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In Memoriam

George Hess, biochemist, dies at 92

9/21/2015 A&S Communications

George Paul Hess, professor emeritus of biochemistry in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Arts & Sciences, died on September 9 at home in Ithaca. Friends and colleagues are invited to a memorial service at 2 pm on Saturday, November 7 in the chapel of Annabel Taylor Hall. A reception will follow at 3 pm in the adjoining Founders Lounge.

INAUGURAL PANEL

Garrett moderates Democracy & Inequality panel

9/20/2015 Cornell Chronicle

“Those lacking jobs, education and resources are essentially voiceless in the [democratic] process,” Cornell's new president said.

NANOTECHNOLOGY

Cornell nanotech facility receives $8M NSF grant

9/16/2015 Cornell Chronicle

The National Science Foundation has selected the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) to be part of the newly established National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI). Cornell will receive $8 million from the federal agency over five years.

SUSTAINABILITY

Art, Science and the Thirsty World

9/16/2015

Listen in as Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize winner and emeritus professor of chemistry, joins with other professors and students to discuss the intersection and integration of cross-disciplinary approaches to the subject of water, through community engagement in Greece, and a collaboration between Cornell and Oxford, in this video from Cornell's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.

ALUMNI

After the Tony, director Sam Gold ’00 dives into varied projects

9/21/2015 A&S Communications

When director Sam Gold ’00 thinks about whether he wants to take on a new project, it’s all about the challenge of creating something meaningful.“I want to start with what I believe in and care about, a subject matter that speaks to me or a formal challenge that pushes me as an artist,” he says.

CREATIVE WRITING

Creative writing professor honored with lecture series

9/21/2015

A new lecture series at California State University Long Beach that brings ethnic U.S. writers to campus will be named after Helena Viramontes, professor and director of creative writing in Cornell’s Department of English.

CREATIVE WORKS

Katherine Howe releases new novel

9/21/2015

Lecturer Katherine Howe of the American Studies Program released her YA novel "The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen" Sept. 15.This novel follows her New York Times bestseller novel "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane," and her YA debut novel "Conversion," which has been published in 25 languages.

AWARDS

Chemistry assistant prof. receives NSF Early Career award

9/21/2015

Assistant Professor Kyle Lancaster of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology was recently granted an award from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program.

AFRICANA STUDIES

Africana initiatives connect academics, activism

9/15/2015 A&S Communications

Center aims to become hub for students interested in research, current issues and making an impact.

TEACHING

Teaching Slavery to Reluctant Listeners

9/11/2015 New York Times Magazine

Edward Baptist, associate professor of history, writes about his experience teaching college students about slavery, in this piece in the New York Times magazine.

INCOME INEQUALITY

Measuring impacts of income inequality on democracy

9/16/2015

Gretchen Ritter ’83, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, writes about democracy and inequality in this piece in The Cornell Daily Sun.

DISCOVERY

Under Saturnian moon's icy crust lies a 'global' ocean

9/16/2015 Cornell Chronicle

The Cassini-Huygens mission could lead to more discoveries in the search for Earth 2.0.

Memorial

M.H. Abrams remembered with verse, music, stories

9/15/2015 Cornell Chronicle

A memorial celebration Sept. 12 in Statler Auditorium brought together much of what M.H. “Mike” Abrams cherished – poetry, Elizabethan music, family, friends and colleagues.

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Peter Katzenstein sees no new Cold War

9/15/2015 Cornell Chronicle

An international studies professor says the U.S. is not entering a new Cold War with Russia, but rather a Cold Peace.

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Roper Center opinion archive comes to Cornell

9/14/2015 Cornell Chronicle

… process that involved a detailed proposal and a site visit by Roper Center board members. “The Roper board of …

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