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Neurobiology & Behavior

Postdoc receives NIH Pathway to Independence award

A&S Communications

Vikram Gadagkar MS ’10, PhD ‘13 was recently awarded a prestigious five-year Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health.

Education Innovation

Class creates app highlighting Underground Railroad sites

… readings and field trips: They will develop a mobile app highlighting information about important Underground Railroad sites. The app should be up and running by the end of the semester with … hopes succeeding classes will add more sites. He said the app can be used by visitors to the region, community …

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

An iodabenzene story

How can a theoretical chemist tell us something about what it means to be human?

Performing & Media Arts

Syrian political satire premieres at Cornell

A&S Communications

"Hamlet Wakes Up Late," a biting political satire of Shakespeare's tragedy by renowned Syrian poet and playwright Mamduh Adwan, will have its English-language premiere this month at the Schwartz Center. The production, translated by Margaret Litvin and directed by Rebekah Maggor, assistant professor in the Department of Performing & Media Arts, will feature original music, dancing, action-packed scenes, humor and extravagant costumes. Performances are Nov.

Alumni

Alumnus Marvin Carlson honored for lifetime achievements

A&S Communications

Carlson’s reason for coming to Cornell for his doctoral degree reads a little like the storyline from “The Wizard of Oz.”

English

Meet the English major juggling classes and firefighting

A&S Communications

Raymond Bally ‘19, like every other first year student at Cornell, lived on North Campus freshman year. But a month after moving into his freshman dorm, someone handed him a quarter-card about volunteering to be a firefighter in Cayuga Heights.

Creative writing alumni

Creative writing prize winners to read Thursday

A&S Communications

The Department of English will host the Philip Freund Prize for Creative Writing Alumni Reading at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 in the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall.

Why Walk When You Can Dance?

In our last post of the month, sophomore Shoshana takes us for a stroll across Europe, where she spent the summer studying Psychoanalysis and Art, and traveling.By Shoshana Swell '20, Performing & Media Arts and Psychology double major

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Study finds key to closing achievement gap in biology education

A&S Communications

The limited racial and ethnic diversity among people in biology-related careers has long roots, according to a new study.As undergraduates, underrepresented minority students face challenges on campus and in the classroom, which can discourage them from pursuing science careers. Research has shown that the use of active learning techniques – such as working in groups and participating in classroom discussions – can help close the achievement gap among undergraduates.

In Memoriam

Chemical evolution expert David A. Usher dies at age 80

Cornell Chronicle

… David A. Usher , retired associate professor of chemistry … the geometry of the phosphate group at the cleavage site. “David Usher’s abiding interest was in chemical evolution, … research in space science. “It is impossible to mention David Usher’s life at Cornell without praising his love for …

Creative Computing Club

New club combines computer science and creativity

A&S Communications

Michael Lucido ’19 is studying computer science and is minoring in film. Last fall, he searched for a club to join that would appeal to both of his interests.“There were either film clubs that did shooting or CS clubs that did programming,” he said, “There weren’t a lot of technology and creative clubs – they weren’t talking to each other.”

Anthropology

Anthropology grad students receive Fulbright-Hays fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

Two Cornell anthropology graduate students will conduct their fieldwork overseas with support from the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program. Alexandra G. Dalferro and Rebekah M. Cirbassi are among 91 students nationwide who received the prestigious award this year.

Career Development

A&S Career Development hosts first networking workshop for introverted students

A&S Communications

The prospect of reaching out to alumni and industry leaders seems daunting to most students. For students who are more introverted, networking can be as hard as taking a prelim.

A Very Spanish Summer: Interning at the U.S. Consulate General in Barcelona

This week, senior Hadassa shares with us how she spent her summer interning at the U.S. Consulate General in Barcelona, an experience that complemented her studies in Government and International Relations. By Hadassa Jakher '18, Government and Spanish double major, International Relations and Law & Society double minor 

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

3-D scanning project of 20,000 animals makes details available worldwide

Cornell Chronicle

What began as a Twitter joke between two researchers has turned into a four-year, $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant to take 3-D digital scans of 20,000 museum vertebrate specimens and make them available to everyone online.Cornell’s Museum of Vertebrates, with 1.3 million fish specimens, 27,000 reptiles and amphibians (called herps), and 57,000 bird and 23,000 mammal specimens, is one of 16 institutions involved and promises to feature prominently in the project.