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German Studies

The Anecdote: Capturing an Experience

Cornell Research

Paul A. Fleming, German Studies/Comparative Literature, recounts an old story that’s been told and retold many times. It comes from Herodotus’ Histories, an account of the Egyptian King Psammetichus’ capture by the Persians. As part of the king’s humiliation, the Persians parade his family in front of him—first his daughter as a slave and then his son on his way to execution. While everyone else around him wails, King Psammetichus shows no emotion until a beggared old drinking buddy passes, upon which he begins to weep and lament.

Government

New online platform plays matchmaker for the public good

Cornell Chronicle

When Adam Levine was beginning his career, he was constantly seeking points of connection – opportunities to collaborate with the nonprofit and government sectors that could turn academic research into real-world results. Such collaborations usually emerged through old-fashioned networking: a chance meeting over lunch at conference, an introduction from a friend, an interesting article shared via a social network.

Alumni

The Experimentalist on Broadway

Arts & Sciences alum director Sam Gold's '00 newest project, a Broadway production of “The Glass Menagerie,” opens on March 9. This New York Times profile explores Gold's stripped-down style and approach to directing.

Faculty honors

History prof. wins award for book

A&S Communications

Associate Professor of history Russell Rickford’s book, “We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination,” has received the 2017 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians, given to the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle.  

Performing & Media Arts

Parent gift supports productions at Performing & Media Arts

Alumni Affairs & Development

Mabel Lawrence '19 grew up in a home filled with musical theater. It wasn't unusual, when she was 8 or 9, to get home from elementary school near Los Angeles to find her parents, film and television composer David Lawrence and lyricist Faye Greenberg, working with original cast members, such as those in the Disney Channel’s hit show, "High School Musical."

Alumni

Fannie Mae CEO sees his career interests come full circle

A&S Communications

Tim Mayopoulos didn't take a single class in economics, but says his liberal arts education prepared him perfectly for today's challenges.

Alumni

Honored by Forbes '30 Under 30' list, alumna says she's just getting started

A&S Communications

Caitlin Strandberg '10 says her best professors were the ones who pushed her to always give 100 percent.

History of Art & Visual Studies

Images of cosmos inform study of medieval cultures

Cornell Chronicle

Astronomical imagery, a motif central to the study of art history, took on a variety of different meanings and functions among the dominant cultures of the early medieval period.

A habitable planet in the volcanic Hydrogen habitable Zone picture
Astronomy

Volcanic hydrogen spurs chances of finding exoplanet life

Cornell Chronicle

… throughout the universe could improve the chances of locating life in the cosmos. Planets located great distances from stars freeze over. “On frozen … Ramirez and Kaltenegger have possibly added to that number by showing that habitats can be found, even those …

Interdisciplinary

Humanities proposal springs from 'radical collaboration' effort

Cornell Chronicle

… Photography The proposal supports faculty work currently underway, and seeks to build on “the new … within the Roosevelt Island campus. It will be a location “where we can highlight the role of humanities, …

Diversity & Inclusion

Posse members explore theme of 'Us vs. Them' at annual retreat

A&S Communications

The conversation focused on the ways our various identities shape us, from race to sexuality to eating preferences to musical tastes to politics.

Alumni

Alumna shares career path with pre-vet students

A&S Communications

“I had no idea what I wanted to do as a career when I first came to college, and began taking a variety of classes,”  Elizabeth Bodner ‘80 explained when she spoke with students during a  Feb. 3 visit to campus as part of a Career Conversations event hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences Career Development Center. 

In Memoriam

Alain Seznec, former dean and university librarian, dies at 86

Cornell Chronicle

… In his several roles, he was a steadfast advocate for the best in liberal education. And he was marvelously good …

Sociology

Commentary: The Futility of a Mexico-United States Wall

Reuters

Professor of sociology Filiz Garip writes in Reuters op-ed that Trump's wall is simply a symbolic gesture and will have no significant policy impact in reducing illegal immigration. 

Mathematics

Steve Strogatz tackles Albert Einstein

Cornell Chronicle

Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell, was selected for the 2016 volume of Princeton University Press’ The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016.