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Government

Gretchen Ritter named executive dean and vice provost at Ohio State University

A&S Communications

Gretchen Ritter ’83, professor of government, has been appointed executive dean and vice provost of the Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences.

What makes us human
What Makes Us Human?

Podcast considers Nile’s centrality to Egypt

A&S Communications

“Egypt’s Nile,” the final episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series’ fourth season, considers what the Nile River means to Egypt. This season the podcast asked "What Does Water Mean to Us Humans?" and showcased the newest thinking across academic disciplines about the relationship between humans and water.

Music

Musicians ♥ Cornell

Cornell Chronicle

Mary McDonald ’78 discovered her voice at Cornell.Originally a French horn player, McDonald joined the Cornell University Chorus, the women’s vocal ensemble, during her sophomore year and won an audition for free voice lessons.“I had never had formal voice lessons,” she says. “One day, I asked, ‘What about these notes up here?’”

Africana Studies and Research Center

Reflections on the occupation of Willard Straight Hall, 50 years later

Ezra Magazine

… 1969, dozens of members of Cornell’s Afro-American Society and several Latino students occupied Willard Straight Hall for 36 hours to call attention to what they perceived as the university’s hostility toward … Africana Studies and Research Center … leaders on campus (it likely will be offered again this coming fall). It promoted nuanced and thoughtful reflection …

Student presenting her art project
Media studies

New class contemplates media from cross-campus perspectives

A&S Communications

Over the course of the semester, “Thinking Media” drew on Cornell’s rich holdings in media and material culture.

Science & Technology Studies

A&S professor honored with NSF Early Career award

A&S Communications

Malte Ziewitz, assistant professor of Science & Technology Studies and a Mills Family Faculty Fellow, was recently honored with a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program award, which will help him to investigate how ordinary citizens cope with being rated, scored and ranked by algorithmic systems.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Milstein students create websites, computer curriculum as spring service projects

A&S Communications

… on the Love Knows No Bounds team, which is helping create a website for the furniture redistribution organization. “They … and manage their data more efficiently,” she said.  The website will allow people to enter information about the … for the most efficient way to create the database and the website. They also considered factors related to privacy, …

Biology

Student research has CURB appeal

Cornell Chronicle

It’s a simple task for humans: Sort plants by the colors of their pots. For robots, though, it’s a much more arduous undertaking.In a project blending technical savvy with lofty ambitions, a multidisciplinary team of Cornell undergraduates designed and built an autonomous robot capable of recognizing and handling potted plants.

Physics & Asian Studies

Cornell selects eight Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Yunqui (Kelly) Luo has long been intrigued by the laws of nature.“As a kid, I loved to play with tools and understand the ways in which the physical world works around us,” she said. The physics labs at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology cemented her passion for research.

Jonathan Lunine testifies at hearing
Astronomy

Lunine to Congress: Americans will ‘walk the red soil of Mars’

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell astronomer Jonathan Lunine suggested to Congress reasonable, practical steps – including baby steps back to the moon – to help Americans one day put boots on the oxidized dust of Mars.

Romance Studies

Romance studies grad student to publish new book

A&S Communications

… Francisco Díaz Klaassen, who started writing when he was 12, is the author … Francisco Díaz Klaassen, a Chilean writer and doctoral student in the … when he was 12, is the author of five novels: “Antología del cuento nuevo chileno,” “El hombre sin acción,” “La hora …

Faculty engagement

A&S Dean Ray Jayawardhana to lead Argentine study tour to see eclipse

A&S Communications

Ready to cross a few items off your bucket list? If so, you might want to visit the list of upcoming trips planed by Cornell Adult University, many led by faculty in Arts & Sciences.

Physics

Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say

Cornell Chronicle

Each new observable provides different ways of confirming the theory of general relativity and offers insight into the intrinsic properties of gravitational waves.

Anthropology

Kaitlyn Tice: ‘I am capable of accomplishing much more than I thought possible, and am more independent and brave’

Kaitlyn TiceAnthropology & premedAtlanta, GAWhat are the most valuable skills you gained from your Arts & Sciences education?

Diversity and inclusion

‘Know your purpose,’ speakers urge at OADI awards dinner

Cornell Chronicle

Before Clinton Ikioda ’19 came to Cornell, students and staff at his high school said he’d been admitted only to fill a diversity quota. Once he arrived, he felt constant pressure to prove he belonged – as well as a persistent worry that he didn’t.