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Academic Minute

Cornell faculty featured on ‘The Academic Minute’

Cornell Chronicle

The program, airing on 70 stations, covers new and emerging topics in higher education.

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Graduate school

ELSO Expands Services to All Multilingual Graduate Students

Cornell University Graduate School

Cornell’s English Language Support Office (ELSO) has expanded to support all multilingual graduate students – both from the U.S. and abroad. Previously available only to international students for whom English was not their first language, now multilingual graduate and professional students from anywhere in the world can participate in ELSO programs, including tutoring, workshops, and classes.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Students pitch business ideas to former Etsy CEO

Cornell student Ryan Tremblay ‘22 won first place in a student pitch competition Oct. 28, judged by Chad Dickerson, former CEO of Etsy and Cornell Tech fellow.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

‘Roaming’ molecular fragments captured in real time

Cornell Chronicle

Sometimes atoms, like pets and adventuresome hikers, slip loose and wander off into the wild. Their final destination isn’t known, and their trajectory can be all over the map. It’s not so easy to track their path.

Government

COVID-19 healthcare issues reflect pre-existing inequalities

A&S Communications

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country, federal data shows more than a third of Americans live in areas where hospitals are running critically short on intensive care beds. The data has caused some panic about the possibility of health care rationing over the coming months.

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Academic diversity

New curriculum requirements bring host of new courses to A&S

A&S Communications

As course enrollment opens up this week, students in the College of Arts & Sciences have access to dozens of new courses for spring 2021, thanks in part to the College’s new curriculum, which took effect this fall for students in the class of 2024.

Music

Chorus and Glee Club present virtual Readings & Carols

Department of Music

Carrying on a beloved annual tradition, the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club will offer a musical holiday celebration including singalong carols (featuring the virtually assembled choirs), seasonal poetry readings, and recordings from past Christmas services Dec. 16.

Astronomy

Ground broken in Chile for alum-backed telescope

The telescope itself will arrive in mid- to late 2022, with first light anticipated in 2023.

Government

‘The devil is in the details’ for NYC solitary confinement ban

A&S Communications

Today New York City Councilman Daniel Dromm is set to introduce a bill that prohibits solitary confinement as a means of punishment. On Friday, the New York City council will hold a hearing on the proposed bill, fast-tracking the process to stop the controversial practice.

Physics

Physics professor advances breakthrough research on black hole paradox

Cornell Chronicle

Tom Hartman has discovered a mathematical technique for calculating the physics of a black hole.

Government

Middle class actually enables autocrats in post-Soviet countries

Cornell Chronicle

Rosenfeld spent more than a year doing research in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

Comparative Literature, Latina/o Studies

South Asia, Latin America ‘flashpoints’ of global care markets

Cornell Chronicle

The global south has been a vital resource for the sustenance of life and care.

Government

Maduro election victory a clear sign of Trump's failure

A&S Communications

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory after congressional elections this week, consolidating power in the National Assembly, Venezuela’s last remaining independent political institution. Many influential opposition leaders boycotted the election.

Government

H.R. McMaster to speak on America’s standing and security Dec. 8

A&S Communications

Former National Security Advisor, H.R. McMaster, Lt. General, U.S. Army, retired, will speak to the Cornell community about foreign policy, national security and America’s standing in the world. The virtual event will be held on Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. Registration is required.

Student experiences

Cornell undergrads aid in prisoner’s release after 28 years

A&S Communications

“They helped secure a man's liberty, which is one of the greatest accomplishments anyone can achieve.”