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Creative writing

Undergraduate poetry review eschews literary exclusivity

A&S Communications

Marginalia also hosts workshops for poets to share their works and other poetry reading events and outreach programs.

Linguistics

A&S senior wins Fulbright to teach in Italy

A&S Communications

Nigel van der Woude ’17 was inspired to study Italian after finding some old letters in his grandfather's attic.

Religious Studies

How did celibacy become mandatory for priests?

The Conversation

Kim Haines-Eitzen, professor of Near Eastern studies, recently wrote a piece on The Conversation website that discusses the origins of Christian celibacy. 

Saturn's small moon Pan
Astronomy

Cornell team planned cosmic photo shoot of Saturn's moon Pan

Cornell Chronicle

Astronomy meets gastronomy: NASA’s Cassini spacecraft flew by and photographed a close-up of Saturn’s small moon Pan, never before seen in high resolution. Those images – as science hungered for joviality – revealed this moon looks like ravioli.

Romance studies

New book proposes alternative forms of generosity

A&S Communications

Individuals and corporations contribute more money to charitable organizations than they ever have before. Is this golden age of gift-giving a positive or negative force in modern culture?

Asian studies

Alum spends time in Taiwan immersed in art, language

A&S Communications

To master Chinese calligraphy, Vincent Chong writes each character over and over on paper, while consulting his book of 1,000 characters.

Economics

CICER brings China experts across campus together

A&S Communications

CICER helps coordinate the efforts of scholars across campus and supports research to understand economic growth in China and its impact on the world economy.

Women's Political History

Women's revolt transformed Nigeria, says historian

A&S Communications

New research by Judith Byfield, associate professor of history, offers a different lens through which to understand women’s political history in post-World War II Nigeria.

Education Innovation

Course reveals Vietnam through lens of climate change

Cornell Chronicle

“Climate Change Awareness and Service Learning in the Mekong Delta” featured seven weeks of in-class preparation, two weeks in Vietnam, then another seven weeks back on campus.

Alumni visits

Enforcing Federal Law

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission member and Cornell A&S alumna visits ILR.

Outreach

Math professor mentors winner of science talent search

Cornell Chronicle

When 18-year-old Aaron Yeiser was awarded second place honors – and $175,000 – in the national Regeneron Science Talent Search, no one was prouder than his mentor Alex Townsend, assistant professor of mathematics.

Performing & Media Arts

Dance concert integrates video and live performance

Performing & Media Arts

When: March 23, 24 & 25, 7:30 p.m.Where: Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts

English

Art Is Not a Profit Industry. That's Why We Need the NEA

Poet Langston Hughes, courtesy Library of CongressJoanie Mackowski, associate professor of English, writes in this Time opinion piece that our country needs to support the National Endowment for the Arts not because of its financial benefits, though that's the argument some arts organizations are encouraging their constituents to use with members of Congress.

Finding Science in the Arts

This week, junior Kasey Han discusses how the depth and breadth of Arts & Sciences have allowed her to pursue unique opportunities as a College Scholar studying Developmental Circus Arts. By: Kasey Han '18, Biology and College Scholar double major

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Harry Greene explains how to 'walk the Tree of Life'

A&S Communications

… why the evolutionary TOL approach to biodiversity is best, to what extent the traditional taxonomy is still used …