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Astronomy

A&S dean describes ‘extraordinary age of discovery’

Cornell Chronicle

Drawing a picture of wonder with words, images and animations, Dean Jayawardhana shared his enthusiasm for astronomy exploration as keynote at this year's Trustee-Council Annual Meeting.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Podcast explores love of place

A&S Communications

“Topophilia,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series, examines what motivates people to care for Earth’s creatures and its places.

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Driven by evolving genes, germline stem cells studied

Variation is the spice of life, especially on the genetic level. Any two humans, for example, differ on average by 20 million nucleotides out of a total of 3 billion. “There’s tremendous interest in understanding what those differences do,” says Charles F.

Research

Why is democracy faltering?

The Mail & Guardian

Kaushik Basu, a professor of economics, former chief economist of the World Bank and non resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution wrote an opinion piece for news outlet Mail & Guardian discussing the role that digitalization of economics play in our societies following the recent election of Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil's newest president. Basu claims that feelings of vulnerableness, anger, and anxiety grow out of a surging inequality of wealth caused by technology's unprecedented boom.

Neurobiology & Behavior

Cornell Neurotech Symposium explores brain research

Cornell Chronicle

Three neuroscientists discussed how birds learn to sing, an RNA editing approach to potentially cure the autism spectrum disorder Rett Syndrome, and the latest progress in functional imaging of human brains at the third annual Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium, Sept. 27 in the Biotechnology Building.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Eight faculty honored with Weiss teaching awards

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell has recognized eight faculty members for excellence in their teaching of undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education.

Student outreach

A&S students named United Nations Millennium Fellows

Students will work to advance the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals, improving the lives of the world’s poorest people.

Student experience

The ‘first-gen’ experience at Cornell

Ezra Update

The Posse program in the College of Arts & Sciences is a key initiative in Cornell's outreach to first-generation students.

Music

Hangovers note 50th anniversary with Nov. 10 concert

Cornell Chronicle

After a half-century singing songs you know, the Cornell Hangovers offer a harmonic convergence to celebrate their golden anniversary. The group’s Fall Tonic concert will be Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. at Bailey Hall

Student voices

Language barrier means millions of elderly can't access Alzheimer's trials

NPR

in this NPR Op-Ed, Josh Eibelman '20 describes how millions of individuals suffering from Alzheimers that are not fluent in English are barred from participating in clinical trials to treat Alzheimers. 

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

The mysterious lipid signal

Cornell Research

With this CAREER award, Jeremy M. Baskin, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is developing chemical probes to study the phosphatidic acid-mediated signaling pathways that are vital to human health and wellbeing. Baskin’s group is using chemical and biochemical tools to report on and control phosphatidic acid synthesis and to study an important signaling pathway thought to be under the control of this lipid.

English

The non-confrontational question that helps men become feminists

Quartz at Work

The work of Mukoma Wa Ngugi, poet and associate professor of English, is featured in this Quartz article.

Student outreach

A&S students named Engaged Ambassadors

A&S Communications

Ambassadors support students working on community projects, coordinate outreach efforts and mentor students learning about leadership.

Romance studies

Julia Chang: Confounding expectations

A&S Communications

As the child of immigrants, Chang understands what it feels like to be an outsider.

Economics & Government

Global Grand Challenges event to spark faculty dialogue

Cornell Chronicle

What are the biggest threats facing inhabitants of Earth in the 21st century? A two-day symposium will bring together people from across the university for a dialogue on the “grand challenges” of a world that’s both more connected than ever and increasingly fractured.