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INTERNSHIPS

Grants help students take unpaid internships

A&S Communications

Twenty-two Arts & Sciences students were able to afford unpaid internships with a new grant.

Linguistic Research

Hidden impatience revealed in linguistics study

A&S Communications

Someone’s asked you a question, and halfway through it, you already know the answer. While you think you’re politely waiting for your chance to respond, new research shows that you’re actually more impatient than you realize.

In Memoriam

William Provine, history of science scholar, dies at 73

Cornell Chronicle

William Provine, the Andrew H. and James L. Tisch Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Cornell, died Sept. 1 due to complications from a brain tumor at his home in Horseheads, New York. He was 73.Provine, a professor of the history of biology in the departments of History and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, was born Feb. 19, 1942, in Nashville, Tennessee.

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES

Prof. Derek Chang Intertwines Upbringing With Studies

Cornell Daily Sun

As Prof. Derek Chang, history and Asian American studies, sees it, race is at the heart of American society. For Chang, racial tensions underlie problems throughout American history.Focusing on black-white relations in the American south and Chinese-white relations on the West Coast, Chang said he looks for similarities and differences in the way different regions treat race.Read more about his work in this Cornell Daily Sun piece.

Inauguration

Panel on democracy, inequality will cap inauguration

Cornell Chronicle

Our new president invites students to participate in this important discussion TODAY at 3:00 pm.

PHILANTHROPY

Taylor gift will enrich humanities, social sciences

Cornell Chronicle

Stanford ’50 and Joann Taylor’s $5.2 million gift will support postdoctoral fellowships and the Society for the Humanities.

Connor Foster '15

"Hopefully one day I can help to change people's lives for the better."

Connor Foster '15 Major: Biological SciencesHometown: Woodbridge, CTWhy did you choose Cornell?

CORNELL CINEMA

Cornell Cinema kicks off fall season

… classics, world cinema and more. The cinema also hosts visiting filmmakers and live music/film events.  … classics, world cinema and more. The cinema also hosts visiting filmmakers and live music/film events.  Regular …

Michael Disare with microscope
CHEMISTRY

Chemistry undergrad spends summer studying signaling pathways

A&S Communications

Michael Disare ’17 spent the summer as one of five undergrad researchers in Cornell’s Aye Lab, working with methods that are completely novel.Disare and his colleagues at the lab work on studying signaling pathways in cells, and how specific molecules, like oxidants, affect those pathways. “It’s the crossroads between chemistry and biology,” he says. “It’s almost like using chemistry as a tool for studying biology.”

HISTORY

Sending Syrian refugees to Gulf states a misguided solution

Cornell University Media Relations Office

Mostafa Minawi,Cornell University assistant professor of history and director of the university’s Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative, says sending Syrian refugees to other Gulf countries because it is where they’d have a more ‘natural’ home makes the false assumption that race or ethnicity is more important than nationalisms.

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

When Single Male Rodents Settle Down, They're Changed Forever

National Geographic

This National Geographic story about how mate selection changes the brains of male prairie voles features research by Assistant Professor of Psychology Alexander Ophir. He discovered that while single male prairie voles could recognize other males, all single females seemed to look and smell alike to them.

Memorial

M.H. Abrams memorial set for Sept. 12

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell University Department of English will hold a memorial celebration for M.H. Abrams, the Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus, in Statler Auditorium, Statler Hall at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The celebration is free and open to the public.Abrams, a towering figure in literary and cultural studies, died at the age of 102 on April 21, 2015.

INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

Computational social science conference set for Sept. 11-12

Cornell Chronicle

As a leader in research at the intersection of computer/information science and the social sciences, Cornell has helped to define and create the field of computational social science.On Sept. 11-12, Cornell will host a conference showcasing cutting-edge research in the field and featuring alumni and other noted scholars in the discipline.

Engaged Cornell

Engaged Cornell awards its first curriculum grants

Cornell Chronicle

… mission,” said Joseph Margulies, professor of law and visiting professor of government, who is leading the …

NEAR EASTERN STUDIES

Cornell archaeologist says sabotage ISIS media campaign

Lori Khatchadourian, Cornell assistant professor of Near Eastern Studies and co-director of the Project for the Archaeology and Geography of Ancient Transcaucasian Societies, says that Islamic State forces destruction of the ancient Temple of Baalshamin at Palmyra is motivated by the desire for media attention – and the best offense is to deny such media.