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Philosophy

Diet Culture Is Unhealthy. It’s Also Immoral.

New York Times

In a New York Times op-ed, Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy, writes about personal and philosophical pressures placed on body image.

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Provided A high-resolution map of a photocatalyst particle shows the transition zones of reactivity and the corresponding spatial variation of photoelectrochemical performance across the inter-facet edge.
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

3D semiconductor particles offer 2D properties

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers have found that 3D semiconductor particles have 2D properties, which can be leveraged for photoelectrochemical processes that boost solar energy conversion technologies.

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Public engagement

Students engage with NYC Black ‘memory workers’ in Mellon seminar

A&S Communications

An interdisciplinary seminar in the fall semester took students from Ithaca to New York City to explore African American heritage sites and the people whose work keeps this history alive.

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Provided Praveen Gunendran ‘24 and Daniel Tuan ’24 created an app to help app artists within the music industry connect with one another.
Student entrepreneurs

Heart monitor, ‘tinder for musicians’ win Big Ideas Competition

Cornell Chronicle

Four teams of undergraduate students were named winners of the Big Ideas Competition at Cornell, with ideas that help musicians connect, detect heart problems, train unemployed young adults and help with pollution issues in developing countries.

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Books

What to read in 2022? A&S faculty weigh in

A&S Communications

A&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.

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Undergraduate research

WARNING: Parents on Social Media

Cornell Research

A study of "sharenting" for a Spring 2020 interdisciplinary class project changed the academic trajectories of three Cornell undergrads.

Robert Strichartz
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Mathematics

Robert Strichartz, math analyst, dies at 78

Cornell Chronicle

Robert Strichartz, professor of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, died on December 19 after a long illness. He was 78.

Ezinwa Osuoha
Ezinwa Ozuoha
Undergraduate research

A Corallary to War

Cornell Research

Did racism and a fractured political landscape make the United States more vulnerable to COVID-19? Undergraduate researcher and McNair Scholar Ezinwa Osuoha '22 compares disease outbreaks in different nations.

Book cover: Veronica Franco in Dialogue
Book cover: Veronica Franco in Dialogue
Romance studies

Marilyn Migiel wins MLA prize for book on ‘proto-feminist’ poet

Cornell Chronicle

… on January 8, 2022 during the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Washington, D.C.   This is the third prize Migiel has received from the MLA. The first two recognized books she has written on … that other readers have tended to elide.” According to the MLA award committee, Migiel’s analysis of these poems will …

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In memoriam

Pioneering professor Trevor Pinch dies at 69

Cornell Chronicle

Trevor Pinch, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Science and Technology Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, who helped found multiple areas of study related to science, technology and sound, died Dec. 16.

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Christopher Chandra, IS '22, demonstrates "Behind the Mask," a mask outfitted with sensors and an LED display.
Information Science

Wearables, robotics highlight Information Science student showcase

Cornell Chronicle

Several Arts & Sciences students were among the designers presenting dozens of projects from three information science courses as part of a semester-end showcase.

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Sociology

More Americans than usual have been changing parties. Why?

The Washington Post

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Landon Schnabel anticipates many predictions about the outcomes of upcoming U.S. midterm elections — but not much about voters switching political parties.

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Credit: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections/Provided An image of a Philippine farm, from Gerow Brill’s papers, one of the collections to be digitized by the library.
Cornell Library

Library boosts new digitization projects

Cornell Chronicle

Four projects have been selected for Cornell Library’s annual Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences, which boosts the collaboration of scholars and library specialists to transform physical materials into lasting online resources for teaching and research.

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Student experiences

Students completing their studies eye the future

Cornell Chronicle

Some of the 1,450 students who graduated in December share their transformational Cornell experiences.

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Alumni support

Alumni gift to A&S supports doctoral students in the humanities

A&S Communications

A $5 million alumni gift will help to support doctoral students in humanities fields within the College of Arts & Sciences.