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History

NEH grants Cornell $750K to develop ‘Freedom’ database

Cornell Chronicle

Ed Baptist, professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $750,000 digital infrastructure grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the development of the Freedom on the Move (FOTM) database. Launched in 2014, the database collects and compiles fugitive slave advertisements from 18th- and 19th-century U.S. newspapers.

Government

In limiting political content, Facebook risks advancing censorship narrative

A&S Communications

… content on its users’ news feeds. Doing so, Facebook risks sowing more discord, says Sarah Kreps, professor of … that by reducing political content on newsfeeds, Facebook risks sowing more discord across the political spectrum by … decision to tweak its algorithm to depoliticize newsfeeds has the possible virtue of turning down the thermometer in …

Philosophy

Manne to give Society for the Humanities talk on male entitlement

Cornell Chronicle

Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy, will give a talk titled “He Said, She Listened: Mansplaining, Gaslighting, and Epistemic Entitlement.”

Government

Latina and Black women lost jobs in record numbers. Policies designed for all women don’t necessarily help.

Washington Post

Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report on January employment included bad news about Black and Latina women in the workforce, writes Jamila Michener, associate professor of government in a Washington Post op-ed.

Psychology

Prolonged immaturity an evolutionary plus for human babies

Cornell Chronicle

Human infants use that time to begin to acquire complex social skills, including language, empathy, morality and theory of mind.

Anthropology, Asian Studies

Backed by powerful allies, Myanmar generals take cues from U.S. events

A&S Communications

Magnus Fiskesjö, professor of anthropology at Cornell University and expert on Southeast Asia, comments on continuing protesters in Myanmar against the military coup that reversed last November’s election.

American Studies

‘Racism in America’ webinar to examine protest movements

A&S Communications

Moderated by Kat Stafford, national investigative writer at The Associated Press, the webinar will feature five Cornell faculty experts.

Special Academic Opportunities

Humanities scholars begin first year undertaking diverse paths of discovery

A&S Communications

Students in the program undertake their own independent, interdisciplinary undergraduate research in the humanities.

Arts Unplugged

Cornell continues Morrison celebration with colloquium, reading, film

A&S Communications

A panel of scholars will examine Morrison's life and work during a panel on the occasion of her 90th birthday.

Cornell Center for Social Sciences

Center for Social Sciences announces 2021-22 faculty fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Political polarization, environmental justice and inclusion in higher education are a few of big issues faculty members—including several from the College of Arts and Sciences—will tackle in the next academic year as fellows at the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS).

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Taming fluorine: New nano materials for drug synthesis

Cornell Research

With support from the National Institutes of Health, Phillip J. Milner, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is developing metal-organic frameworks—a class of porous, crystalline nanomaterials—that can stabilize volatile fluorine-containing reagents.

Government

New lab studies role of gender in security forces

Cornell Chronicle

“Women who enter into occupations that are traditionally masculine spaces such as in the security sector or politics face many barriers that prevent them from succeeding in the profession."

Music

ONEcomposer partners with Philadelphia Orchestra for Florence Price premiere

A&S Communications

Cornell music faculty are working with the Philadelphia Orchestra to bring to light the works of a historically erased composer.

Department News

Trustees approve new Department of Literatures in English name change

A&S Communications

Faculty members say the change from the Department of English to the Department of Literatures in English better reflects the world and the department’s diverse fields of study.

Asian Studies

Book: Thai poet uses Buddhist principles to “re-enchant” the modern world

Cornell Chronicle

In “Teardrops of Time,” Arnika Fuhrmann places Thai poet Angkarn Kallayanapong among the most significant of the 20th century.