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Career experiences

Grant to honor Sandy Berger '67 supports student summer experiences

The Berger Summer Internship Fund is again available to support undergraduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences pursuing unpaid or minimally paid summer internships.

Artist's rendition of TESS against a backdrop of stars
Astronomy

The hunt is on for closest Earth-like planets

Cornell Chronicle

… Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), most likely to host Earth-like planets. … 1,822 stars for which TESS is sensitive enough to spot Earth-like planets just a bit larger than Earth that receive … Webb will be able to observe them to characterize planetary atmospheres and search for signs of life in their …

College leadership

Arts & Sciences names new director of admissions

A&S Communications

The college of Arts & Sciences has named Irene Lessmeister MA ‘09, PHD ’12, its new director of admissions.Irene Lessmeister

What Makes Us Human?

Podcast examines the waterways of Venice

A&S Communications

A new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series featuring Comparative Literature professor William J. Kennedy explains the influence of water on European Renaissance culture.

Career Development

Alumni gifts expand funding for A&S student summer experiences

A&S Communications

While students in some fields easily find paid summer positions, others interested in non-profits, health care, government or other areas often need to take internships or summer positions that provide valuable summer career experiences but don't offer much in terms of a paycheck.

Biological Sciences

Sophomore reflects on opportunities to do research

From visiting the Galapagos Islands to being immersed in the study of evolutionary biology to traveling to work in a lab in Kenya, Kelsie Lopez ‘21, a biological sciences major from Lindenhurst, New York has been busy during her first two years at Cornell.

Government

In answering Ardern’s global anti-racism call, don’t let state actors slide

The Hill

In this opinion piece in The Hill, Joe Margulies, professor of law and government, reacts to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's global call to combat right-wing extremism."How do we answer this call? Thoughts and prayers are well and good, but what is the first step?" Margulies writes.

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Bone morphogenetic protein signaling and disease origins

Cornell Research

The research of Jun Liu, professor of molecular biology and genetics, is featured in this Cornell Research website story.Liu studies the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathway, which plays critical roles in multiple developmental and homeostatic processes. Malfunction of this pathway can cause various disorders, including cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

College Scholar program

College Scholar named Carnegie Endowment junior fellow

Cornell Chronicle

Samuel Barnett ’19 has been named one of 11 junior fellows by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Barnett, a College Scholar whose studies focus on national security and geopolitics, will spend his fellowship year working with Carnegie’s executive office on issues of U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy.

The Carol Tatkon Center: A Great Resource at Cornell

This week, Ambassador Meredith explains why the Carol Tatkon Center is such a useful resource for students at Cornell.By Meredith Chagares ’19, History major

Interdisciplinary learning

Students explore climate change through scripts

A&S Communications

*//*-->*/Image credit: Lela BrownAlthough climate change has become an increasingly prominent and important issue, finding ways to persuade people about the catastrophic dangers of further environmental degradation has proven to be challenging.

Government

How hawkish is the Chinese public?

Cornell Chronicle

Chinese Communist Party officials often invoke the outrage of the Chinese people when disputing a foreign government’s actions or demands. International observers are often skeptical of these claims about the overarching feelings of 1.3 billion people.But not much is known about what citizens of the People’s Republic of China actually think about their country’s foreign policy. A Cornell scholar of Chinese politics and foreign relations is among the first to ask that question.

English

English professor surprised with Windham-Campbell Prize

A&S Communications

Ishion Hutchinson, associate professor of English Language and Literature, was honored March 13 as one of eight winners of the annual Donald Windham-Sandy M.Campbell Literature Prize. The award offers $165,000 prizes in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama. Hutchinson, along with poet Kwame Dawes, received the prize for outstanding work in poetry.  

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

New lecture series honors EEB professor

A&S Communications

The series will engage faculty and students from diverse disciplines to help foster the growth of the study of human evolution.

Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Alumni share career paths after FGSS degree

A&S Communications

… Seven alumni with degrees in Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies returned to … “It is a question we get a lot: what can I do with a degree in FGSS,” said Jane Juffer , professor of FGSS and … Alumni share career paths after FGSS degree …