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Kannan Arunasalam/Provided Behind the scenes of “We Love We Self Up Here.” Subject Henry Soolachan at his home.
Comparative literature

Transdisciplinary film explores Trinidad and Tobago

A&S Communications

“We Love We Self Up Here” is a new documentary focused on the complex histories of labor and migration in Trinidad and Tobago.

Vera Rubin, with President Clinton and Vice President Gore
Official White House photo/Courtesy Carnegie Institution for Science Archives Vera Rubin receives the National Medal of Science from President Bill Clinton at the White House in 1993 as Vice President Al Gore (right) looks on.
Alumni

Alumna’s galactic quest proved existence of dark matter

Alumni Affairs & Development

Vera Cooper Rubin, MS ’51, was a pioneering astronomer whose studies on the Hill helped shape her life’s work.

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Alumni

The Cornellian behind the slogan ‘Ithaca is Gorges’

Alumni Affairs & Development

The man who designed the Ithaca is Gorges logo in the Seventies—the late Howard Cogan ’50, MPS ’80—never trademarked it.

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Doing the greatest good

Cornell launches $5B campaign ‘to do the greatest good’

Cornell Chronicle

A newly launched, major fundraising campaign aims to shape Cornell as the model university for the 21st century and beyond, building on its foundation of world-class academics, research and engagement.

Eli Clare
Samuel Lurie Eli Clare
CNY Humanities Corridor

Disability advocate Eli Clare to speak on COVID-19

Society for the Humanities

… Humanities Corridor, an 11-institution scholarly consortium supported by an award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. …

Malott Hall with a banner saying "curiosity, discovery, creativity" in front of it.
Malott Hall
Mathematics

Cornell mathematicians featured at International Congress of Mathematicians

A&S Communications

Five Cornell mathematicians -- an unusually high number -- have been invited to speak at the world-renowned International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) this year.

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Photo by pixpoetry on Unsplash
History

White House acknowledges ‘right to stay home’ for climate migrants

A&S Communications

Historian Maria Cristina Garcia comments on the report released this week by the White House on climate change and migration.

Farid Ferdows
alumni

For those who dream, Cornell is your place, says Farid Ferdows ’21

Alumni Affairs & Development

… Army veteran who served as an interpreter in Afghanistan for more than a decade, Farid was not expecting to do well … I would not be my first, second, or even tenth pick for admission here,” Farid says. “For Cornell to take that … so fulfilling that Farid believes he would have worked for free. The mentorship of the U.S. military had an immense …

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Serge Petchenyi/Cornell University Darlene Campbell, senior lecturer in biology, works with students in class.
Comparative literature

Reshaping student experiences through new innovations in teaching

Cornell Chronicle

This fall, a new group of Innovative Teaching and Learning Award winners are beginning work on projects to enhance student learning environments across Cornell.

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Flag of the U.S. Senate
Government

Progressives make sacrifices to win Manchin, Sinema

A&S Communications

Government professor David Bateman comments on the budget bill negotiations in Congress.

Jamila Michener
Government

Michener testifies to House committee about health care

A&S Communications

Health is an exceptionally expensive resource in the United States, “though it should not be,” political scientist Jamila Michener told the House Rules Committee on Oct. 13.

The U.S. Capital.
Photo by Quick PS on Unsplash U.S. Capitol
Government

Battle with Bannon is 'political theater,' shows need for reform

A&S Communications

Prof. Doug Kriner, author of the book “Investigating the President: Congressional Checks on Presidential Power,” says the conflict indicates a need for reforms that would enable more powerful congressional oversight.

Students walking in front of Goldwin Smith Hall, with trees showing Autumn colors
Advising

Library marks advising milestone

Cornell Chronicle

Librarians have been vital to the A&S advising seminars program, which pairs students with faculty advisors in the college and connects them with campus resources essential to their well-being and academic success.

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Photo by Anastase Maragos on Unsplash
Psychology

Lavish wealth tolerated more for individuals than groups

Cornell Chronicle

Driving the effect, the researchers propose, is our tendency to see internal traits as more responsible for individual successes and failures than for group outcomes.

Goldwin Smith Hall
Awards

Weiss teaching awards honor 10 exceptional faculty

Cornell Chronicle

Three A&S faculty members have been selected to receive Stephen H. Weiss Awards honoring excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring, President Martha E. Pollack announced Oct. 18.