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Sociology

Latinos, Blacks less swayed by college-bound friends

Cornell Chronicle

In new research, Steven Alvarado reports that having college-bound friends increases the likelihood that a student will enroll in college. However, the effect of having college-bound friends is diminished for Black and Latino students compared with white and Asian students, especially for males and especially for selective and highly selective colleges, due to structural and cultural processes.

Charles Petersen
Klarman Fellows

Klarman postdoc conducting ‘radical critique’ of meritocracy

Cornell Chronicle

Charles Petersen, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in history, studies 20th-century American history to better understand the rise of social and economic inequality in recent decades.

History

Oluo offers practical antiracism strategies in MLK Lecture

Cornell Chronicle

Author Ijeoma Oluo, the featured speaker at the virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, held March 1, said the white male in America has always enjoyed relatively unfettered passage – usually at the expense of others.

Psychology

Neuroimaging reveals how ideology affects race perception

Cornell Chronicle

The study appears in a special issue about political neuroscience.

Astronomy

FYS Telescope partners in Canada receive new $4.9 million grant

A&S Communications

A team of Canadian researchers have been awarded $4.9 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to help build a next generation telescope, the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), part of the CCAT-prime project, an international collaboration including Cornell University.

Government

Tech Policy Lab launches with focus on AI

Cornell Chronicle

The lab examines how politics shapes the deployment of new technology that affects the lives of millions.

Alumni support

Cornell to celebrate Giving Day March 11

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell will celebrate its seventh Giving Day March 11, in a 24-hour campaign bringing together Cornellians around the world to show their support for the university and compete in friendly challenges, a trivia night and more.

Government, Sociology

Search committee set for policy school’s founding dean

Cornell Chronicle

The university has launched a search for the founding dean of the School of Public Policy, building excitement about the fledgling school that could formally start operations as soon as this fall.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Milstein program offers events on data privacy, virtual reality

A&S Communications

The Milstein Program is hosting two events this semester open to the public

Engaged learning

Preparing for a dynamic career in international development

As a student in Global Development, Jessica Snyder ’20 explored lessons in the development sector in engaged classrooms — those with four walls and on the global stage.

Government

System of Rice Intensification recognized for climate policy impact

Cornell Chronicle

The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) has been named as a 2020 climate policy "breakthrough" for government initiatives in Vietnam to increase agricultural production there while reducing methane emissions from rice paddies. According to Norman Uphoff, professor emeritus of government, "SRI is one of many forms of agroecological practice."

Richard Boyd
Philosophy

Pioneering philosopher Richard Boyd dies at 78

Cornell Chronicle

Richard Newell Boyd, the Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy and Humane Letters Emeritus, died in his sleep in Cleveland, Ohio on Feb. 20. He was 78.

First-year experience

First-year students make the best of a Zoom-filled year: ‘You’re a lot taller than I would have imagined’

A&S Communications

In some ways, the Class of 2024 is managing better than many people might have expected.

International Studies

Indian MP Rahul Gandhi to speak on democracy March 2

Cornell Chronicle

Indian Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi will join economics professor Kaushik Basu on March 2 for a conversation about democracy, development and life in politics in India and the world.

Two people working in a farm field
John Munson/Cornell University Nfamara Badjie (left) and Moustapha Diedhiou weed the fields at the Badjies' rice farm in Ulster Park, NY
Rural Humanities

Black farming and food security topic of next Rural Humanities webinar

A&S Communications

Rural Humanities will offer a webinar, “Black Land Matters: A Rural Humanities Webinar on Black Farming and Food Security,” on March 4, part of a conversation on Black land ownership, farming and food security.