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Henry Crans retires after 50 years at Cornell University

6/12/2019 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell community is invited to celebrate the retirement of Henry Crans, director of facilities for the College of Arts and Sciences, after 50 years at Cornell. The drop-in reception will be on Tuesday, June 25, 1-4 pm in the Groos Family Atrium in Klarman Hall.

Classics

New book explores images of Egypt in Roman domestic spaces

6/12/2019 A&S Communications

Photo right: Garden triclinium (outdoor dining benches) at the Casa dell’Efebo, a wealthy house in Pompeii. Paintings of Egyptian landscapes decorate the sides of the benches where people once reclined to dine, and an artificial canal once flowed between the benches. (Photo by Caitlín Barrett)

Government

Trump’s hardball tactics could implode Mexico’s immigration system

6/12/2019 Los Angeles Times

In this Los Angeles Times opinion piece, Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, associate professor of government, discusses the impacts of Trump's tariff threats to Mexico.

Performing & Media Arts

Professor Ellen Gainor speaks at London’s National Theatre

6/11/2019 Performing & Media Arts

This summer, London’s famed National Theatre is staging Githa Sowerby's 1912 play Rutherford and Son, which is on the Theatre’s list of the top 100 plays of the 20th century. Prior to the play’s opening, the National Theatre invited J.

Staff

College staff celebrate summer with Arts Quad picnic

6/11/2019 A&S Communications

Adorned with feathers, strings of (faux) pearls and false mustaches, College of Arts & Sciences staff celebrated the end of the year with a “Great Gatsby”-themed picnic on the Arts Quad.

Government & history

U.S. must get its house in order, Hadley says in Olin Lecture

6/10/2019 Cornell Chronicle

Former national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley ’69, right, in conversation with former Rep. Steve Israel, left, director of Cornell’s Institute of Politics and Global Affairs, at the Olin Lecture June 7 in Bailey Hall.

Mathematics

Hyperbolic crochet ‘goes viral’

6/11/2019 A&S Communications

Brightly colored crocheted hyperbolic planes spread across tables in the Mathematics Library, welcoming alumni and their families to a talk with Daina Taimina on her signature method of tactile exploration of hyperbolic geometry and the new second edition of her book, “Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes: Tactile Mathematics, Art and Craft for All to Explore.”

Staff awards

Pollack lauds staff expertise, service at 64th annual dinner

6/6/2019 Cornell Chronicle

Following 10 years working in Cornell’s telecommunications department, Henry Crans has been the director of facilities in the College of Arts and Sciences for 40 years, overseeing the construction of buildings from conception to occupancy. He especially is proud of Klarman Hall, which he considers one of the most beautiful buildings on campus. Crans has also worked part time with Cornell Outdoor Education teaching rock climbing, wilderness camping and cross-country skiing.

Graduate student projects

Eighteen receive Engaged Graduate Student Grants

6/5/2019 Cornell Chronicle

Eighteen Cornell doctoral students have received 2019-20 Engaged Graduate Student Grants totaling $269,397, which will support community-engaged research relevant to their dissertations.

Mathematics

Polytopes

6/7/2019

The research of Karola Meszaros, assistant professor of mathematics, is featured in this story on Cornell Research.

Performing & Media Arts

Balancing Two Worlds

6/6/2019 Performing & Media Arts

Nic Ceynowa feels lucky to live a dual life. In addition to his job as a DevOps Engineer for Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, he teaches and choreographs dance in the Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA).

Government

Government professor’s book earns top honor from political science association

6/6/2019 A&S Communications

Government Professor Jill Frank was recently honored with the David Easton Award from the Foundations of Political Thought section of the American Political Science Association for her book “Poetic Justice: Rereading Plato's Republic”

NYC collaborations

Cornell funds projects in NYC visioning initiative

6/6/2019 Cornell Chronicle

Four collaborative, cross-disciplinary faculty projects have received funding support through the New York City Visioning initiative. The projects were selected by President Martha E. Pollack from a group of finalists recommended by the President’s Visioning Committee on Cornell in New York City. The awards, totaling $265,000, were announced June 6 by President Pollack.

Chemistry & chemical biology

Chemistry professor receives young investigator award from Navy

6/5/2019 A&S Communications

Cornell assistant professor Song Lin, a Howard Milstein Faculty Fellow, was among 25 scientists selected from more than 260 applicants to receive Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program (YIP) awards, which support early-career academic scientists and engineers.

History of Art

History of art professor honored with book prize

6/5/2019 A&S Communications

Cheryl Finley, associate professor of history of art, has won the 2019 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize from the Bard Graduate Center for her book, “Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon.”

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