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Transformative Humanities

Hutchinson on Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

"The Search for a Faun"My poem is called, “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.” A famous title I am sure most of you will recognize. The fame is one of the reasons why I am self-conscious about what I am about to do in this reflection, which partly amounts to betraying the naïveté of my youth.

Study abroad

Cambodia experience sows seeds for future scholars

Cornell Chronicle

An intensive field course teaches students to gather, analyze and interpret facts.

Campus leadership

President Hunter Rawlings on priorities and 'pinch-hitting'

Cornell Chronicle

Interim President Hunter R. Rawlings III says he'll continue to work on the late President Elizabeth Garrett's priorities.

Poetry

Alice Fulton reveals poetic inspirations

Cornell Chronicle

Poet and professor Alice Fulton describes what inspires her work.

Biology

'Following The Wild Bees' a how-to for honeybee hunting

Cornell Chronicle

Once a popular pastime, bee hunting involves capturing and feeding wild bees, then releasing and following them back to their hive.The practice is little-known today, but bee expert Thomas D. Seeley – the Horace White Professor in Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences and author of several books on honeybees – has just published a book that offers insights into the history and science of bee hunting.

Faculty honors

Four elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Cornell Chronicle

Four Cornell faculty members. including two from the College of Arts & Sciences, are among 213 national and international scholars, artists, philanthropists and business leaders elected new fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Breakthrough Prize

Cornell astrophysicists earn share of $3M prize

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell astrophysicists Saul Teukolsky and Lawrence Kidder have earned a share in the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics – a $3 million award – that recognizes those who helped create the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and its ability to find gravitational waves. The discovery announced in February provided strong confirmation of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity.

Sustainability

Atkinson Center faculty fellows to expand sustainability conversation

Cornell Chronicle

The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) has announced 10 faculty-in-residence fellows in the social sciences, humanities and arts for 2016-17.

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Astronomy

Mars 2020 mission: Students survey rover landing sites

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell students are working with students from six other universities to present their findings to NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Physics

Physicist Katja Nowack earns DOE early career award

Cornell Chronicle

Katja C. Nowack, assistant professor of physics in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) to receive $750,000 for research over five years as part of DOE’s Early Career Research Program for her research project, “Magnetic Imaging of Topological Phases of Matter.”