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Student research

Student delegates attend Clinton Global Initiative conference

A&S Communications

Fifteen Cornell student delegates, including six from Arts & Sciences, worked on solutions to world problems in fields such as education and health care.

Performing & Media Arts

Chase Palmer, screenwriter of “It,” talks about pursuing a career in film

A&S Communications

Screenwriter Chase Palmer met with students Sept. 21 as part of the Professional Directions Series hosted by Austin Bunn, associate professor in the the Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) and talked about the importance of networking and taking the time to write.

Classics

Student spends semester immersed in the study of Latin

A&S Communications

How many people can say they can speak Latin? Erchen “Erial” Zheng ‘18, a senior classics major with a minor in history, is part of the growing number of scholars invested in learning Latin as a living language.“I started learning Latin in high school,” Zheng said, “but I think my love for the classical world began much earlier when I was in the third grade. It started with Greek myth and then from there my interest grew bigger and bigger.”

Creative writing

MFA Reading Series kicks off this month

A&S Communications

MFA students share their work several times during the semester at downtown Ithaca's Buffalo Street Books.

Alumni

Judy Hart’s fight for women’s rights – and a park

Hart '63 said her Cornell experience taught her confidence and persistence, which served her well as she fought to establish the Women's Rights National Historical Park.

English

Man Booker Prize-Winning novelist Marlon James reads Oct. 12

Department of English

Award-winning novelist and educator Marlon James will read from his work on Oct. 12 at 4:30 p.m. at the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall, as the fourth installment of the Fall 2017 Barbara and David Zalaznick Reading Series.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Innovations in chemistry education help undergrads

Cornell Chronicle

Professors are using active learning, peer-assisted workshops and practice tests to help students succeed in what can be one of the most challenging first-year classes.

Psychology

Discrimination more likely when resources are scarce

Cornell Chronicle

At the height of the Great Recession, psychologist Amy Krosch noticed that people of color seemed to be getting much harder hit than the white population on a number of socioeconomic indicators.

Anthropology

Anthropology professor wins feminist scholarship award for book

A&S Communications

Saida Hodžić, associate professor of anthropology and feminist, gender, and sexuality studies, was awarded the 2017 Michelle Z. Rosaldo Prize for her book, “The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life after NGOs.”

Physics

Nobel Prize-winning work has roots in Cornell research

A&S Communications

The experiment that led to the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics used a theoretical model developed at Cornell.

Interning in London

Happy October! This month, we will be focusing on two themes, "Easing Back into Classes" and "Summer Adventures." In the first post of the semester, senior Solveig shares with us her experience interning in London this past summer. By: Solveig van der Vegt '18, Biological Sciences

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

My Atlantis Complex

Amid the rising waters of climate change, historian Aaron Sachs finds sense in the theatre of the absurd.

Anthropology

Essay: Japanese doll exchanges offer lessons on peace, understanding

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Hirokazu Miyazaki, professor of anthropology, penned an essay for the Democrat and Chronicle, in honor of an exhibition of Japanese dolls taking place a the Rochester Museum and Science Center on September 30th.

Community engagement

Community engagement initiatives deliver reciprocal benefits

Cornell Chronicle

On Sept. 27, a forum in downtown Ithaca with faculty, staff, and partners offered stories of experiences and answered questions about implementing community-engaged initiatives.

New directors

Area studies programs welcome new directors

Einaudi Center

Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) and Cornell Institute for European Studies (CIES) welcomed new faculty leadership this fall.