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comic showing ghost, McGraw Tower and COVID mask
Alumni creativity

Alumnus shares public health messages through comic illustrations

A&S Communications

What began as a class project exploring a fraught period of Ithaca history has transformed into a COVID-related comic that Leo Levy ’20, hopes can reach people with a lesson from the past and an accessible message about public health.

Goldwin Smith Hall in autumn
Cornell University Goldwin Smith Hall and the Arts Quad in Autumn
College Leadership

Dean announces transitions on Arts & Sciences leadership team

Cornell Chronicle

Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, has announced transitions in the College’s senior leadership team that will take place on July 1.

Physics

Neil Ashcroft, world-renowned theoretical physicist, dies at 82

Cornell Chronicle

Neil W. Ashcroft, the Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences and a leading theorist in condensed matter physics, died March 15 in Ithaca. In the late 1960s and first half of the 1970s, he collaborated with David Mermin, professor emeritus of physics, to write “Solid State Physics,” which became the gold standard of textbooks for their discipline.

Hu Shih
Hu Shih, Class of 1914, from the scrapbook of Lincoln E. Patterson.
University news

New residence halls named for Hu, Morrison, Ginsburg

Cornell Chronicle

Hu Shi 1914, Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 are honored in the North Campus expansion.

Evanston, Illinois
Image by Madcoverboy; Creative Commons license 3.0 Evanston, Illinois
Africana Studies

'Not a local affair': Evanston reparations could harm national movement

A&S Communications

On Monday night the city of Evanston, Illinois approved the nation’s first government-run reparations program that would make funds available to Black families for homeownership and mortgage assistance. Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies, and Noliwe Rooks, the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor in Africana studies and director of the American Studies Program, comment.

Book cover: Constants of the Motion
Poetry and science

Poetry book by Nobel-winning chemist features science, nature

Cornell Chronicle

Roald Hoffmann received a Nobel Prize in 1981 for chemistry—and he’s been writing poetry since the 1970s. His fifth book of poetry, “Constants in Motion,” was recently published by Dos Madres Press. These poems interweave Hoffmann’s scientific perspective with his poetic sensibility.

Student and dad on Libe Slope
Amy Crouch, right, and her dad Andy, relax on Libe Slope
Student creative works

How to make peace with your phone (and other screens)

A&S Communications

Amy Crouch ’22 thinks fellow students should take a look at the ways tech influences their lives.

Government

Netanyahu enters election in high spirits, despite prospect of deadlock

A&S Communications

On Tuesday, Israelis will vote in their fourth parliamentary election in two years. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party is engaged in a tight race that some commentators say will end up rewarding Netanyahu’s management of vaccine distribution in recent months. Uriel Abulof, visiting associate professor of government, comments.

Government

President Clinton: U.S. in ‘dogfight’ for democracy

Cornell Chronicle

During a March 18 webinar on the state of American democracy hosted by the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs (IOPGA), former President Bill Clinton challenged more than 3,600 students and other viewers to stand up for democratic norms including voting rights.

man at chalkboard
In his typical lecture style, Walter LaFeber wrote the outline of his class lecture on the chalkboard.
Academic excellence

New professorship honors Walter LaFeber

A&S Communications

Tom Pepinsky will be the inaugural Walter F. LaFeber Professor.

student hiking
Student experiences

Student’s Hawaii experience reinforces environmental classwork

A&S Communications

Carl Beach '22 wasn't giving up on a semester abroad -- he decided to take a semester off to work on an organic lettuce farm and learn more of what he's been studying in his environmental education classes.

Performing and Media Arts

Memories, tech intertwine in student play ‘Benchmark’

Cornell Chronicle

“Benchmark,” a play by Information Science Ph.D. student Anna Evtushenko about a woman who relies on technology to preserve her memories, will stream online March 26 and 27.

Orange and yellow origami bird
Physics

Self-folding nanotech creates world’s smallest origami bird

Cornell Chronicle

The researchers have generated a throng of nanoscale machines and components, each seemingly faster, smarter and more elegant than the last.

Performing and Media Arts

Solo performance 'spit fire, drink gasoline (repeat)' premieres March 25

Cornell Chronicle

An original solo performance, “spit fire, drink gasoline (repeat),” created and presented by Levi Wilson ’21, will have its YouTube premiere on March 25, available to view anytime until April 25. The event includes a Q&A with internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller.

Red book cover: How to Tell a Joke
Classics

Translation updates Cicero’s treatise on jokes as ‘weapons’

Cornell Chronicle

Michael Fontaine’s lively new translation amuses as well as instructs.