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Physics & Science of Earth Systems

Anant Hariharan: 'Conducting seismology research gives my life character'

… Anant HariharanPhysics & Science of Earth SystemsBangalore, IndiaWhat is your main extracurricular activity--why is it important to you? … Physics & Science of Earth Systems Bangalore, India What is your main extracurricular activity--why is it important …

Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies & Anthropology & French

Hadiyah Chowdhury: 'I was able to explore so many different academic interests'

Hadiyah ChowdhuryFeminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies & Anthropology & FrenchCorning, NYWhat accomplishments/activities are you most proud of while at Cornell?

Sociology

Grad student leads group on algorithms and AI for social good

Cornell Chronicle

Members of the Mechanism Design for Social Good group, from left: Manish Raghavan, co-founder Rediet Abebe and Jon Kleinberg. 

Validating and Examining My LGBTQ Experience Through Academics and Social Life at Cornell

… to my neighborhood in Ohio when I was 15 years old, I was very familiar with the implications of publicly identifying … in particular to be a really valuable space. While every college at Cornell is intellectually diverse, it’s my … I have a particular affinity for those which pertain to everyday existence within structures of power. Usually, …

Performing & Media Arts

Post–nuclear fallout with a dark comedic flavor and a “Simpsons” twist

Performing & Media Arts

Directed by Jayme Kilburn, a PhD student in Cornell University’s Department of Performing and Media Arts, “Mr. Burns, a post-electric play” runs at Cornell’s Kiplinger Theatre in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts April 27–28 and May 4–5.

Africana Studies

Zora Neale Hurston's work reconsidered April 19

A&S Communications

A professor from the University of Pennsylvania will visit campus April 19 to examine how writer Zora Neale Hurston’s work can be used to look at black life today.

Awards & Honors

History, music faculty earn Guggenheim fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

Two faculty members have been named among 175 scholars, artists, writers and scientists receiving Guggenheim fellowships this year.

Society for the Humanities

Popular will and politics examined in Annual Lecture

A&S Communications

How does “the people” appear in public life?  This question will be examined in this year’s Society for the Humanities Annual Invitational Lecture on Wed., April 18. Political theorist Jason Frank will speak on “The People as Popular Manifestation" at 4:30 p.m., in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall. A reception in A.D. White House will follow; the events are free and the public is invited.

Performing & Media Arts

Video installation explores experiences of the undocumented

A&S Communications

A panel discussion on the exhibit's last day will focus on the state of the U.S. immigration system.

Comparative Literature

Film Series Featuring Sino-Burmese Director at Cornell Cinema

A&S Communications

Films by Midi Z (Chao Te-yin), a Myanmar-born Taiwanese director, will be featured in a series at Cornell Cinema in April. “Midi Z Retrospective: Homecoming Trilogy” will screen Midi Z’s Homecoming Trilogy: "Return to Burma" (2011), "Poor Folk" (2012), and "Ice Poison" (2014), together with an experimental short, "Palace on the Sea" (2014), showing on April 16, 23, and 30, respectively. 

Science & Technology Studies

Students tackle real-world climate policy in Cornell in Washington course

A&S Communications

Students in the Cornell In Washington program had the chance to learn about how science is incorporated – or not – into the policymaking process during a March 23 visit to the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Interdisciplinary

Scholarship opens paths for Christine Jasmin '18

Alumni Affairs & Development

… When Christine Jasmin ’18 was applying to colleges, her first … doing an interpretive dance to represent a biological mechanism,” she said. “That was mesmerizing.”Jasmin, a … Chemistry and Chemical Biology … History … of this notoriously difficult class. “I realized I was very problem-solving driven,” she said. “I like interacting …

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Kreps, Braddock named inaugural Milstein Faculty Fellows

A&S Communications

The fellows will advise Milstein program students and design new courses, some solely for Milstein students and some for all undergraduates.

Physics

New grant program seeks innovative teaching and learning projects

Cornell Chronicle

The Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) is offering funding for the Cornell teaching community to implement new projects that will facilitate challenging, vibrant and reflective learning experiences for undergraduates.All faculty and full-time instructors engaged in teaching at Cornell are invited to submit proposals exploring new and emerging tools and technologies, approaches and teaching strategies.

Performing & Media Arts

Play documents Chicago's LGBTQIA+ communities

A&S Communications

… resources, Kane said. Over 60 LGBTQIA+ youth, seniors, and service providers were interviewed. “We often talk about …