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Science

Cornellians share scientific studies at AAAS meeting

Cornell Chronicle

Stephanie Wisner ’16 presented her research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting and exposition last week in Washington, D.C.

History

The Black Power movement and its schools

A&S Communications

History assistant professor Russell Rickford's new book looks at the Black Power movement of the 1960s and '70s.

Research

Database of classical works now freely searchable

Cornell Library

Students and scholars can now freely search a new database of Latin and Greek authors that provides links to online versions of their works.The database, the Classical Works Knowledge Base (CWKB), contains metadata about 5,200 works by 1,500 ancient authors, allowing users with a limited knowledge of the classics’ canonical citation system to simply link to passages of digital texts.

Biology

Aquadro, Harrington, Nicholson win Weiss fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

Biology professor "Chip" Aquadro was honored for teaching and mentoring undergrads.

PHYSICS

First self-assembled superconductor structure created

Cornell Chronicle

A team of chemistry, physics and engineering researchers has created a self-assembled, three-dimensional gyroidal superconductor.

GOVT 3434: Chinese Empire and the Cambodian Experience

By: Austin McLaughlin '18 Arriving back in chilly, cloudy Ithaca for the spring semester was in stark contrast to the 95-degree sunny days in Cambodia. Altogether, I spent 14 days in Siem Reap and 5 in Phnom Penh. I didn't get a tan, but I did leave with an enriching experience.

Soup & Hope

First Soup & Hope speaker raps with authenticity

Cornell Chronicle

“How many of you have cried today? How many of you cried yesterday? … How many of you haven’t cried in a year?”

Pscyhology

Here's looking at you, kid: Filmmakers know how we read emotions

Cornell Chronicle

Filmmakers choose their shots to get us close to their characters.

Why I Love Cornell: The Magic of the Arts Quad

Welcome back! As our Ithaca campus comes alive again for the spring semester, we here at the Arts & Sciences blog will begin posting weekly material once again. Good luck to all the seniors who recently submitted applications - as you wait for college decisions, enjoy senior Maddy Finkelstein's post about the beauty of Cornell's campus - even in the winter!  By: Maddy Finkelstein '16

Sustainability

Seizing energy from the rooftops

Cornell Chronicle

Thanks to nearly 300 solar panels installed on both buildings in mid-December, the sun’s rays hitting the roof on Cornell’s Human Ecology Building and Klarman Hall now produce energy.

Humanities

College launches "New Century for the Humanities" celebration

A&S Communications

The College is launching a semester-long celebration of the arts and humanities culminating in the dedication of its new humanities building, Klarman Hall.

Courtney Roby
Classics

Classics professor studies ancient scientific and technical texts

Cornell Research

Courtney Roby, assistant professor of classics, had some big questions as she was working as an electrical engineer. See how she found the answers in classics.

New Students

Colleges welcome inaugural first-year spring class

A&S Communications

Welcome to our 56 new spring admission students, who arrived last week for orientation. The students hail from high schools across the country, as well as Australia, Singapore, and other international schools.

Klarman Hall
Humanities

Klarman Hall: a new light-filled space for the humanities

Cornell Chronicle

Klarman Hall, the newest home for some of our humanities departments, is the brand-new showpiece of Cornell's central campus.

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Capitalism

New interdisciplinary initiative explores capitalism

The College, the ILR school and other partners at Cornell will examine the nature of capitalism through conferences, digital archives, a proposed minor and other new initiatives.