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People stand in a half circle in a sunny outdoor plaza — Sreang Hok/Cornell University Members of the Cornell community gathered March 4 on Ho Plaza for a vigil showing solidarity with the people of Ukraine, organized by the Cornell Interfaith Council.

International

Experts: Ukraine war puts world in ‘uncharted territory’

3/5/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Clarity about the goals of sanctions against Russia will be key to attempts to de-escalate the conflict, Cornell faculty experts said during a March 4 panel discussion.

Literatures in English

Ling Ma, MFA ’15 to read from her fiction on March 10

3/7/2022 Cornell Chronicle

“Severance” by ‘brilliant and exciting new writer” Ling Ma, MFA ’15, has received numerous awards.

Public Engagement

Award-winning journalist offers master class on science storytelling

3/7/2022 A&S Communications

… in nonlinear optics. Her writing has been featured in the Best American Science and Nature Writing and the Best Writing on Mathematics; her awards include the 2016 …

Red-tinted image of a stage from the performers point of view, looking out at a large crowd outside

Music

Big Red Icon aims to unite, celebrate student musicians

3/3/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… and the final winner will perform at this year’s Slope Fest. “What university has a Taiko drumming group led by …

Romance studies

diacritics journal turns 50

3/7/2022 A&S Communications

The journal, which is a review of contemporary criticism, is celebrating with an anniversary blog.

Humanities

Podcast episode presents undergraduate research on Goldwin Smith

3/4/2022 Cornell Chronicle

In the Society for the Humanities podcast, two undergraduate researchers share information they uncovered about the fraught legacy of nineteenth century historian Goldwin Smith.

Government

Tenant groups build power in marginalized communities

3/1/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Scholars have overlooked tenant organizations as a crucial source of political power in the most precarious communities, according to new research co-authored by Jamila Michener.

People in a town square hold hands in a large circle — Provided People celebrate Russia’s Constitution Day on June 12, 2018, with a ‘village dance’ event in Ekaterinburg.

Sociology

People rethink nationalist beliefs in uncertain times

3/3/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Based on an in-depth study of ordinary people in Russia, new research explores how citizens engage with the principles of nationalism in making sense of disruptive social change.

highway surrounded by smouldering brush; a white pickup truck — Marcus Kauffman/Unsplash Fire near Lowell, Oregon in 2017

History

Environmental degradation focus of LaFeber-Silbey lecture March 10

3/3/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Historian Daniel Immerwahr will re-establish the central importance of forests and fire to the settlement of the American West in the nineteenth century during this year's LaFeber-Silbey Lecture.

person holding glass to flame — Noël Heaney/Cornell University Karl Termini works with glass heated to 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, depending on the type of glass.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Glass blower crafts intricate creations for Cornell scientists

3/3/2022 A&S Communications

… works with students to design experimental apparatuses to best serve their needs.” Termini’s shop includes two …

Public Engagement

Nobel laureates show support for Ukraine

3/3/2022 A&S Communications

The letter, signed by 163 Nobel laureates, was drafted by Cornell Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann.

History

New history of revolution offers hope for “our troubled present”

3/3/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Enzo Traverso's research reinterprets the history of 19th and 20th century revolutions through a constellation of images, from Marx’s ‘locomotives of history’ to Lenin’s mummified body to the Paris Commune’s demolition of the Vendome Column.

Awards

Assistant professor wins NSF early-career award

3/3/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Sabrina Karim, Hardis Family Assistant Professor of government, has received an NSF early career award.

Faculty honors

Six A&S professors named 2022 Simons fellows

3/2/2022 Cornell Chronicle

"These outstanding physicists and mathematicians are pushing the boundaries of our understanding," said Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Three solders crouch behind a tank — Sgt. Alexander Rector/U.S. Army Ukrainian soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 92nd Mechanized Brigade, participate in a platoon live-fire exercise in Yavoriv, Ukraine Dec. 1, 2021

History

The Crisis in Ukraine Has Disturbing Echoes of the 1930s

2/28/2022 Time Magazine

In a Time Magazine op-ed, professor Cristina Florea writes that today’s world is arguably very different from the world of the 1930s, but current events in Europe have disturbing parallels in the 1930s.

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