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History

Cook Awards honor those committed to women's issues

Cornell Chronicle

Several individuals and organizations received Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Awards March 9. Cook Awards honor Cornell students, faculty and staff members for their commitment to women’s issues and for improving the climate for women at Cornell. The Cook Award Committee and the University Diversity Council select winners from nominations made by members of the Cornell community.

History

Historian to speak on American exceptionalism

Cornell Chronicle

Can American exceptionalism – conservative or progressive – explain America to itself?

German Studies

German Club encourages contributions for new journal

A&S Communications

Students in Cornell’s German Club have created a new online journal to allow their peers to share and practice their writing in German.“Submissions can be in any format – stories, essays, poems, critiques,” said Lydia Morgan ‘17, club president. “This isn’t something that you would write for a class.”

Alumni gifts

Arts & Sciences plans campaigns for Giving Day

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Giving Day 2017 is March 14, one 24-hour period for alumni, parents and friends to come together to support the university. “Now in its third year, Giving Day is a special moment for Cornell,” said Fred Van Sickle, vice president for alumni affairs and development. “For one day, we reconnect with one another as Cornellians. Our alumni, friends and parents show their deep commitment through their support for the university’s vital work in a myriad of important areas.”

Student research

Catching the research bug

A&S Communications

Exposing undergraduates to research across the spectrum of fields has long been a hallmark of the university.

Anthropology

Bulletin immerses readers in Southeast Asian cultures

Cornell Chronicle

The perspectives learned and connections made through cross-cultural exchange are critical to creating a society of global citizens.

Interdisciplinary

New environment and sustainability major approved

Arts & Sciences Communications

The new major offer students additional ways to combine the study of physical and biological sciences with social science and humanities fields.

Music

Musicologist revives dance in French Baroque opera

Cornell Chronicle

When the Boston Early Music Festival needed advice on how to revive a French baroque opera, they turned to Cornell musicologist Rebecca Harris-Warrick, author of “Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera: A History.”

Cornell libraries

Library study honors Interim President Hunter Rawlings

Cornell Chronicle

The Hunter R. Rawlings III Research Study, a bright office space overlooking the Arts Quad and Goldwin Smith Hall on the sixth floor of Olin Library, was dedicated March 3.

Science and Technology Studies

'Radical collaboration' through machine learning

Cornell Chronicle

An Ithaca-Cornell Tech partnership explores machine learning possibilities using visual recognition, crossing the humanities with technology.

Student honors

Phi Beta Kappa celebrates 135th induction

A&S Communications

At a ceremony including family and friends, Cornell inducted its 2017 class of Phi Beta Kappa students March 1, juniors and seniors whose grades are at the top of their class.

Alumni gifts

Cornell fundraising challenge supports endowed scholarships

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Melanie Cervantes
Latina/o Studies

Artist and activist Melanie Cervantes to visit Cornell

A&S Communications

Melanie Cervantes' visit has been cancelled. The lunch will take place, without Cervantes; an informal conversation about the art display and Dignidad Rebelde will be held.

Mathematics

Ride-sharing study findings are scalable to different cities

Cornell Chronicle

Results from analyzing a huge data set of GPS information could point city planners toward a “greener” future.

Sociology

Victor Nee elected president of the Eastern Sociological Society

Arts & Sciences Communications

Victor Nee, the Frank and Rosa Rhodes Professor in the Department of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Economy and Society, has been elected president of the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS).