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Physics

Arthur Ashkin, Ph.D. ’52, shares Nobel Prize in physics

Cornell Chronicle

Ashkin received the prize for his invention of "optical tweezers" that move objects with light.

English

Pulitzer Prize Nominee Alice McDermott to Speak at Cornell

Novelist Alice McDermott, a three-time Pulitzer nominee, will read from her work at Cornell on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 4:30 p.m. The Eamon McEneaney Memorial Reading will take place at the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by a catered reception and book signing in the English Lounge. 

Government

The Innocence of Abu Zubaydah

The New York Review of Books

Joseph Margulies, professor of Law and Government, writes in this The New York Review of Books article that due to the demonization of radical Islam since 9/11, a signficant portion of the U.S. population and its leaders have uncritically embraced the torture  and emprisonment without trial of those accused of being followers of radical Islam. 

Professor A.R. Ammons at the Temple of Zeus
Campus life

Temple of Zeus keeping students, faculty healthy for more than 50 years

A&S Communications

These days, nearly 900 customers pass through the lines every day at the Temple of Zeus café in the atrium of Klarman Hall. That’s a far cry from its humble origins in 1964 as a coffee and donut operation run by one of the building maintenance staff.

Information Science & Sociology

New group to study AI’s impact on decision-making

Cornell Chronicle

Artificial intelligence is guiding a growing number of decisions in criminal justice, education, health care and other areas, with the potential to significantly alter people’s lives.

German studies

Alexander Kluge: New Perspectives on Creative Arts and Critical Practice

A&S Communications

The German Studies Department will host a three-day international conference Oct. 11-13 discussing the works and theoretical contributions of German multimedial artist and storyteller Alexander Kluge.

Career Development

'An internship connects you to your future'

A&S Communications

A panel of students shared their experiences with the Cornell in Washington program and their summer internships.

Outreach

$1.7 million Mellon grant fortifies prison education

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP) has received a grant for $1.7 million to ensure the success of ongoing efforts to accelerate degree completion for incarcerated college students, to look at the benefits of college-in-prison in the broader society, and facilitate Cornell students’ education and engagement in criminal justice reform.

Lawrence Kidder
Astronomy & Physics

Lawrence Kidder elected fellow of American Physical Society

Cornell Chronicle

Award-winning senior astronomy research associate Lawrence Kidder, who contributed to the 2016 confirmation of gravitational waves detected in 2015, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

Astronomy

Astronomer to co-lead Extrasolar Planetary Systems Key Science Program

A&S Communications

Image: Artist's concept of the completed Giant Magellan Telescope.

Society for the Humanities

CNY Humanities Corridor supports humanities collaboration

A&S Communications

Cornell has received a $1.5 million endowment from the Central New York Humanities Corridor, thanks to a $3.55 million matching grant from the Mellon Foundation that also funded endowments at Syracuse and Rochester, which will support regional interdisciplinary humanities projects. With the Society for the Humanities stewarding the Cornell endowment, Cornell faculty will have faster access to funding with less paperwork.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Postdocs honored with achievement awards

Cornell Chronicle

Six postdocs at Cornell were honored with an inaugural Postdoc Achievement Award Sept. 17 at the Big Red Barn as part of the kickoff to National Postdoc Appreciation Week.

Performing & Media Arts

PMA lecturer featured in off-Broadway show

A&S Communications

The off-Broadway world premiere of “The Winning Side,” a new play by James Wallert, will feature Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., senior lecturer in the Department of Performing & Media Arts, as Major Taggert

Graphic showing how the planet had a different light signature due to the dominance of moss.
Astronomy

Astronomers use Earth’s history as guide to spot vegetation on new worlds

Cornell Chronicle

… “Over interstellar distances, these places might be the best targets to spot vegetation.” When NASA’s Galileo … show the strongest signs of life, ultimately giving us the best chances of successfully pinpointing life, if it is …

Sociology

Sociology students enjoy new spaces after Uris Hall renovations

A&S Communications

New renovations and expansions in Uris Hall have improved classroom and seminar room spaces in the Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI), given undergrads in the sociology department a computer lounge and provided more space for graduate students to hold meetings and conduct research.