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Performing & Media Arts

Summer research project explores black masculinity in theatre

6/21/2018 A&S Communications

Allen Porterie ‘20 is spending the summer at the University of Notre Dame, where he is exploring the performance of black masculinity in theatre. Porterie, an English major with a minor in theatre, is studying how actors and directors frame the black masculine body on stage. Porterie began this work last summer at Louisiana State University's Pre-Doctoral Scholars Institute with Angeletta Gourdine, an associate professor of English.

Performing & Media Arts

Beth Milles directs ‘Fast Blood’ in Civic Ensemble summer festival

6/21/2018 A&S Communications

Photo: Godfrey L. Simmons Jr. and Judy Tate

Psychology

Left, right and center: mapping emotion in the brain

6/18/2018 Cornell Chronicle

According to a radical new model of emotion in the brain, a current treatment for the most common mental health problems could be ineffective or even detrimental to about 50 percent of the population.

Interdisciplinary studies

‘Collaboratory’ shares ideas on food, healing, justice

6/15/2018 Cornell Chronicle

The wrap-up session for the inaugural meeting of the Ecological Learning Collaboratory was not your typical academic exercise.In a sunlit room at Carl Becker House, 16 people danced to songs in Swahili (from Tanzania), Tumbuka (from Malawi), and Tamil (from southern India). As each song ended, the group erupted in shouts and raucous laughter.

Summer experiences

A&S student spends summer researching criminal justice abuses

6/19/2018 A&S Communications

After studying the criminal justice system and hearing the experiences of incarcerated family and friends, Benjamin Finegan ‘19, a government major, decided to spend his summer interning at The Urban Justice Center for the Corrections Accountability project (CAP) in New York City.

Economics

Workshop to foster multidisciplinary economic research

6/14/2018 A&S Communications

Governments and institutions play a critical role in advancing economic growth in the developing world, and researchers in macro and microeconomic policy design will gather later this month in New York City to explore that role.

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Fetal T cells are first responders to infection in adults

6/14/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers have discovered there is a division of labor among immune cells that fight invading pathogens in the body.The study, published June 14 in the journal Cell, finds for the first time that fetal immune cells are present in adults and have specialized roles during infection. In fact, the first immune cells made in early life are fast-acting first responders to microbes in adulthood.

Alumni support

Scholarships provide lasting impact

6/14/2018 Alumni Affairs & Development

The scholarships created early last year as part of the recently completed endowed scholarship challenge are already benefiting several students. For two of them, in particular, the scholarships came at crucial times.

Awards and Honors

Gunhild Lischke wins Sophie Washburn French Instructorship

6/14/2018 A&S Communications

Gunhild Lischke, Senior Lecturer, Language Program Director, and Acting Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of German Studies, has been named the winner of the 2018-19 Sophie Washburn French Instructorship. The award, named in honor of Sophie Washburn French, is given annually to recognize excellence in language instruction among lecturer faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences. The awardee holds the instructorship for one academic year.

Near Eastern Studies

Salma Shitia honored with Kennedy award

6/14/2018 Cornell Public Service Center

Salma Shitia ’18, a Near Eastern Studies major in the College of Arts& Sciences, was recognized at the Public Service Center’s End of Year Celebration as the recipient of this year’s John F. Kennedy Memorial Award. The Class of 1964 established the John F. Kennedy Memorial Award to encourage well-qualified Cornell students to enter careers in government or public service.

Alumni adventures

‘True Cornellian’ ends 10,000-mile cycle tour at Reunion 2018

6/14/2018 Cornell Chronicle

For Reunion 2018, Cornell alumni came back to campus in various ways. Some arrived by bus from New York City, and some came by plane from overseas. Some caught shared rides from other states, and some attended virtually, thanks to live stream. One young alumnus came back by bicycle – and he came a very long way.

Reunion 2018

Reunion 2018 innovates on the tradition of coming back

6/13/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Reunion drew more than 7,500 alumni, family members and friends back to the Ithaca campus June 7-10. And with more than 5,400 alumni in attendance, 2018 was the most highly attended Reunion in Cornell’s history.“Cornellians are coming home in record-breaking numbers,” Paul Cashman ’73, president of the Cornell Association of Class Officers, said at Cornelliana Night, the raucous, song-filled culmination of the weekend.

Alumni

Justice Debra James calls on alumni to be ‘ever more engaged’

6/12/2018 Cornell Chronicle

In an era that swirls with government distrust, national political cynicism and questions of character among authorities, public service can rescue us, said New York State Supreme Court Justice Debra James ’75, J.D. ’78, at the June 8 Olin Lecture in Bailey Hall during Reunion Weekend.

Chemistry

Harold Scheraga receives honorary degree from City College of New York

6/12/2018 A&S Communications

For the last seven decades, Harold Scheraga has been doing research at Cornell, with over 1,300 scientific papers to his name – five so far in 2018. So when his alma mater decided to present him with an honorary degree and he couldn’t get to New York City, the president of City College of New York (CCNY) and numerous CCNY faculty came to Ithaca instead.

Student internships

Student uses summer experience grant for music industry internship

6/12/2018 A&S Communications

Helping his supervisors brainstorm ideas on how to brand and promote artists such as Drake, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj is among the list of things Tristan Magloire ‘20 is up to this summer.A government major, Magloire received a Summer Experience Grant from the College of Arts & Sciences, which has helped him to take on the position of social media and digital marketing intern at The William Morris Digital Agency (WMA) and Republic Records in New York City.

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