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Humanities

Mellon grant boosts collaborative projects for equity, social justice

Cornell Chronicle

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has approved a grant of $1.2 million to extend the Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities (AUH) interdisciplinary seminar series at Cornell for three years with a focus on social justice.

Faculty awards

Eleven assistant professors win NSF early-career awards

Cornell Chronicle

Alex Townsend, Goenka Family Assistant Professor of mathematics, is among the 11 Cornell faculty members who have recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

Donuts decorated with fruit and flowers
Economics

Sweet rewards valued more, may contribute to obesity

Cornell Chronicle

Next time you reward a child with a treat, consider offering nuts instead of candy, a Cornell economist suggests.

Government

Fear year: Pandemic politics made us anxious, but hardly safer

Cornell Chronicle

According to new research by government professor Uriel Abelof, the past year has seen a dramatic rise in existential fear, with people around the world thinking about death twice as often as before.

‘Mild’ Russian sanctions signal need for de-escalation

A&S Communications

On Thursday, the Biden administration announced economic sanctions on Russia in retaliation for alleged election interference and cyberattacks. Nicholas Mulder, assistant professor of history, says the new sanctions are "signals, rather than immediate increases in pressure."

Milstein Program

XR is the future

Alumni Affairs & Development

Nonny de la Peña, one of pioneers of Extended Reality, or XR, and the founder of Emblematic Group, shared her story in a focus talk co-sponsored by the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity on April 8.

History

Business-GOP alliance fraying as CEOs oppose voting limits

A&S Communications

On Wednesday, hundreds of companies’ executives joined in a new statement to call out Republican-sponsored voting bills that they say will curtail voting access in several American states. History professor Lawrence Glickman, an expert on consumer activism, comments

Illustrated poster for "Racism in America: Economy" event
American Studies

Final ‘Racism in America’ webinar on April 27 to focus on our economic system

A&S Communications

The webinar will feature four Cornell faculty experts looking at the past as well as present of the relationship of racism to capitalism and the unequal impact of COVID-19 on different sectors of the economy.

Imaan Rahim ’22 in a blue shirt against a gorge background.
Imaan Rahim ’22
Student Research

Student researcher honored at AAS Chambliss Poster Awards

A&S Communications

Undergraduate student Imaan Rahim '22 wins honorable mention at AAS Chambliss Poster Awards.

Teaching excellence

Teaching assistant award winners encourage new perspectives on learning

Cornell Chronicle

Arts and Sciences doctoral student Giulia Andreoni is one of two honored by the Center for Teaching Innovation with the Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Award.

Government

J&J vaccine pause a sign of ‘super cautious’ health agencies

A&S Communications

Federal health agencies have recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine after six people developed blood clots within two weeks of receiving the one-shot vaccine. Government professors Sarah Kreps and Doug Kriner, who have surveyed nearly 2,000 American adults on issues regarding their willingness to get a vaccine, comment.

Cells
Molecular Biology and Genetics

The vast machineries of gene regulation

Cornell Research

Scientists had a hazy picture of the machinery that turns genes on and off. Franklin Pugh developed a sharp close-up that could change medicine.

Classics

Athena Kirk explores ancient Greek lists in new book

Cornell Chronicle

Athena Kirk's new book, “Ancient Greek Lists: Catalogue and Inventory Across Genres,” argues that the list form was the ancient mode of expressing value through text, examining the ways in which lists can “stand in for objects, create value, act as methods of control, and approximate the infinite.”

Government

A blow to health and the pocketbook

Univision

A new Univision News poll in partnership with UnidosUS found that Hispanics in areas with non-traditional Latino communities report more problems due to Covid-19, Garcia-Rios reports, while President Joe Biden's approval among Hispanics overall is nearly 80%, and almost 9 in every 10 approve of the latest economic stimulus package.

Literatures in English

Susan Choi MFA ’95, National Book Award winner, to read on April 22

Cornell Chronicle

Novelist Susan Choi MFA ’95, whose novel "Trust Fall" won the 2019 National Book Award, will read from her New Yorker story "Flashlight" during a virtual event on April 22.