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In Memoriam

Biochemist Peter Hinkle dies at 76

A&S Communications

Peter C. Hinkle, Cornell professor emeritus of biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, died May 12 in Ithaca of pancreatic cancer. He was 76.

Alumni

A&S plans host of activities for Reunion 2017

A&S Communications

Hear from Arts & Sciences faculty on topics ranging from neuroscience to detective fiction to music composition to global financial policy.

Comparative Literature

“Any language, any person:” New literary magazine set to prioritize diverse voices

A&S Communications

“Death in the Afternoon,” a literary magazine launched this month, aims to feature the voices of students and non-students from across the globe and in any language. The magazine has an international, intercollegiate and interdisciplinary focus that will represent the intersection between different cultures, genres and mediums featuring diverse talents.

Research & Collaboration

Initiative will connect research across NYC, Ithaca campuses

The project unites investigators making important discoveries relevant to human health and disease.

HIstory

Historian's book traces rise of mass imprisonment

A&S Communications

In the 1970s, politicians – and the public – interpreted the social movements, rising crime rates and economic downtown as proof that welfare programs didn’t work and certain marginalized groups were unfit for full citizenship. These attitudes were codified in a public policy of “getting tough” that echoes today in “law and order” political rhetoric.

Titan near Jupiter
Astronomy

Titan: An Explorer's Utopia

Cornell Research

Alexander G. Hayes, assistant professor of astronomy, first began studying Titan as a graduate student, Hayes' research is described in this Cornell Research story.

First-generation students

Seven first-generation graduates join Teach For America

Cornell Chronicle

Ava Ramsundar ’17 will follow the passion that prompted her to minor in education and join Teach For America (TFA) after graduation. Ramsundar, who majored in psychology and hopes to become a psychiatrist, will teach in Paterson, New Jersey, this fall.Travis Ghirdharie ’17, who majored in government and anthropology, also has joined TFA and will teach social studies at the Math, Engineering and Science Academy in Brooklyn, New York.

Anthropology

Cornell's leadership in Himalayan studies celebrated

Cornell Chronicle

More than two dozen Himalayan scholars gathered at Cornell last month to chart a way through a political and economic landscape that is increasingly hostile to area studies.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Water forms 'spine of hydration' around DNA, group finds

Cornell Chronicle

Water is the Earth’s most abundant natural resource, but it’s also something of a mystery due to its unique solvation characteristics – that is, how things dissolve in it.

Astronomy

Juno spacecraft reveals spectacular cyclones at Jupiter's poles

NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted giant cyclones swirling at Jupiter's north and south poles and Cornell astronomer Jonathan Lunine is part of the mission team working to explore what that might mean, according to this story on NPR.