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Astronomy

Online exhibit celebrates Golden Record and supports scientific discovery

A&S Communications

A new online, interactive exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of NASA’s Voyager spacecrafts’ Golden Records is raising funds for three organizations, one of them Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute (CSI). “A Message from Earth” represents a “collage of the contemporary human condition,” according to exhibit organizer WeTransfer’s press release.

Alumni

Alumnus helps celebrities navigate the spotlight

A&S Communications

Alum Sam Naimi '17, who double majored in feminist, gender, & sexuality studies, and English literature, talks about his experience working full time in the entertainment industry.

Music

Andy Sheng ’20 wins Cornell Concerto Competition

Cornell Chronicle

Pianist Andy Sheng ’20 is the winner of the 14th annual Cornell Concerto Competition, held Dec. 10 in Barnes Hall Auditorium. He performed the first movement of Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4 and will perform the piece as a featured soloist with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra in a concert March 11, 2018, in Bailey Hall.

Cornell Library

Cornell Press finds new home at Cornell Library

Cornell Chronicle

Starting Jan. 1, 2018, Cornell University Press will report to Cornell University Library.“We look forward to working closely with the first university press in the nation,” said Gerald Beasley, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian. “Both the library and the press share a similar vision to promote a culture of broad inquiry and support the university’s mission to discover, preserve, and disseminate knowledge and creative expression.”

Physics

Newly developed techniques shed light on key protein’s regulatory ability

Cornell Chronicle

Fundamental processes that occur along strands of DNA, including RNA transcription and DNA replication, commonly encounter obstacles – or “roadblocks” – that can impede progress and ultimately result in mutations and/or DNA damage.

Cornell Library

Library ‘portal’ to connect campus with people worldwide

Cornell Chronicle

Inside the high-tech portal, which is made from a shipping container, users will come face-to-face with someone in a different portal elsewhere.

History

Student's history elective leads to first prize essay

Jacob Weintraub's essay explores the failure of the U.S. to use intelligence about Japan’s naval capability in the days leading up to World War II.

Latina/o Studies Program

Mi Comunidad mentorship program fosters community

A&S Communications

The program connects Latinx undergraduate students to graduate students to ease the transition to higher education, encourage community engagement and help students manage academics.

Philosophy

Philosopher’s new book examines fundamental things

Cornell Chronicle

How does the “big” get built up from the “small”? How do belief and thought in a brain emerge from subatomic particles? In her new book, “Making Things Up,” philosopher Karen Bennett tackles the question of how fundamental things determine or generate less fundamental things, and what it all means.

Philosophy

Salma Hayek was destroyed by the same shame that protected Harvey Weinstein

Newsweek

Cornell philosopher Kate Manne, author of "Down GIrl: The Logic of Misogyny," explains in this Newsweek editorial why powerful men get away with abusing women for decades, such as Salma Hayek's treatment from Harvey Weinstein.