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Engagement

Grants fund 22 Cornell teams, community partners

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Connecting researchers to federal and state policymakers. Supporting children affected by the opioid epidemic. Sending students to the United Nations climate conference. Offering disaster workshops to regional animal shelters. Collaborating with cooperative businesses for experiential learning.These are among the 22 projects that received fall 2017 Engaged Opportunity Grants.

Michael Fontaine
Classics

Nishii, Fontaine appointed to academic leadership

Cornell Chronicle

Classics professor Michael Fontaine has been named associate vice provost.

Sustainability

Cornell student tells COP23 delegates: 'Face up to reality'

Cornell Chronicle

Representing global youth constituencies at the high-level segment at the Conference of the Parties (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, Nov. 6-17, Cornell students delivered a strong statement to the convention delegates as they negotiated and wrestled with climate change.

Liberal Arts & Technology

Amy Villarejo to lead Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity

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Along with Villarejo, two faculty fellows in Ithaca will be named to the program for three-year terms, as well as a faculty director at the Cornell Tech campus.

History of Science

New textbook features primary sources

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“Scientific Practices in European History, 1200–1800” by Peter Dear takes a different approach to the history of science from most textbooks.

From an Awkward Pre-Frosh to a Confident Adult

In the last post of November, senior Sydney looks back at the many ways Cornell has surprised and changed her for the better.  By Sydney Mann '18, American Studies major, English minor

Government

Government major alumnus wins voting rights case

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Ethan Felder '09 says his Cornell leadership experiences prepared him for activism.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Links between social connectedness, stress and health to be studied

Cornell Chronicle

Maren Vitousek, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has received a two-year, $500,000 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award to study links between stress, social connectedness, health and future performance. The DARPA Young Faculty Award program provides funding, mentoring and industry and Department of Defense contacts to awardees early in their careers.

Mathematics

Alumna says math taught her to think differently about the world

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Katherine McCulloh ‘12 thinks math is an art.“Before attending Cornell I didn’t see math as the intricate art it is,” she said, “but being exposed to math at such an advanced level at Cornell helped me push myself to think, to see mathematics on a deeper level and construct more concrete arguments.”

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Human dignity and the incarcerated

In the newest episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast, Professor Mary Fainsod Katzenstein talks about the impacts of Cornell's Prison Education Program.

Performing & media arts

New collaborative theatre course focuses on climate change in the Finger Lakes

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Climate science, theater, and civic engagement come together in an interdisciplinary setting in a new performing and media arts course that culminates in a multimedia performance this week.

Alumni

Alumna’s medical career spans hospitals, Army bases and state institutions

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Adadot Hayes focuses her work on helping people with neurodevelopmental disabilities, such as cerebral palsy and Down syndrome.

Creative writing program

NYC event connects MFA students to publishing world

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The David L. Picket & Cornell Creative Writing Program Literary Reading in NYC included readings by nine MFA students and poet Ishion Hutchinson.

History & Information Science

Finding a major among many different interests

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… of interests and uses her first two years in the College of Arts & Sciences to explore the possibilities before deciding on a major. We sat down with Annie to find out how she came to major in history and minor in information science. How did … Finding a major among many different interests …

Classics

Three juniors receive Caplan Travel Fellowships

Angaelica LaPasta '19, Francesca LaPasta ’19, and Griffin David Warren Smith-Nichols '19 have each been awarded a Harry Caplan Travel Fellowship worth $4,000 to study and conduct research in Greece, Italy and Jerusalem.