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Drab buildings under a cloudy sky: Big Ben reconizable in the distance — Stefanos Kogkas/Unsplash London

European politics

Policy inconsistent with UK reality: Cornell experts available on Truss resignation

10/20/2022 A&S Communications

Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced she will resign after 44 days in office. Cornell University professors discuss what’s next for the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Person wearing red and pearls, speaking at a podium — Lindsay France/Cornell University Cornell President Martha E. Pollack delivers her State of the University address Oct. 14 in Kennedy Hall.

State of the University

Pollack lauds ‘amazing Cornellians’ in State of the University speech

10/14/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell's president highlighted recent achievements of Arts and Sciences faculty.

Faculty Awards

Weiss teaching award honors eight exceptional faculty

10/20/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Four A&S faculty members have been honored for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

Person gesturing at a projection on a wall — Dave Burbank/Cornell University Vincent Mauro

Graduate student research

Latin America—Party Systems and Inequality

10/20/2022 Cornell Research

When citizens take the law into their own hands, what’s behind this behavior? Observing such a mob scene drove Vincent Mauro to study the question.

Romance Studies

‘Blood Novels’ explores material, metaphor in Spanish realist fiction

10/19/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… In her new book, “Blood Novels: Gender, Caste, and Race in Spanish Realism,” Chang examines the presence of blood and … Question: “Blood Novels” examines four novels by three Spanish authors; why did you choose these works? What do … – three out of four of them being emblematic of modern Spanish novel and Spanish realism more broadly. It’s worth …

Yellow streak against a pale blue and pink sky; a missile launch

International relations

America and China Don’t Need to Knock Each Other Out to Win

10/19/2022 New York Times

Competition and conflict between the United States and China have continued to intensify, writes Jessica Chen Weiss, in New York Times commentary.

person on ladder looking through telescope — Jason Koski/Cornell Members of the Cornell Astronomical Society gave tours of Fuertes Observatory to the public, who were allowed to peer through the telescope during an October 14 celebration of its 100th birthday.

Astronomy

Crowd gathers to wish ‘happy birthday’ to Fuertes telescope

10/19/2022 A&S Communications

Partygoers enjoyed space-themed cupcakes, peered through the telescope and pored over a display of observatory instruments to celebrate Fuertes Observatory's 100th birthday.

Photograph of Wynne Williams-Ceci '24 — Chris Kitchen / Cornell Wynne Williams-Ceci '24

Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program

Junior explores possibilities of influencers in public health messaging

10/18/2022 A&S Communications

Wynne Williams-Ceci's research focuses on improving public health messaging for vaping.

Person standing in a field, surrounded by green, yellow and red plants — Noël Heaney/Cornell University Matthew Dallos, doctoral student in the field of history, designed the Libe Slope Wild Garden for the Biennial, to “insert a moment of wildness” on campus.

Cornell Biennial

From fabric arts to human waste: Student Biennial projects transcend

10/17/2022 Cornell Chronicle

More than a dozen students are taking part in the Cornell Biennial, which aims to serve as an anchor for the arts at Cornell.

International studies

How security crises can spur state-building in Latin America

10/17/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Gustavo Flores-Macías analyzes key factors of public safety across Latin America in his new book.

Pattern of six-sided shapes in oranges, yellows and black

Physics

Research: Electrons in a strange metal world

10/17/2022 Cornell Research

Why do electrons in high-temperature superconductors behave the way they do? A quantum explanation could have planetary payoffs.

International studies

Tips for Grad Students from a Global PhD Research Scholar

10/14/2022 Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

Government PhD candidate Vincent Mauro shares his strategies for making the most of your time at an international collection of primary materials.

Fourteen people stand on the steps of a house, ready to party — Provided Cornell Undergraduate Veterans Association students pose for a group photo at the university’s new Veteran Program House before Slope Day 2022

Student veterans

Student veteran finds a sense of community at Cornell

10/14/2022 Alumni Affairs & Development

Matthew Garcia '25 was in the first cohort of student-veterans to move in to the university’s new Veteran Program House on University Avenue.

A few dozen people sit around a large square of tables in a room decorated with maps

Global Cornell

Global Cornell awards support new international courses

10/14/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Five International Cornell Curriculum grants totaling $114,000 will support faculty developing courses that feature international experiences for students.

Person speaks in front of a class sitting using dynamic hand gestures — Jason Koski/Cornell University Gustavo Quintero, PhD student in Romance Studies (ROMS), teaches Spanish (SPAN) 3020.

Language learning

Grant supports language learning research

10/14/2022 A&S Communications

“Understanding the impact of Languages Across the Curriculum on all participants will allow us to build on its success and offer multilingual students more opportunities to engage with their disciplinary content in languages other than English."

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