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Government & Sociology

Germany’s far-right party AfD won the Facebook battle. By a lot.

9/26/2017 The Washington Post

Graduate students Thomas Davidson and Julius Lagodny report on their research into social media use by Alternative for Germany (AfD)in this Washington Post opinion piece.The pair, who are studying in the fields of sociology and government, undertook the project to determine whether the party's social media use helped it to win 12.6 percent of seats in Germany's recent parliamentary elections, a number that surprised many.

Education Innovation

Education researcher Natasha Holmes transforms physics lab courses

9/27/2017 Cornell Chronicle

Walk into the lab section of any science course and you’ll see students busy with beakers, microscopes, calculators and more. But what’s really going on in their minds?

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

A view from the science of non-humans

9/27/2017

Studies of animal behavior move psychologist Elizabeth Adkins-Regan to ask whether there is even such a thing as “human.”

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

The future of human-robot interaction

9/27/2017

Roboticist Guy Hoffman describes a future with robots based on relationship, not conflict.

Mathematics

Mathematician to examine gerrymandering solutions in Kieval Lecture

9/28/2017 A&S Communications

Mathematician Moon Duchin of Tufts University will discuss how mathematicians can make meaningful interventions in the redistricting process in this year’s Kieval Lecture, “Political geometry: Mathematical interventions in gerrymandering,” on Thursday, October 5, 4:00 pm in Martha Van Renssalaer Hall G71

Humanities

Arts & Sciences Launches ‘What Makes Us Human’ Podcast Series

9/28/2017 A&S Communications

The series showcases the newest thinking from across the disciplines about what it means to be human in the 21st century.

Romance Studies

Two professors nominated for prestigious short story award

9/28/2017 A&S Communications

This story has been updated.

Sustainability

Environmental Humanities Lecture Series begins Oct. 4

9/29/2017 A&S Communications

The 2017-18 Environmental Humanities Lecture Series will bring to campus four pioneering scholars in the environmental humanities, beginning with Heidi Hutner (Stony Brook University).

Community engagement

Community engagement initiatives deliver reciprocal benefits

9/29/2017 Cornell Chronicle

On Sept. 27, a forum in downtown Ithaca with faculty, staff, and partners offered stories of experiences and answered questions about implementing community-engaged initiatives.

New directors

Area studies programs welcome new directors

9/29/2017 Einaudi Center

Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) and Cornell Institute for European Studies (CIES) welcomed new faculty leadership this fall.

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