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'I have learned to navigate academic spaces on my own terms'

"Her mentorship has reinforced my belief that academia is not just about producing knowledge but about transforming it — challenging existing paradigms and ensuring that scholarship remains accountable and accessible to the communities it represents."

Kendahl Wesley: Psychology & Africana Studies

Owen Wetherbee: Physics, Mathematics & Computer Science

'I'm proud of my contributions to understanding the stability of insect flight'

5/15/2025 A&S Communications

Owen Wetherbee is a physics, mathematics & computer science major.

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Cornell Center for Social Sciences

Cornell Center for Social Sciences awards grants, invites new proposals

5/5/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has awarded spring Seed Grants and the inaugural Grant Preparation Funds to support impactful social science research. Faculty can now apply for up to $115,000 in funding, with the next deadline approaching on June 1.

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Government

Those most willing to address health disparities tend to be overlooked

5/2/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers found that by prioritizing the perspectives of white Americans instead of those from underrepresented groups, studies of pandemic disparities likely missed important insights from those most affected by COVID-19.

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Ecology and evolutionary biology

Evolution of pugs and Persians converges on cuteness

5/2/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Through intensive breeding, humans have pushed breeds such as pug dogs and Persian cats to evolve with very similar skulls and “smushed” faces, so they’re more similar to each other than they are to most other dogs or cats.

Archaeology

CIAMS members receive awards from Society for American Archaeology

5/2/2025 A&S Communications

Matthew Velasco, assistant professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Anna Whittemore, doctoral candidate in anthropology, received awards from the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) at the SAA annual meeting on April 25.

Large aircraft without a cockpit parked on a runway at sunset — Defense Visual Information Distribution Service An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle parked on a taxiway at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada

Government

$36B drone plan echoes Ukraine, may not map onto U.S. Army

5/1/2025 A&S Communications

The idea of supplementing or replacing heavy equipment with unmanned systems isn’t new, says Sarah Kreps, professor of government and law, and founding director of the Tech Policy Institute.

Person in blue shirt stands in front of complicated silver equipment — Chris Kitchen Manipulating the properties of atomic material helps Paul Malinowski understand the fundamental physics of how different quantum phases develop and are related to each other.

Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow honored for outstanding achievement in physics

5/1/2025 A&S Communications

Paul Malinowski received the 2025 Martin and Beate Block Winter Award from the Aspen Center for Physics.

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Anthropology

Cornell anthropology opens Collaboratory May 14

5/1/2025 A&S Communications

The new Anthropology Collaboratory gathers many of the university’s anthropology collections and laboratories together in one place in Olin Library.

Graduate student research

Student spotlight: Haowen Zheng

5/1/2025 Cornell University Graduate School

Haowen Zheng, a doctoral candidate in sociology from Zibo, China, now studies why people move long distances within a country and how those moves shape their lives.

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Religion

Catholic charter school matter ‘raises profound questions about equal access’

4/30/2025 A&S Communications

The Supreme Court's decision in the matter of Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond will represent a critical test of the separation between church and state in public education, says Landon Schnabel, associate professor of sociology.

Alumni

Exploring adolescence and young adulthood, one episode at a time

5/1/2025 Cornellians

Through shows like ‘XO, Kitty,’ screenwriter Jessica O’Toole ’94 relishes highlighting the ‘inherent stakes and drama’ of youth.

Literatures in English

Poet Ishion Hutchinson tilts into expansive essay writing

4/30/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Award-winning poet Ishion Hutchinson is making his prose debut with his first essay collection, which brings together two decades’ worth of probing reflections on his childhood in Jamaica, the country’s cultural and colonial history and his maturation as a writer.

Nicolas van de Walle speaking, hands moving, wearing glasses and a jacket — Cornell University File Photo Nicolas van de Walle

Government

Conference on African political economy honors van de Walle

4/30/2025 A&S Communications

“Politics, Markets, and Governance in Africa: A conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle,” set for May 8-9, will focus on the core themes of African political economy, regimes, and modes of electoral and social participation and contestation.

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History

‘Self-indigenizers’ using executive bully pulpit in school mascot fight

4/30/2025 A&S Communications

The Long Island community of Massapequa is getting support from President Donald Trump for refusing to change its school mascot from Native American imagery, despite a state mandate, a fascinating example of self-indigenization says historian Jon Parmenter

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