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Honor Society

Phi Beta Kappa’s 134th induction: the Cornell chapter’s renaissance

Arts & Sciences Communications

Phi Beta Kappa recently inducted a new group of students, who will work on the group's faculty lecture series and raise funds for scholarships.

Astronomy

In D.C., Lunine backs seafaring trips to other worlds

Cornell Chronicle

In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies March 3, Jonathan Lunine, the David Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences, discussed the rationale for scientific, seafaring journeys to Jupiter’s moon Europa, and to Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Titan – trips that may take place in the 2020s.

Philosophy of Mind

Understanding the mind

Arts & Sciences Communications

The mind that thinks our thoughts is a pretty special place. But is it distinct from the brain? Is there, in fact, a soul directing our thoughts or are they determined entirely by the output of our biology? Could that mouse scampering through your garden be thinking deep thoughts, or are humans really special?

Research

On slavery and literature in Cuba

Cornell Chronicle

Cuban poet and slave Juan Francisco Manzano (1797–1854) and his 1839 “Autobiografía de un esclavo,” the only slave narrative to surface in the Spanish-speaking world, are the starting point of an examination of 19th-century Cuban literature and social politics in Gerard Aching’s recent book, “Freedom from Liberation: Slavery, Sentiment, and Literature in Cuba.”

Africana Studies

Aching examines black bodies, Black Lives Matter

A&S Communications

Gerard Aching, director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, sees connections between the messages in two popular books and the Black Lives Matter movement. 

Physics

Alum wins physics prize named for Cornell Nobelists

Cornell Chronicle

Mohammad Hamidian, Ph.D. ’11, has been named the 2016 winner of the prestigious Lee-Osheroff-Richardson Prize for his discoveries of new forms of electronic matter at the nanoscale and at extreme low temperatures.

In Memoriam

Cornell gathers to honor President Garrett

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell community gathered to remember President Elizabeth Garrett during a memorial service on March 17 at Bailey Hall. 

Humanities

Lucinda Ramberg awarded Michelle Z. Rosaldo Book Prize

Lucinda Ramberg has been awarded the first Michelle Z. Rosaldo Book Prize by the Association for Feminist Anthropology (AFA) for her book Given to the Goddess: South Indian Devadasis and the Sexuality of Religion (Duke University Press).

Music Release

Roberto Sierra releases musical works in Spain

A&S Communications

Congratulations to Roberto Sierra, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities and professor of music, on the international release of his new CD “Boleros & Montunos” in Madrid, Spain.

Drawn out microscope images of different biochemical structures
Chemical Biology

'Sticky waves': Molecular interactions at the nanoscale

Cornell Chronicle

Like the gravitational forces that are responsible for the attraction between the Earth and the moon, as well as the dynamics of the entire solar system, there exist attractive forces between objects at the nanoscale.