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‘Facing the Abyss’ explores literary response to 1940s events

A&S Communications

The 1940’s saw Nazi concentration camps, the atomic bomb, and the U.S. invasion of South Korea: a pivotal era by any yardstick. In his new book, “Facing the Abyss: American Literature and Culture in the 1940s,” George Hutchinson asks how these epochal moments resonated in literary culture, and how artists brought shape and meaning to the world in the wake of such overwhelming events. 

Art History

Graduate student curates exhibit at the Johnson Museum

A&S Communications

Yuhua Ding, a doctoral candidate in history of art, has curated an exhibition currently on view at the Johnson Museum of Art entitled “Debating Art: Chinese Intellectuals at the Crossroads.”

Creative Writing

Creative Writing Program to host talk on TRANS*forming literature

A&S Communications

On Thursday, April 26, the Spring 2018 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series will present its final event, “TRANS*forming Literature.”

Socioloogy & Latina/o Studies Program

Untangling how deportation relief affects immigrants

Cornell Chronicle

Short-term relief from deportation can have beneficial effects for immigrants – but it doesn’t solve all their problems.

Interdisciplinary

Small grants fire up new research in the social sciences

Cornell Chronicle

Why is expertise that used to be authoritative now sometimes dismissed as “fake news”? Is it possible to save an endangered language by bringing a native speaker to Cornell to document it? And what does it mean to work in a Bosnian weapons factory when the source of one’s livelihood is lethal to others and the environment?

Humanities

Faculty participate in Ithaca's Spring Writes Literary Festival

A&S Communications

Arts & Sciences faculty will participate in this year’s Community Arts Partnership’s Spring Writes Literary Festival, taking place in downtown Ithaca May 3-6. The festival features literary-themed events, including panels and workshops geared towards emerging and established writers, as well as events for the general public such as readings, performances, play readings, and performances. This is the festival’s ninth year showcasing Finger Lakes Region writers.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast Series

Imagining the Future

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's second season, "Where Is the Human in Climate Change?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and the environment. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the spring.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast Series

Planetary Health

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's second season, "Where Is the Human in Climate Change?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and the environment. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the spring.

Media Studies

Media Studies lecture on networks and proxy politics April 25

A&S Communications

From high-speed financial networks to social media; from viruses to terrorism, networks lie at the heart of what is new in our current era. On Wednesday, April 25, Cornell Media Studies presents “Critical Data Studies: The Case of Proxy Politics," a talk by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Professor of Modern Culture & Media at Brown University examining how the powerful concept of the “network” resonates across all disciplines. The 4:30 pm talk will take place in the Guerlac Room, A.D.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast Series

Human Ecosystem Engineers

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's second season, "Where Is the Human in Climate Change?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and the environment. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the spring.

Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies & Anthropology & French

Hadiyah Chowdhury: 'I was able to explore so many different academic interests'

Hadiyah ChowdhuryFeminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies & Anthropology & FrenchCorning, NYWhat accomplishments/activities are you most proud of while at Cornell?

Anthropology

Eugenia Xiao: 'Take advantage of this opportunity to learn about anything and everything'

… you choose Cornell?As a NYC native, I wanted to continue learning and growing in a place filled with people from all walks of life, committed to diverse passions and dreams. The four colleges … at Cornell offer the setting for me to engage with this community every day. Moreover, it offers a natural …

What Makes Us Human? Podcast Series

Podcast explores ‘Where Is the Human in Climate Change?'

A&S Communications

The new season of our “What Makes Us Human” podcast showcases the latest thinking about the relationship between humans and the environment.

Biological Sciences

Kndeya Gebrewahed: ' I asked myself, why not?'

… Kndeya GebrewahedBiological SciencesAddis Ababa, EthiopiaWhy did you choose Cornell? … Kndeya Gebrewahed Biological Sciences Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Why did you choose Cornell? I chose … would I like to, as that is not my reason for choosing to come here. In May 2014, when I decided to come to Cornell, …

Linguistics

Gwendolyn Kahler: 'Do what you really want to do'

Gwendolyn KahlerLinguisticsLarchmont, NYWhat is your main extracurricular activity--why is it important to you?