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Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Plan now to attend April 19 panel on political polarization and the media

A&S Communications

Distinguished alumni and Cornell faculty will explore whether media are helping or worsening the political divide and what can be done.

Student experiences

Summer experience grant removes barriers of access for students

A&S Communications

Students can receive financial support for their remote and in-person summer work opportunities.

Economics

In pandemic, students with tech-savvy teachers fared better

Cornell Chronicle

“It is the courses that have intentional, structured peer interaction that have the least loss in learning."

Government

Voter suppression started way before Jim Crow. It’s a longstanding American tradition.

The Washington Post

David A. Bateman, associate professor of government, writes in the Washington Post that a new law passed by the Georgia legislature that would restrict access to voting is part of a nationwide push among Republicans to curtail ballot access, the latest wave of efforts to restrict voting, dating back to the 2000s.

Africana Studies

Expert discusses Biden’s sweeping infrastructure package

A&S Communications

The Biden administration is making a pitch this week for new legislation that could provide a combined $3 trillion for infrastructure such as roads, rail lines, electric vehicle charging stations and grid upgrades, while investing in universal pre-kindergarten, paid family leave and free community college. Noliwe Rooks, the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor in Africana studies and an expert on the role of segregation in American society, comments.

Alumni creativity

Alumnus shares public health messages through comic illustrations

A&S Communications

What began as a class project exploring a fraught period of Ithaca history has transformed into a COVID-related comic that Leo Levy ’20, hopes can reach people with a lesson from the past and an accessible message about public health.

College Leadership

Dean announces transitions on Arts & Sciences leadership team

Cornell Chronicle

Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, has announced transitions in the College’s senior leadership team that will take place on July 1.

Physics

Neil Ashcroft, world-renowned theoretical physicist, dies at 82

Cornell Chronicle

Neil W. Ashcroft, the Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences and a leading theorist in condensed matter physics, died March 15 in Ithaca. In the late 1960s and first half of the 1970s, he collaborated with David Mermin, professor emeritus of physics, to write “Solid State Physics,” which became the gold standard of textbooks for their discipline.

Illustration of future north campus residence halls
An artistic rendering for how the new North Campus Residential Expansion halls will look in fall 2021.
University news

New residence halls named for Hu, Morrison, Ginsburg

Cornell Chronicle

Hu Shi 1914, Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 are honored in the North Campus expansion.

Evanston, Illinois
Image by Madcoverboy; Creative Commons license 3.0 Evanston, Illinois
Africana Studies

'Not a local affair': Evanston reparations could harm national movement

A&S Communications

On Monday night the city of Evanston, Illinois approved the nation’s first government-run reparations program that would make funds available to Black families for homeownership and mortgage assistance. Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies, and Noliwe Rooks, the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor in Africana studies and director of the American Studies Program, comment.

Book cover: Constants of the Motion
Poetry and science

Poetry book by Nobel-winning chemist features science, nature

Cornell Chronicle

Roald Hoffmann received a Nobel Prize in 1981 for chemistry—and he’s been writing poetry since the 1970s. His fifth book of poetry, “Constants in Motion,” was recently published by Dos Madres Press. These poems interweave Hoffmann’s scientific perspective with his poetic sensibility.

Student creative works

How to make peace with your phone (and other screens)

A&S Communications

Amy Crouch ’22 thinks fellow students should take a look at the ways tech influences their lives.

Government

Netanyahu enters election in high spirits, despite prospect of deadlock

A&S Communications

On Tuesday, Israelis will vote in their fourth parliamentary election in two years. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party is engaged in a tight race that some commentators say will end up rewarding Netanyahu’s management of vaccine distribution in recent months. Uriel Abulof, visiting associate professor of government, comments.

Government

President Clinton: U.S. in ‘dogfight’ for democracy

Cornell Chronicle

During a March 18 webinar on the state of American democracy hosted by the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs (IOPGA), former President Bill Clinton challenged more than 3,600 students and other viewers to stand up for democratic norms including voting rights.

Academic excellence

New professorship honors Walter LaFeber

A&S Communications

Tom Pepinsky will be the inaugural Walter F. LaFeber Professor.