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Romance studies

Professor’s book probes afterlife of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela

3/25/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The works ponders how “ghosts” can help a state secure its survival and ground its authority in moments of crisis, such as the one Venezuela is experiencing now.

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Performing and Media Arts

PMA brings musical to Edinburgh Fringe Festival

3/25/2025 A&S Communications

“The Family Copoli," a “post-apocalyptic burlesque and re-population play,” is the brainchild of playwright Andy Colpitts ’26, a doctoral candidate in PMA, and composer Michael Wookey and the production involves more than a dozen Cornell alumni and students.

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Sociology

Book calls social scientists to robust ‘multiverse’ analysis

3/25/2025 Cornell Chronicle

To cut through misinformation, noise and fragile claims, sociologist Cristobal Young calls social science researchers to adopt a new approach.

Labor studies

Cook-Gray Lecture will examine transformative labor movement

3/21/2025 ILR School

Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth College, will deliver the 2025 Alice Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture on April 15: “Poverty Wages, 'We're Not Lovin' It': Gender, Race and Inequality Rising in the 21st Century.”

Entrepreneurship

Student creates company focused on luxury African bags

3/21/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The newest episode of Startup Cornell, a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, features Cornell senior Micere Mugweru ’25, the founder of Mizoma Africa.

Person standing at a podium — Linda Glaser Reading a poem in Quechua

Language Resource Center

Share and hear poetry in many languages at this April 9 event

3/21/2025 A&S Communications

The event celebrates April as National Poetry Month.

Awards and Honors

Historian Barry Strauss wins 2025 Bradley Prize

3/21/2025 A&S Communications

The award carries a stipend of $300,000; Strauss will receive the award at a ceremony on May 29 in Washington, D.C.

People playing instruments together — Sreang Hok/Cornell University Four of Twin Court’s bandmates (from left) Mandy Gurung, Caleb Levitt ’24, Wyatt Westerkamp ’22 and Gracekelly Fulton ’25 rehearse in the Gamelan room in Lincoln Hall.

Music

‘Collaborative creativity’ of Gamelan inspires student band

3/21/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Gamelan Ensemble and a collection of antique instruments sparked the formation of Twin Court – a band that melds rock and traditional Indonesian music.

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History

Canadian ‘snap’ election all about President Trump, says Cornell historian

3/21/2025 A&S Communications

Professor Jon Parmenter says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to call the election looks like a smart decision.

Literatures in English

Rosenberg named Poet Laureate of Tompkins County

3/20/2025 A&S Communications

“I believe poetry offers us valuable opportunities to slow down, to reflect, and to extend our empathy, and I’m excited to share these gifts with our whole community,” Rosenberg said.

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Science and Technology Studies

Balancing various uncertainties in cyber threat intelligence

3/20/2025 Cornell Chronicle

New Cornell research focuses on two types of uncertainty that play important roles in the cyber threat security industry – coordinative uncertainty and adversarial uncertainty – and analyzes the relationship between them.

Several people on a path in the woods — Provided “Birding buddies” go on a birding walk through Stewart Park in spring 2024.

Einhorn Center for Community Engagement

Engaged Opportunity Grants fuel community-engaged learning for students

3/19/2025 A&S Communications

Seven projects are receiving a boost from the latest round of Engaged Opportunity Grants, awarded two times a year by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement to teams of faculty or staff and their community partners.

Graduate student research

Student spotlight: Jingya Guo

3/19/2025 Cornell University Graduate School

Jingya Guo, a doctoral candidate in history, studies how historical actors contested and reconfigured the demarcation between pathology and health for female bodies in China.

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Drug found ‘remarkably’ effective in treating common canine oral cancer

3/19/2025 Cornell Chronicle

An FDA-approved drug used in humans has been found to inhibit the growth of oral squamous cell carcinomas in dogs - with one dog’s tumor nearly disappearing in a matter of weeks.

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Government

Legality unlikely to sway public opinion about executive actions

3/19/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Don’t expect a broader backlash against President Donald Trump's flurry of executive orders simply because they may rest on shaky legal ground, new Cornell research suggests.

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