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Entrepreneurship

Alum’s company uses machine learning & chemistry to detect cancer in early stages

A&S Communications

Gabe Otte said his Cornell education in computer science, chemistry and philosophy helped him become a successful entrepreneur.

College Prep

Prefreshmen Summer Program gives students opportunity to build skills for college

A&S Communications

Most students head to college at the end of August, however students participating in the Prefreshmen Summer Program (PSP) at Cornell arrived June 21 and will spend seven weeks on campus. 

Award

Adam Levine wins two American Political Science Association awards

Arts & Sciences Communications

Adam Seth Levine, assistant professor of government, has won two awards from the American Political Science Association (APSA), the leading professional organization for the study of political science. The awards will be presented in Philadelphia at the beginning of September.

Humanities

Klarman time capsule sealed into place

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The Klarman Hall time capsule is now sealed and buried, awaiting its discovery by future Cornell students during Cornell’s bicentennial year in 2065.Sheldon Borden, left, and Ray Wilson, right, carpenters with Local 277, completed the project on July 19.

Asian Studies

Students enjoy exclusive access to Japan's treasured monasteries

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Students experienced the art and tradition they had been learning about during the semester.

Evolutionary Biology

Kennedy endowment funds evolutionary biology lectures

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Kennedy taught popular courses about human biology, evolution and forensics.

Student Services

Peer advising program eases transition to college

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Upperclass students help first-year students navigate the social and extracurricular avenues of Cornell.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Male frogs have sex on land to keep competitors away

Cornell Chronicle

When it comes to the birds and the bees, frogs are remarkably diverse: They do it in water, on land and on leaves.Researchers have assumed that natural selection drove frogs to take the evolutionary step to reproduce on land as a way for parents to avoid aquatic predators who feed on the eggs and tadpoles.

History

Mary Beth Norton to lead American Historical Association

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Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History, has been elected president of the American Historical Association (AHA), the principal umbrella organization for the profession. Her one-year term as president will begin in January 2018.

Philosophy

Sympathy for the Rapist: What the Stanford Case Teaches

Arts & Sciences Communications

The Brock Turner rape case at Stanford triggered a firestorm of criticism; an op-ed by assistant professor of philosophy Kate Manne in the Huffington Post helps to explain why.The case, she wrote, “vividly illustrates…all of the ways we collectively ignore, deny, minimize, forgive, and forget the wrongdoing of men who conform to the norms of toxic masculinity, and behave in domineering ways towards their historical subordinates: women.”