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Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Milstein program names faculty director at Cornell Tech

6/12/2018 A&S Communications

Tapan Parikh’s research focuses on human computer interaction and the design and evaluation of information technologies for education, civic participation and international development.

Faculty trustees

Eight new trustees elected to Cornell board

6/9/2018 Cornell Chronicle

At its May 26 meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees elected three new trustees to four-year terms: Ooi Lee (William) Lim ’80, MAR ’82; Aryan Shayegani ’88, M.D. ’92; and Bradley H. Stone ’77.

Faculty-student mentoring

Carpenter Advising Awards presented to four faculty members

6/9/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Four Cornell faculty members have received Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards, which recognize sustained and distinguished contributions of professorial faculty and senior lecturers to undergraduate advising. The awards were established by Stephen Ashley ’62, MBA ’64, in honor of his adviser, Kendall S. Carpenter, a professor of business management at Cornell from 1954 until his death at the age of 50 in 1967.

Astronomy

Mars is suddenly more interesting

6/9/2018 CNN

Jonathan Lunine, the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and director of Cornell’s Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, discusses recent discoveries on Mars in this CNN Online story.

Outreach

Prison education program graduates 16 at Five Points

6/7/2018 Cornell Chronicle

The first graduating class of Five Points Correctional Facility inmates in the Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP) received their degrees to congratulations and cheers at a recent ceremony.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Catalysis—Focusing in to see the action

6/7/2018 Cornell Research

This Cornell Research story focuses on the work of Rong Ye, one of the first Cornell Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows, who is working in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.

Economics

How can societies become law-abiding? Kaushik Basu has some suggestions

6/7/2018 Cornell Chronicle

The book offers an analytical structure with which to analyze laws and understand why they get poorly implemented.

Alumni support

Grant supports student’s research in Germany

6/6/2018 A&S Communications

With the help of a Summer Experience Grant from the College of Arts & Sciences, Rachel Diao ‘19 will be able to take advantage of a research opportunity in Cologne, Germany this summer. Diao, a biological sciences major, is working with Dr. Adam Antebi, managing director of a lab at the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing.

College Leadership

A&S dean leaves legacy of support for students, faculty

6/5/2018 A&S Communications

Alumni of the college have joined with senior associate deans to create the Gretchen Ritter ‘83 First Generation Scholarship fund.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Podcast looks at planning for climate change

6/5/2018 A&S Communications

“Building Resilience,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series, examines how to build resilient communities in the face of environmental and economic upheaval.

Archaeology

New radiocarbon cycle research may alter history

6/1/2018 Cornell Chronicle

“We went looking to test the assumption behind the whole field of radiocarbon dating.”

Anthropology

Enhanced e-book calls for public interaction with central banking

6/1/2018 Cornell Chronicle

The 2008 financial crisis was a watershed moment for the world’s central banks and their central bankers. Long seen as old boys’ clubs of bland technocrats, they suddenly found themselves in newspaper headlines and the speeches of populist politicians. The debates were not about standard central banking fare – tweaking interest rates to manage inflation – but equality, fairness and democracy.

Social Sciences

Discussion continues on social sciences review

6/1/2018 Cornell Chronicle

The campus community has expressed strong interest in and engagement with a report from a faculty committee tasked with identifying organizational structures that might position Cornell’s social sciences for excellence in the next 10 to 15 years, say key administrators after holding 23 listening sessions with stakeholders.

Student internships

Summer experience grants honor Sandy Berger ‘67

6/4/2018 A&S Communications

Students will be working for members of Congress and helping non-profit organizations like UNICEF and US Ignite.

Sustainability

Students imagine future without fossil fuels

6/1/2018 A&S Communications

Students took creative approaches to thinking about the challenges of meeting energy needs in this year's Imagining Energy Futures Competition. Winners of the annual competition were announced on May 30.

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