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Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Device to corral viable sperm may speed IVF process

9/10/2018 Cornell Chronicle

For couples hoping for a baby via in vitro fertilization, chances have improved. A process that once took hours now takes minutes: Cornell scientists have created a microfluidic device that quickly corrals strong and speedy sperm viable for fertilization.

Africana Studies

Top music industry expert speaks Sept. 27

9/14/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Numerous artists have been launched into chart-topping, award-winning careers by Mathew Knowles, including both his daughters, Beyoncé and Solange. On Thursday, Sept. 27, Knowles will discuss his first two books, “The DNA of Achievers” and “Racism From the Eyes of a Child,” in a panel at 4:30 p.m. in the Africana Studies and Research Center. A reception will follow. The event is free, and the public is invited.

Linguistics & Africana Studies and Research Center

A.D. White Professor-at-Large to speak on race, class, speech

9/13/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Linguist and A.D. White Professor-at-Large John Rickford will address race, class and speech in a series of campus events Sept. 17-21 that include public talks and a screening of his 2017 film, “Talking Black in America.”

Biology

New lecture series features transformative life scientists

9/13/2018 Cornell Chronicle

A new lecture series will feature eminent life scientists whose research transcends traditional boundaries.With the inaugural lecture Sept. 21, Cornell’s Life Sciences Lecture Series will include four talks over the course of the academic year. The speakers are all interdisciplinary, internationally renowned and are excellent communicators.

Government

Roper Center expands access to America’s Voice Project

9/13/2018 A&S Communications

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University has partnered with Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL) to provide TCPL card-holders access to America’s Voice Project, a database of polling research dating back to the 1930s

Cornell Council for the Arts

Dance, multimedia performance to open 2018 CCA Biennial

9/12/2018 Cornell Chronicle

The 2018 Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA) Biennial kicks off Sept. 14-15 at 8 p.m. at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts with “A Meditation on Tongues,” conceived and directed by guest artist Ni’Ja Whitson and performed by The NWA Project.Whitson’s dance and multimedia adaptation of Marlon T. Riggs’ 1989 video portrait of black gay identity, “Tongues Untied,” opens a series of fall performances on the Biennial theme, “Duration: Passage, Persistence, Survival.”

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Love Science

11/12/2018

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's third season, "What Do We Know about Love?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and love. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the fall semester.

Tanner Dean's Scholars

Student researches social movements in higher education

9/12/2018 A&S Communications

Noticing a plethora of recent cases where university officials resigned amid pressure from students and others, Naomi Li ’20 wanted to know more.Li, an economics and sociology major, conducted research over the summer on the role of resignation in social narratives and social change to find out more about cases like Lou Anna Simon at Michigan State University or Tim Wolfe and R. Bowen Loftin at Missouri State University and the kind of justice activists hoped to achieve.

Digital collections

Seven projects awarded 2018 digitization grants

9/11/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Seasoned documents and artifacts are starting fresh digital lives through the Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences, which is funding seven projects this year. Launched in 2010, the program supports faculty members and graduate students in creating online collections vital for their own and for general scholarship.

Student experiences

Hatfield Award recipient spends summer learning about ethics in government

9/11/2018 A&S Communications

From attending a lecture by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to seeing the process of creating a bill, Simone Smith '20 was exposed to many different aspects of government while interning in Washington D.C this summer. "Some of the issues I got to work on related to education, agriculture, labor and finance," said Smith, who interned with Senator Mark Warner (D-Va).

Homecoming 2018

Arts & Sciences welcomes alumni for Homecoming 2018

8/23/2018 A&S Communications

… more about math in general. Visit Cornell's homecoming 2018 site for the full schedule. …

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Milstein students welcomed to campus with BBQ, adventures

9/10/2018 A&S Communications

Milstein students are offered a unique multidisciplinary curriculum, access to a variety of special classes and speakers and two summers of study at Cornell Tech.

Music

Video captures impact of week-long visit from jazz musician Wynton Marsalis

9/10/2018 A&S Communications

“Improvisation, swing, and the blues. If those three elements are present, you have Jazz.” A new video highlights the profound impact of jazz musician Wynton Marsalis on students, faculty, and the public during his weeklong visit to campus last spring.

History & Government

Moore, Kramnick explore atheism in America in new book

9/6/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Did America’s founders intend it as “one nation under God?” Does the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of religion extend to freedom from religion?

Africana Studies & Research Center

Economist, UN adviser Jeffrey Sachs to speak on democracy Sept. 12

9/6/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs, who serves as a special adviser to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on sustainable development goals, will present a lecture, “Reclaiming America’s Democracy,” on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall. The event is free and open to the public.The lecture will focus on the importance of civic engagement in the American context and its implications for sustainable global development.

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