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Psychology Honors Thesis: Proactively Contributing to Issues that Matter

Happy March! This month, ambassadors will be writing about academic research they conduct on campus. For the first post of the month, I am sharing a little bit about my experience completing a psychology honors thesis! By Suzy Park '18, Economics and Psychology double major, Law & Society minor

Science & Technology Studies

Professor explores complexities of communicating the 'norms of science'

A&S Communications

Overcoming gaps between knowledge and belief requires scientists to engage with the public, Bruce Lewenstein says.

New York City opportunities

Undergrads can apply for new summer research opportunities at Cornell Tech

A&S Communications

Students will work with Cornell Tech faculty and postdocs, or partner organizations over a 10-week summer program.

Sociology

Enrichment program boosts STEM for black students but leaves Latinos behind

Cornell Chronicle

“There should be more connections with schools, parents and communities to fill the gaps in access to opportunity and to STEM resources."

Government

Is Xi Jinping now a ‘leader for life,’ like Mao?

The Washington Post

Jeremy Wallace, associate professor of government, writes in this Washington Post op-ed that China's proposed constitution revisions to drop the two-term limit for president Xi Jinping has dangerous implications. 

Honors

Nelson Hairston elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America

A&S Communications

Nelson G. Hairston Jr., Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Environmental Science in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has been elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) for “outstanding contributions” in advancing ecological knowledge.

Triangle fire in NYC
Jewish Studies

New York City events honor Triangle fire victims, focus on new activists

Marking the 107th anniversary of a turning point in labor history and law, the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Co. Factory fire in New York City, commemoration events this month will remember its victims and focus on a new generation of activists who organize against global sweatshops.

Performing & Media Arts

Locally Grown Dance performances showcase improvisation, discipline

Cornell Chronicle

The Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) will present the 2018 Locally Grown Dance concert March 1-3 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts on the Kiplinger Theatre mainstage. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. nightly.

Awards and Honors

Public Service Center announces Ewing Award recipients

Cornell Chronicle

Three student and staff groups were selected as winners of the Ewing Family Service Award, a fund established in 2015 to support community-engaged projects that directly impact the Cornell campus community.

Philosophy

Kate Manne on how attitudes to sexual harassment must change

Cornell Chronicle

The #MeToo movement seems to have sparked a sea change in how we think of sexual harassment. But in this Academic Minute, Kate Manne, assistant professor of philosophy, discusses why our attitudes are still not where they need to be. She is the author of the recently published “Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny.”

Alumni

Alum continues activism in new role as president of City College

A&S Communications

Vincent Boudreau, Ph.D. ’91 discovered the far-ranging impacts of Cornell's Southeast Asia Program as a graduate student.

Latina/o Studies Program

Alumna explores colonialism in Puerto Rico in aftermath of Maria

A&S Communications

Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico this past fall, and the slow recovery has left scholars and politicians wondering how to best help. On March 5, alumna Rosa Ficek ’03 will explore colonialism in Puerto Rico after this destructive hurricane in a public lecture, “Infrastructure, Colonialism and the State of Puerto Rico after Maria.” The talk, at 3:30pm in Cornell’s Morrill Hall, is free and open to the public.

American Studies

Historian to deliver Seymour Lecture on political activism of athletes

A&S Communications

When NBA star Lebron James criticized President Trump on ESPN, Fox News host Laura Ingraham told him to “shut up and dribble.” Historian Amy Bass will discuss what happens when professional athletes speak publicly about political issues, in this year’s Harold Seymour Lecture in Sports History, "Listen to Athletes for a Change: Race, Politics, and Sports," March 8 at 4:30 pm in Lewis Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall.

Government

Congressional oversight, faltering?

Cornell Research

Although graduate student Claire Leavitt has always held a keen interest in politics, it was only toward the end of her undergraduate degree that she began envisioning a career in the sector.

English

Robert Morgan to appear in History Channel docudrama

A&S Communications

Robert Morgan, the Kappa Alpha Professor of English, will appear in the first episode of the new History channel docudrama, "The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen” on Wednesday, March 7 at 9PM ET/PT.  Morgan was tapped by the History Channel producers (who include Leonardo DiCaprio) for his expertise o