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Person gesturing to two others: a theatre director at work — Heather Ainsworth/provided Carley Robinson ’20 is directing the play “Fertile Grounds” for Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble.

Community engagement

Theatre collaboration sets stage for community engagement

6/2/2023 Cornell Chronicle

A&S faculty and students are part "Fertile Grounds,” a community-based play premiered by Ithaca theater organization Civic Ensemble.

Several people in long red robes and black caps walk in a line against a red background; one turns to give a thumbs up — Jason Koski/Cornell University Students line up for recognition at the 2023 Ph.D. Recognition Ceremony on May 27 at Barton Hall.

Graduate student honors

Ph.D. graduates celebrated for contributions to knowledge

6/1/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell’s newest doctoral graduates crossed the line "from students to scholars" at the 2023 Ph.D. Recognition Ceremony May 27.

Students in a classroom, seen from behind — Taylor Flowe/Unsplash Classroom

Civics education

We have a civics education crisis – and deep divisions on how to solve it

6/1/2023 The Washington Post

Commentary in the Washington Post: Americans have never agreed about what should be taught when it comes to our nation’s history and government, which has real implications for schoolchildren.

Graduate student research

Translating racial stories

5/31/2023 Cornell Research

PhD candidate Kun Huang considers how Chinese writers have imported and repurposed portrayals of Blackness.

Steven Strogatz in front of a blackboard with "small world" and an illustration on it showing a circle and interconnected lines inside — Jason Koski/Cornell University

Networks

Mathematical model that ‘changed everything’ turns 25

5/31/2023 Cornell Chronicle

The work, along with a few subsequent papers, ushered in the modern era of network science – the results of which are ubiquitous in today’s world.

Steven Strogatz standing next to a table of students who are working on a math problem — Jason Koski/Cornell University Steve Strogatz brings math alive through engaged learning techniques in his class, Mathematical Explorations.

Public Engagement

$5M gift establishes first-of-its-kind professorship in math and science outreach

5/31/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Distinguished mathematician, award-winning teacher and well-known science communicator Steven Strogatz has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Winokur chair.

Russell Rickford

History

Guyana and a global struggle for Black solidarity

5/30/2023 Cornell Research

Historian Russell Rickford tells how a former British colony in South America shaped and inspired a global political and intellectual movement.

Joyce N. Boghosian Speaking at a dinner for the museum in 2022

Alumni

Alum launches first Smithsonian museum dedicated to women

5/30/2023 Cornellians

Lisa Sasaki ’97 is helping to shepherd the high-profile new Washington, D.C., institution into existence

A metal sphere surrounded by two metal rings with a laser beam shooting in both directions from the middle with the stars in the background. — Breakthrough Listen / Danielle Futselaar An artist's conception of an alien device that generates repetitive signals.

Astronomy

Software offers new way to listen for signals from the stars

5/30/2023 A&S Communications

The research aims to detect repetitive patterns, a way to search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) within our cosmic neighborhood.

person speaks into a microphone — Dave Burbank for Cornell University Abraham Sinfort ’23 speaks May 23 at the 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony.

Student honors

Merrill Scholars honor mentors at 35th annual ceremony

5/26/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Forty-three student scholars, including nine from Arts and Sciences, were honored at this year’s 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony on May 23.

Two whales swim in a dark blue underwater scene

Atkinson Center

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.6M in seed grants

5/25/2023 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability’s Academic Venture Fund will support 11 new projects across nine colleges; three include Arts & Sciences investigators.

book cover: The Consciousness Revolutions

Psychology

Book catalogues consciousness from amoeba to human and beyond

5/25/2023 A&S Communications

In "The Consciousness Revolutions," Shimon Edelman traces the evolution of consciousness, from the most basic phenomenal awareness of bacteria to the pleasures and pains of human self-consciousness to the political possibilities of social consciousness.

Two people stand with crossed arms in front of a large, complicated machine — Savan DeSouza/Provided Graduate student Sam Levenson, left, and CLASSE Research Associate Matt Andorf show off the HERACLES beamline in Newman Lab.

Physics

HERACLES beamline to accelerate cathode research

5/24/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell is breaking new ground in electron beam research with the HERACLES beamline, a state-of-the-art electron gun that mimics the harsh environments of the world’s largest particle colliders.

Graduate student research

Student Spotlight: Nic Vigilante

5/23/2023 Cornell University Graduate School

A doctoral student in music with a concentration in music and sound studies, Vigilante studies how music, sound, and performance are used to create “unreality."

Digital image of purple building-like shapes emerging from a blue floor — Google DeepMind/Unsplash Generative AI

Technology

Kreps: Generative AI holds promise, peril for democracies

5/23/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Popularized in 2022 by Open AI’s ChatGPT, generative artificial intelligence threatens to undermine trust in democracies when misused, but may also be harnessed for public good.

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