornell Cinema names new director

7/5/2022 A&S Communications

A new director, Molly Ryan, will take the helm of Cornell Cinema this fall, succeeding Mary Fessenden, who has led the organization for 35 years, eight years as 8 manager and 27 as director.

Psychology

Babies learn power of voice through experimentation

7/5/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers have found that babies learn their prelinguistic vocalizations – coos, grunts and vowel sounds – change the behaviors of other people, a key building block of communication.

Chris Kitchen Smith feeds the chickens at Fallen Tree.

Nexus Scholars Program

Sustainability and spirituality in the garden

7/1/2022 A&S Communications

A group of students, including some Nexus Scholars, is learning practical skills related to sustainability and connecting them to community behaviors.

Child making a face at a cut up apple on a plate

Economics

Don’t Stress: Maternal Stress Affects Child’s Diet

7/1/2022 ILR School Cornell University

Maternal exposure to stress during pregnancy could have long term detrimental effects on children’s diets, finds Michele Belot.

Sustainability

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.4 million to new sustainability projects

6/30/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… Community-Based Project Focusing on Eliminating Illegal Dumping in Flint, Michigan Illegal dumping is a considerable … areas of the Cape Cod National Seashore – one of the most visited US national parks – in part because of restricted …

Graduate student life

Student Spotlight: Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei

6/29/2022 Cornell University Graduate School

The doctoral candidate in music from Denton, Texas studies music composition with a focus on time malleability.

Seven flags on poles against a blue sky — Photo by K8 on Unsplash The Finnish flag (front) and Swedish flag (fifth) fly with those of other nordic countries

NATO membership

NATO decision on Finland, Sweden strong on paper, future unclear

6/29/2022 A&S Communications

With NATO formally inviting Finland and Sweden to join its alliance after Turkey dropped its objections, classics and history professor Barry Strauss comments that history is full of alliances that amounted to little.

Martha Haynes with glasses, shoulder-length gray hair in a red top, with blurred stars on screen behind her — Jason Koski/Cornell University Martha Haynes speaks at Reunion 2013.

Cosmic Exploration

‘Follow your dreams,’ writes astronomer Martha Haynes

6/29/2022 Cornell Chronicle

“The Sky Is for Everyone” is a collection of autobiographical essays by “women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy.”

Chris Kitchen Catherine “Cat” Ramirez Foss

Staff awards

Recipients of inaugural undergraduate academic advising awards named

6/27/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Catherine “Cat” Ramirez Foss, Advising Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, receives one of the two awards, which recognize the critical work of front-line academic advisors.

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