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View of a city at dawn — Christoph Theisinger/Unsplash Colombo, Sri Lanka

Asian Studies

Protests in Sri Lanka unprecedented, unlikely to fade away

4/28/2022 A&S Communications

Pressure on the current government has not lessened, says Daniel Bass, manager of the South Asia Program and adjunct assistant professor of Asian studies.

Campus buildings and pink blossoms on trees

Student honors

Three students in STEM win 2022 Goldwater Scholarships

4/26/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… the natural sciences and engineering. Jeffrey Backus, ’23 and Abhi Sarma ’24, both in the College of Arts and … the natural sciences and engineering. Jeffrey Backus, ’23 and Abhi Sarma ’24, both in the College of Arts and … Grossman and Julia Thom-Levy, both in A&S. Jeffrey Backus '23 Arquilevich, from Agoura Hills, California, a Hispanic …

Person carries a heavy cement block around a wall — Courtesy of the artist Lin Yilin, Safely Maneuvering Across Lin He Road, 1995, performance, 90 min, Guangzhou.

Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow Nancy P. Lin interprets urban on-site art

4/27/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… in Guangzhou, China. This photo of a construction site does not depict a moment of urban industry, but rather … I’m interested in what kind of impact this work has on the site and the social context.” Lin, a New Yorker who was born … on-site in urban spaces like city streets and construction sites. Her work in the Wen Pulin Archive of Chinese …

above-ground pipeline extends across a rugged landscape

Eurpoean economy

Russian gas threat could force European economy to reform

4/27/2022 A&S Communications

Cristina Florea provides a historical perspective on energy and economic development.

Undergraduate research

First cohort of A&S Nexus Scholars chosen for summer research positions

4/27/2022 A&S Communications

… will delve into molecular genetic techniques during their first research experiences this summer. Joaquin Smith ’24 … social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics— as the first class of Nexus Scholars , a program which is funded … First cohort of A&S Nexus Scholars chosen for summer …

Illustration of a telescope in space — NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope

Astronomy research

Glowing Planets and Chemical Fingerprints

4/26/2022 Cornell Research

Nikole Lewis will be one of the first to characterize distant exoplanets using infrared data from the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope.

Student experiences

Student veteran Roland Molina continues to serve

4/26/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… University Roland Molina plays chess with fellow veteran, Dan Rockett. He has also strengthened connections to the …

Banners flying outside a stately building

International relations

Russia and Ukraine peace talks likely have nothing to do with ‘peace’

4/23/2022 CNBC

As peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine appear to be proceeding in fits and starts, Barry Strauss, writes that history shows that such talks are a way station to the real arena: the battlefield.

Eight people arranged in a circle; an artistic black and white photo — Cornell Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Library Jessica Tanzer's photo of dancers from The Box, an all-genders queer nightclub in San Francisco.

LGBTQ celebration

Talks mark exhibits, campus LGBTQ milestones

4/22/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The “Radical Desire” symposium April 27 to 28 brings pioneering lesbian feminist scholars, publishers, and photographers to speak at Cornell.

Report cover: "Bipartisan Policy Review" — Natalie Kimbrough/Cornell

Foreign policy

Bipartisan Policy Review spotlights U.S. foreign policy options

4/22/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The annual publication, now in its third edition, is produced by the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs (IOPGA) at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy to "give voice to policy insights that are often drowned out in the partisan echo chamber.”

People in a subway car, Moscow — Sasha Matveeva/Unsplash People riding the Moscow subway

International conflict

Biden admin rhetoric strengthens Russian propaganda about U.S.

4/25/2022 A&S Communications

Majorities in Russia, going back to the 1990s, have consistently believed Russia has reason to fear Western NATO countries, says professor Brynn Rosenfeld, who studies post-communist politics and public opinion.

Thousands of people stroll up a wide avenue lined with red, white and blue flags

European politics

Despite election loss, Marine Le Pen influence in France to continue

4/25/2022 A&S Communications

… And what future is that? We need to go back to the first round where candidates from the center right to the … Nationalist bloc in the June Legislative elections. In the first round, Macron was clearly the candidate of voters …

Person wearing graduation cap, seen from the back

Sociology

Girls raised by Jewish parents more likely to graduate college

4/22/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Researchers from Cornell, Tulane and Stanford universities concluded that girls raised by at least one Jewish parent acquire a particular way of viewing the world that influences their education choices, career aspirations and various other experiences.

Cornell University file photo A.R. Ammons

Poetry

‘Ammons & the Falls’ highlights poet’s ties to Ithaca landscape

4/21/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… Williams and Wallace Stevens and Marianne Moore were to the first half.” The university proved to be the ideal place for …

Wheat field under a clear sky — Melissa Askew/Unsplash Wheat, a sanctioned Russian export

International relations

Don’t Expect Sanctions To Win the Ukraine War

Wall Street Journal

The outcome of sweeping Western sanctions on Russian has proven as difficult to predict as that of the war itself, Nicolas Mulder writes.

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