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Living and Learning in the Japanese Language House

As the holidays approach and we close out the semester here at Cornell, and as prospective high school seniors put the finishing touches on their college applications, we thought it would be nice to focus on the things we love most about Cornell. This first post is from sophomore Jendayi Brooks-Flemister, who writes about her experience living in the Japanese Language House on West Campus. Enjoy and happy holidays! By: Jendayi Brooks-Flemister '18

Psychology

New book puts readers on the path to wisdom

A&S Communications

Wondering how our social science research could benefit your investment strategy? Make you happier? A new book by Tom Gilovich, the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology, has the answers.

"Cornell has shaped me in ways that no other institution would have been capable of."

Krystin Chiellini '17Major: Biology & SocietyHometown: Riverview, FLHow did you decide on your major? Have your plans changed since you started Cornell?

Music & the Brain

Explaining music's 'chill' effect on the brain and body

A&S Communications

… are dedicated to engaging students with faculty and visitors aimed at broadening horizons and opening minds. For more information about these conversations, visit http://blogs.cornell.edu/betheansatz/about/. Anna …

Composition

Undergrad's opera, 'La Tricot,' debuts Dec. 3

A&S Communications

… a little more than a year working on his chamber opera, “La Tricotea (Opus 25),” which will premiere Dec. 3 with 16 … a little more than a year working on his chamber opera, “La Tricotea (Opus 25),” which will premiere Dec. 3 with 16 … Glee Club experience singing the Spanish drinking song, “La Trocotea,” “I conjured a story of a Florentine …

Education Innovations

Alumni launch YouTube science series to enlighten and entertain

Ezra Magazine

Scientific explanations can at times feel dull and impenetrable, a frustration shared by anyone who has sat through a high school science lecture. But a group of Cornell alumni thinks communicating the joys of science can be exciting, and they've launched a YouTube series with the conviction that science can be edgy, informative and far from boring.

Awards

Leutert wins 2015 Fulbright-Hays Fellowship award for China study

Cornell Chronicle

Wendy Leutert, a doctoral candidate in the field of government and international relations, has won a 2015-16 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. A total of 86 fellowships were awarded this year.

History

Alumnus rescues files that form Cornell's Nuremberg collection

Ezra Magazine

In the summer of 1998, Henry Korn '68 got a phone call from a young lawyer and fellow Cornellian that changed his life.

Anthropology

New book explores how objects support political power

Cornell Chronicle

From Bronze Age traditions of mortuary ritual and divination to current controversies over flag pins and Predator drones, a new book by anthropology professor Adam Smith sheds light on how material goods authorize and defend political order.

Semester abroad in Cuba

… almost finished with my semester abroad in the beautiful “La Habana” and would love to tell you a little bit about my … has made efforts to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba and in doing so, restrictions on travel to … passions. As a government major, I study international relations and comparative politics; given the political …

Faculty Books

New book spotlights paradoxes of female warrior role

Cornell Chronicle

A history professor uncovers two versions of a story about a famed Norse figure.

PHYSICS

The secret of Oobleck revealed at last

Cornell Chronicle

If your kids ever brought home some Oobleck from school, you had a glimpse of a long-standing scientific controversy. Next time, you can just have fun with it, knowing that the argument is over. Cornell physicists have finally explained what makes Oobleck so weird.

PSYCHOLOGY

Prairie vole research focuses on philandering, benefits of socialization

Cornell Chronicle

Study finds no matter how neglected the child, there’s still hope – at least for prairie voles. 

CLASSICS

Exposing new audiences to a real Greek tragedy

A&S Communications

Classics students add modern twists to Euripedes play.

ENGLISH

Morgan on Harper Lee: 'a telling lesson in novel writing'

Cornell Chronicle

“Fiction can transform a particular history into art of universal significance,” author and Kappa Alpha Professor of English Robert Morgan said Nov. 19 in “History and Fiction: The Growth of an Artist – Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set A Watchman’,” a talk in Goldwin Smith Hall.