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Cornell Center for Social Sciences

Grants advance social sciences research, collaboration

4/29/2021 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has awarded spring grants supporting research and conferences involving more than 30 faculty and researchers across campus, including collaborations within new and expanded superdepartments.

History of Art & Visual Studies

Online exhibit marks women’s suffrage centennial

4/30/2021 A&S Communications

Students investigated women’s engagement in politics and researched images of their choice in the history of art course.

Government

Skipping the second shot could prolong pandemic, study finds

4/29/2021 Cornell Chronicle

New Cornell research shows many Americans remain confused about when COVID-19 vaccines provide strong protection.

Humanities Scholars Program

Humanities students share wide variety of research in spring event

4/29/2021 A&S Communications

More than 30 students who have conducted research will present their work in a virtual conference May 6-7. One panel investigates the ideas of Goldwin Smith, while other presentations focus on migrant workers in Singapore, political violence in Africa and other topics.

Racism in America

Panel: Pandemic and protests laid economic injustices bare

4/29/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Four faculty members and a Washington Post reporter discussed the ways racism shapes economic policies.

Physics

Black hole spin finding could shed light on relativity, stars

4/29/2021 Cornell Chronicle

… Vijay Varma applied a new method of studying binary black holes to analyze data gathered by the LIGO and Virgo … astronomy is to understand and characterize binary black hole spins, according to Vijay Varma , a Klarman … lifespan of stars. In “ New spin on LIGO-Virgo binary black holes ,” published in Physical Review Letters on April 29, …

Jewish Studies

In honor of May Day, ‘Di Linke’ conference videos available online

4/30/2021 Cornell Chronicle

The archives of the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order (JPFO), which flourished for two decades before the Cold War, are now housed at Cornell’s Kheel Center, Catherwood Library. Videos from a December 2020 conference focused on the archives are now available online.

Astronomy

Cosmos unveils space-tech business, science opportunities

4/28/2021 Cornell Chronicle

More than a dozen space industry leaders, capital investors, startup entrepreneurs, a Jet Propulsions Lab manager and Cornell professors gathered virtually for Cornell’s first Space Tech Industry Day/K.K. Wang Day symposium on April 23 – featuring this year’s event theme, “New Opportunities in Space Technology.”