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English

Elisha Cohn: A humanistic point of view

A&S Communications

Animals, neuroscience, consciousness and medicine: Associate Professor of English Elisha Cohn’s interests range far and wide, all seen through the lens of narrative, her driving passion.

Near Eastern Studies

Near Eastern studies offers Middle East series to local teachers

Cornell Chronicle

A new initiative by Cornell’s Department of Near Eastern Studies (NES) to provide continuing education opportunities for local K-12 teachers launched Sept. 26. The collaboration with Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (TST-BOCES) offers teachers a six-session professional learning opportunity focusing on the relationship between the United States and the Middle East through the lenses of politics, migration, religion and literature.

Performing & Media Arts

Escape from the Archive Conference examines relationship between performance & history

Performing & Media Arts

Scholars and artists will explore the interaction between history, theatre and performance during the Escape from the Archive Conference, Oct. 27-29 at the Schwartz Center. The conference, organized by doctoral students Caitlin Kane and Erin Stoneking from the Department of Performing and Media Arts, features lectures, performances and roundtable discussions on theatre, film, dance and opera.

Romance Studies

Two professors nominated for prestigious short story award

A&S Communications

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Classics

Classical Art- Ideal Form, Copy, Illusion

Cornell Research

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Sociology

The Cultures of Liberals and Conservatives

Cornell Research

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A panel discussing the Voyager anniversary
Astronomy

Cornellians celebrate the Voyagers’ historic Golden Record

Cornell Chronicle

Four decades after NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, about 800 Cornellians gathered at Bailey Hall Oct. 19 to celebrate the unprecedented mission, its famous Golden Record and the university’s role in the mission.

Cornell Tech-Ithaca partnerships

Milstein: Program will embrace long-held Cornell ethos

Cornell Chronicle

“Think differently” – it’s been a central theme at Cornell for more than 150 years and a driving force behind numerous educational initiatives including the new Cornell Tech campus, which opened this fall on Roosevelt Island in the heart of New Yor

Book cover art for "On Tyranny"
Community read

Faculty host community read, discussion: 'On Tyranny'

A&S Communications

“History doesn’t repeat, but it does instruct” is the ethos of Timothy Snyder's new book, ‘On Tyranny-Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” Four Cornell professors will be holding a community read and public discussion of Snyder’s book that has been described as presenting “twenty lessons from the twentieth century adapted to the circumstances of today.”

Latina/o Studies Program

Award-winning poet, actor, activist to visit Nov. 2

A&S Communications

… actor, speaker, and writer from New York City, will be visiting Cornell for a public performance sponsored by the … and media arts and Latina/o Studies. “Carlos’ upcoming visit and work will engage students across the Cornell … Award-winning poet, actor, activist to visit Nov. 2 …

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

The Law and the Human

The law plays a role in the social construction of what it means to be human

Career Development

Consortium connects Arts and Sciences students to potential employers

A&S Communications

A&S students can set up interviews in fields such as law, communications, marketing or scientific research.

How to Complete Distribution Requirements While Watching Music Videos

Writing on the theme of "Easing Back into Classes," junior Sheyla tells us about an exciting class on Beyoncé, intersectional identity, and feminism.  By Sheyla Finkner '19, Biology and Society major

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Magnetic tweezers reveal ‘hairballs’ in polymer growth

Cornell Chronicle

Conventional wisdom has said that when molecules known as monomers band together to create a polymer chain, that creation takes place steadily as the chain forms, like spaghetti out of a pasta maker. But a Cornell research collaboration shows that’s just not the case.

Faculty excellence

Six faculty honored with Weiss teaching awards

Cornell Chronicle

Six Cornell faculty members — including four in the College of Arts & Sciences — have been recognized by the university for excellence in their teaching of undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education.