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History of Art

Students curate Johnson Museum exhibit

Cornell Chronicle

A new student-organized exhibition at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art surveys American artists’ use of landscape as the country expanded between the middle of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Psychology & Sociology & English

Engaged Cornell grants fund undergrad and faculty research

Cornell Chronicle

Students, faculty and community partners will study education, inequality and equity, and community health and sustainability.

College Scholars
College Scholar

College Scholars explore Japanese cultural property to tech design

Cornell Chronicle

The College Scholar program allows students to design their own interdisciplinary majors.

History

History grad has front row seat to D.C. drama

Ezra

When Jordan Fabian ’09 walks the halls of the White House, he always has three questions in his mind, just in case President Donald Trump happens to pass him in the hallway.

Mukoma
English

Mukoma explores African literacy tradition in new book

Cornell Chronicle

The book restores a missing foundational period to the African literary tradition.

Anthropology & Romance Studies & Latina/o Studies Program

Alumna researches the politics of infrastructure in Puerto Rico

Ezra

Rosa Ficek '03 majored in anthropology and Spanish as an undergrad at Cornell.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Music

Jerrold Meinwald, 2014 National Medal of Science winner, dies at 91

Cornell Chronicle

Jerrold Meinwald, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry Emeritus and a 2014 winner of the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest honor for achievement in science and engineering, died April 23 in Ithaca. He was 91.

Mathematics

Strogatz, Bethe research papers named to top-50 list

Cornell Chronicle

In 1893 in Franklin Hall (now Olive Tjaden Hall), the Physical Review debuted as the inaugural publication of the American Physical Society (APS). The APS is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Physical Review and has selected 50 “milestone” research papers spanning a wide range of important results. Fittingly, a few of those papers feature Cornell researchers.

Neurobiology and Behavior

Students display entrepreneurial spirit in competitions

Cornell Chronicle

The Student Business of the Year, Combplex, provides real-time remote monitoring and minimal diagnostics for honeybee colonies.

Two professors in lab coats looking at chemistry writing on a white board
Awards and Honors

Twelve assistant professors win NSF early-career awards

Cornell Chronicle

The awards support junior faculty members’ research projects and outreach efforts.

German Studies & History

Leighton Fernando Cook: ' Study abroad helps students immerse themselves in the foreign'

Leighton Fernando CookGerman Studies & HistorySouth Lake Tahoe, CAWhat is your main extracurricular activity--why is it important to you?

Government & Economics

Cara Sierks: 'I went from being a consumer to a producer of knowledge'

Cara SierksGovernment & EconomicsEdina, MNWhat was your most profound turning point while at Cornell?

Sociology

Summer Lopez Colorado: 'I had finally found my intellectual home to study education'

… home to study education and I excelled. I think the exact moment was after one discussion class when my … I did a really great job and that if I was passionate about these issues I should read an article by Claude Steele on …

Religious Studies

Daniel Zimmerman: 'I believe that a liberal arts education can help you lead a more enriching life'

Daniel ZimmermanReligious StudiesAustin, TXWhat, if any, research projects did you participate in at Cornell?

Computer Science & Asian Studies

Michael Mauer: 'You have to put yourself out there and make your own path'

Michael MauerComputer Science & Asian StudiesSparta, MIHow did any of your beliefs or interests change during your time at Cornell?