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Physics

Doctoral student applies physics modeling to voting of SCOTUS ‘Super Court’

Cornell Chronicle

The maelstrom surrounding the nomination and subsequent confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was to be expected, when one justice’s vote could change the country’s moral compass for generations. But looking at the high court over a period of decades, have political leanings been its strongest barometer?

Latin American Studies Program

Grant expands undergrad offerings on Latin America and Caribbean

Cornell Chronicle

Political upheaval. Environmental change. Technological innovation. Economic turmoil. Social movements. Refugee crises. Vibrant cultures. Emerging threats to public health.For years, Cornell faculty and graduate students have immersed themselves in these topics in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Graduate students

Six grad students win Fulbright-Hays fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

It was late September when Cornell’s Fulbright adviser, David Holmberg, learned that six of his advisees had won Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education. This was out of just 100 fellowships awarded nationwide.Unfortunately, Holmberg also learned that the winners had three days to submit their signed paperwork or they would lose their awards.

Romance Studies

Pedro Erber leads new initiative at EAP

A&S Communications

Building on the strong tradition of intellectual history in Cornell’s Japanese studies, the East Asia Program (EAP) is developing a new initiative on contemporary Japanese thought led by Pedro Erber, associate professor of Romance studies and new director of EAP. The initiative intends to return attention to the place of Japan in our contemporary world.

Alumni support

College exceeds yearly goal for fundraising

A&S Communications

Efforts continue to focus on faculty renewal and undergraduate scholarships, but gifts will also support important programs and exciting new initiatives.

Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

FGSS convenes ‘The Future is Feminist’ book club

Cornell Chronicle

The club is reading “How We Get Free” by Keeanga Yamatta-Taylor, “The Second Sex” by Simone de Beauvoir and “The Politics of the Veil” by Joan W. Scott.

Science & Technology Studies

Students use library portal to talk global health care

A&S Communications

Zoee D’Costa ’19 and other students in the Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine class learned about more than just medicine during their international conversations.

Government

Roper Center to create world’s most comprehensive health opinion database

Cornell Chronicle

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, housed at Cornell, has been awarded a grant to provide an easily searchable portal on the public’s views about health dating back to 1935.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

New podcast explores ‘What Do We Know About Love?’

Cornell Chronicle

This season's “What Makes Us Human” podcast explores the newest thinking by Cornell faculty about the relationship between humans and love.

Student entrepreneurship

Student helps formerly jailed chess hustlers get back on board

Cornell Chronicle

Originally the men earned $3 to $5 for every game they played; they now are teaching chess at an average of $30 per hour to people who seek them out in the park.

History

Garcia briefs D.C. policymakers on the history of refugee policy

Cornell Chronicle

Historian Maria Cristina Garcia tells Congress why the past matters in the current debate over refugee admittance into the United States.

Performing & Media Arts

PMA professor receives Achievement in Scholarship Award

Performing & Media Arts

The Women and Theatre Program presented Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) professor J. Ellen Gainor with the Achievement in Scholarship Award at their annual conference in Boston on August 1.

Our Founding Vision

At 150, ‘… any person … any study’ still stands strong

Cornell Chronicle

One hundred and fifty years ago, the “radical” idea that was Cornell University became a reality.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Milstein students get a glimpse of artist Xu Bing’s character

Cornell Chronicle

Bing's animation, “The Character of Characters,” is on display at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

Cornell Council for the Arts

CCA Biennial launches with art projects across campus

The 2018 Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA) Biennial launched with a tour of outdoor projects on campus Sept. 28 and artist panels at a conference Sept. 29. The Biennial features Cornell and invited artists, such as Carrie Mae Weems and Xu Bing, with 18 project installations and performances on the theme “Duration: Passage, Persistence, Survival,” curated by CCA director Timothy Murray.