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Illustration of a light bulb against a yellow, blue and red background — Caitlin Cook/Cornell University

Alumni

These alums are so inventive, they're in the hall of fame!

2/7/2025 Cornellians

Cornellians are a creative bunch—and like Ezra himself, many have used their know-how and initiative to make a difference.

Illustration of an adult holding a baby, both with speech balloons — Caitlin Cook/Cornell University

Psychology

Power of babble: Babies elicit simpler speech from adults

2/6/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech in response to babies’ babbling and early speech, supporting language development, new Cornell research finds.

Four young ice hockey players, skating — April Walker/Unsplash

Philosophy

Cornell expert: Anti-trans executive order belies unfounded moral panic

2/6/2025 Arts & Sciences Communications

Wednesday's executive order prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in female sports discriminates not only against transgender people, but also against women, says philosophy professor Kate Manne.

promotional poster showing a blue ball marked with black cross-hatches and the words "Media Objects — The World According to Sound “Media Objects,” a podcast collaboration between Cornell media experts and sound artists The World According to Sound, begins Feb. 6.

Media Studies

Media Objects podcast releases 'sonic essays' based at Cornell

2/6/2025 A&S Communications

The series features the voices and research of 13 Cornell faculty members, more than half from A&S.

Classics

Frederick Ahl, innovative classics scholar, dies at 83

2/5/2025 Cornell Chronicle

A scholar of Greek and Roman epic and drama and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, Ahl was a member of the Cornell faculty for more than 52 years.

Anne Thompson in green, long-sleeved dress with arms crossed, smiling. — Provided Anne Thompson

Distinguished Visiting Journalist

NBC News’ Anne Thompson named Distinguished Visiting Journalist

2/5/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Thompson is NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent.

Two people on a tarmack facing a plane. They're wearing shirts with "USAID" written across the back — Sgt. Corban Lundborg/U.S. Air Force Photo USAID workers in Beira, Mozambique in 2019

Government

Dismantling of USAID will have “clear costs at home and abroad”

2/5/2025 A&S Communications

… to life and liberty, “with clear costs both at home and abroad.” Riedl says: “USAID was founded in 1961 in a … Dismantling of USAID will have “clear costs at home and abroad” …

History of Art and Visual Studies

Dadi leads Climate Congress symposium with Getty Foundation grant

2/4/2025 A&S Communications

The conference, in Lahore, Pakistan, featured more than thirty guest scholars, curators, artists, and other practitioners and twenty-seven emerging scholars.

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Psychology

Short and sweet: Supportive texts give partners a boost

2/3/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Supportive texts from a significant other can help people cope with stressful events in their daily lives, Cornell psychology research finds.

A wide river dividing two banks with a bridge in the distance — Bing Hui Yau/Unsplash The Canada-U.S. border at the Niagara River

History

U.S.-Canada relationship entering ‘sad chapter’

2/3/2025 A&S Communications

The U.S. president's collective actions against Canada have needlessly harmed a long-cherished and close relationship says Jon Parmenter, a professor of North American history.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Benjamin Widom, influential physical chemist, dies at 97

1/31/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Benjamin Widom, Ph.D. ’53, Goldwin Smith Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Jan. 23 in Ithaca. He was 97.

Orange red and white horizontal streaks of light under a dark blue sky, showing automobile traffic in motion at night — Ryan Young/Cornell University

Klarman Fellows

New Klarman Fellows to join the College of Arts and Sciences

2/4/2025 A&S Communications

Fellows will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

Two people wearing fashionable red, white and black winter clothing sit back to back on a large rock, each holding a book. They are surrounded by snow — Ben White/Unsplash

Alumni authors

Your January 2025 reads

1/30/2025 Cornellians

This month’s featured titles – most by A&S authors – include a work of nonfiction about honeybees, a kids’ picture book, and a novel set in rural Nova Scotia.

A house and garden in the foreground at night, with a wildfire glowing over a nearby hill — Nikolay Maslov/Unsplash

Science and Technology Studies

Student spins spreadsheet into online hub for wildfire relief

1/29/2025 Cornell Chronicle

A doctoral student in the field of information science developed an interactive map that has become an online hub for thousands of people in the greater Los Angeles area who need provisions, are looking to donate supplies or want to get involved.

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