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English

Elisha Cohn: A humanistic point of view

A&S Communications

Animals, neuroscience, consciousness and medicine: Associate Professor of English Elisha Cohn’s interests range far and wide, all seen through the lens of narrative, her driving passion.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

3-D scanning project of 20,000 animals makes details available worldwide

Cornell Chronicle

What began as a Twitter joke between two researchers has turned into a four-year, $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant to take 3-D digital scans of 20,000 museum vertebrate specimens and make them available to everyone online.Cornell’s Museum of Vertebrates, with 1.3 million fish specimens, 27,000 reptiles and amphibians (called herps), and 57,000 bird and 23,000 mammal specimens, is one of 16 institutions involved and promises to feature prominently in the project.

Career Development

A&S Career Development hosts first networking workshop for introverted students

A&S Communications

The prospect of reaching out to alumni and industry leaders seems daunting to most students. For students who are more introverted, networking can be as hard as taking a prelim.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

An iodabenzene story

How can a theoretical chemist tell us something about what it means to be human?

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Study finds key to closing achievement gap in biology education

A&S Communications

The limited racial and ethnic diversity among people in biology-related careers has long roots, according to a new study.As undergraduates, underrepresented minority students face challenges on campus and in the classroom, which can discourage them from pursuing science careers. Research has shown that the use of active learning techniques – such as working in groups and participating in classroom discussions – can help close the achievement gap among undergraduates.

In Memoriam

Chemical evolution expert David A. Usher dies at age 80

Cornell Chronicle

David A. Usher, retired associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, died Oct. 6 at his home in Dryden, New York. He was 80, one month shy of his 81st birthday.

Creative Computing Club

New club combines computer science and creativity

A&S Communications

Michael Lucido ’19 is studying computer science and is minoring in film. Last fall, he searched for a club to join that would appeal to both of his interests.“There were either film clubs that did shooting or CS clubs that did programming,” he said, “There weren’t a lot of technology and creative clubs – they weren’t talking to each other.”

Anthropology

Anthropology grad students receive Fulbright-Hays fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

Two Cornell anthropology graduate students will conduct their fieldwork overseas with support from the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program. Alexandra G. Dalferro and Rebekah M. Cirbassi are among 91 students nationwide who received the prestigious award this year.

Creative writing alumni

Creative writing prize winners to read Thursday

A&S Communications

The Department of English will host the Philip Freund Prize for Creative Writing Alumni Reading at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 in the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall.

English

Meet the English major juggling classes and firefighting

A&S Communications

Raymond Bally ‘19, like every other first year student at Cornell, lived on North Campus freshman year. But a month after moving into his freshman dorm, someone handed him a quarter-card about volunteering to be a firefighter in Cayuga Heights.