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Graduate Research

Einaudi Center to provide research help to doctoral students

Cornell Chronicle

The program offers seminars, workshops and mentoring to doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences.

My Zumba Instructor Journey: Dancing my way from California to Cornell!

In our last post of the month, senior Hadassa writes about her journey of becoming a veteran Zumba instructor at Cornell.  By Hadassa Jakher '18, Government and Spanish double major, International Relations and Law & Society double minor

Cassini probe
Astronomy

Pollack receives Cassini model as inauguration gift

Cornell Chronicle

s an inauguration gift, the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science (CCAPS), the Department of Astronomy, and the Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility (SPIF) presented President Pollack with a model of Cassini on Feb. 16 in Day Hall, commemorating three decades of Cornell participation in Cassini’s historic mission.

Government

Plato offers lessons in literacy, artistry, politics

Cornell Chronicle

With one small change in interpretive approach, Jill Frank breaks with tradition in her new book, “Poetic Justice: Rereading Plato’s ‘Republic.’” Taking seriously that Plato appears in none of his texts and insisting that nothing that anyone in any of the dialogues says – including Socrates – should be attributed to Plato, Frank aims to shift how Plato is read.

Comparative Literature

New edited volume examines Russian science fiction

Cornell Chronicle

Anindita Banerjee says Sputnik played an instrumental role in transforming Russian science fiction into a serious object of study.

Science & Technology Studies

Trevor Pinch receives 2018 J.D. Bernal Prize

A&S Communications

Trevor Pinch, Goldwin Smith Professor of Science & Technology Studies, has been awarded the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2018 John Desmond Bernal Prize, a lifetime achievement award for his “distinguished contribution” to the field of science and technology studies (STS).

Humanities

‘Arabic Movie’ explores Israeli cultural phenomenon

Cornell Chronicle

Israel and Egypt were at war in 1968, but every Friday night families across Israel gathered in their homes to watch Arabic-language Egyptian movies; Palestinians did as well. “Arabic Movie,” a documentary directed by Sara Tsifroni and Eyal Sagui Bizawi and shown Feb. 12 at Cornell Cinema, offers a glimpse into this phenomenon of cultural connection that lasted more than a decade, exploring why the films were shown and how they were obtained.

Above-ground tombs at the cemetery site of Yuraq Qaqa (Colca Valley, Peru).
Anthropology

Infant skull binding shaped identity, inequality in ancient Andes

A&S Communications

For families in the Andes between 1100-1450 AD, cranial modification was all the rage.

Philosophy

What is Metaphysics?

Cornell Research

Metaphysics includes big, abstract questions about the nature of reality that can’t be fully answered or investigated empirically: questions about whether or not we have free will and the nature of consciousness; about how objects or people persist through time. Are we the same people as we were as babies? Is a table the same if you inscribe your name into its surface? And what about causation, which is so central to our thinking, on what terms does one event cause another? 

Music

Sweet Honey In The Rock to offer concert & free workshops

A&S Communications

The female a cappella group Sweet Honey In The Rock has used the power of music to advocate for justice, freedom, and democracy since the 1970s.

Swimming with Skittles and Dancing through San Fran!

This week, sophomore Shoshana shows us how she spent her winter break training (and delivering candies) in Arizona as well as dancing in San Francisco! By Shoshana Swell '20, Performance & Media Arts and Information Science double major

Collaboration

Institute nurtures promising social scientists with ‘dream’ semester

Cornell Chronicle

Five Arts & Sciences faculty were chosen for the honor and will have the opportunity to finish books, research projects or work on other initiatives.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Chemistry professor wins Sloan fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

Assistant professors Brett Fors, Karthik Sridharan and Jin Suntivich have been named recipients of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowships. These awards support early-career faculty members’ original research and broad-based education related to science, technology and economic performance.

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Research Excellence

Inaugural Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows selected

Cornell Chronicle

The program encompasses research-based disciplines in Ithaca, at Cornell Tech in New York City and at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva.

Government

Book introduces uncertainty into understanding power

Cornell Chronicle

In the new book “Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics,” co-editors Peter Katzenstein and Lucia A. Seybert, Ph.D. ’12, argue for a new approach to international relations.