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Physics

Lab instructors adapt to remote teaching

Cornell Chronicle

Teaching labs remotely “gave us this opportunity to really pause and think about what are our goals for the students.”

Romance Studies, Comparative Literature

Book on ’60s film has insight on work in modern times

Cornell Chronicle

"What is the dividing line between work and life?”

Mathematics

Game theory suggests more efficient cancer therapy

Cornell Chronicle

Cancer cells not only ravage the body – they also compete with each other.Cornell mathematicians are using game theory to model how this competition could be leveraged, so cancer treatment – which also takes a toll on the patient’s body – might be administered more sparingly, with maximized effect.

Psychology

The Pandemic Could Lead to More Discrimination against Black People

Scientific American Blog Network

African-Americans are already afflicted disproportionately by COVID-19, but economic collapse could make things even worse, writes Amy Krosch, assistant professor of psychology, in an op-ed in Scientific American Blog Network.

Music

Sierra, Stucky concertos featured on radio program

Cornell Chronicle

Two 21st-century works for recorder and orchestra by Cornell faculty composers are included in a recent feature by New York City classical radio station WQXR.

History

Historian Margaret Washington featured in History channel, CNN programs

A&S Communications

Margaret Washington, the Marie Underhill Noll Professor of American History, was recently featured in the History Channel documentary “Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution,” and will appear in a CNN program focusing on women’s history. 

Political Science

Katzenstein wins 2020 Skytte Prize

A&S Communications

The prize is considered the Nobel Prize in political science.

Government

COVID-19 impact: Gustavo Flores-Macías on economic, political consequences

Cornell Chronicle

Political scientist Gustavo A. Flores-Macías compares the economic consequences of COVID-19 to the 2008-09 recession. The pandemic, he says, will result in a poorer and more unequal U.S. society, and it highlights the importance of solutions that require collaboration across borders.

Near Eastern studies & Government

Senior wins Fulbright to teach in country of Georgia

A&S Communications

Along with teaching English, Thomas Nolan hopes to form an American a cappella group with university students in Georgia.

Astronomy, Carl Sagan Institute

Researchers use ‘hot Jupiter’ data to mine exoplanet chemistry

Cornell Chronicle

After spotting a curious pattern in scientific papers – they described exoplanets as being cooler than expected – Cornell astronomers have improved a mathematical model to accurately gauge the temperatures of planets from solar systems hundreds of light-years away.

Government, China and Asia-Pacific Studies Program

How coronavirus changes the political outlook in China and the U.S.

Washington Post

China’s role in the Covid-19 outbreak has elicited a growing backlash, including dueling campaign ads from Democrats and Republicans, writes Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, in a Washington Post op-ed.

Africana Studies, American Studies Program

COVID-19 impact: Noliwe Rooks on representing oneself online

Cornell Chronicle

Interdisciplinary scholar Noliwe Rooks discusses how people curate their home spaces, now that much of work and school is conducted from home via video conferencing. The pandemic has also underlined our need for human contact, she says. Rooks is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Literature in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Performing & Media Arts

Students move annual film festival online

Department of Performing & Media Arts

As Cornell University shifts to remote instruction due to COVID-19, this year's Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF), Cornell’s annual student-run film competition celebrating student filmmakers, will also move online.

VIrtual academics

Choral groups join in virtual listening sessions

A&S Communications

The more than 200 members of Cornell’s choral groups may not be able to sing together each week, but they are still spending time listening and sharing their love of music virtually, with a host of guest visitors this semester.

PMA & English

International group of playwrights, actors combine for livestream

A&S Communications

An Ithaca theatre company is creating a live-streamed performance of a new work from six international playwrights, including a Cornell professor. The piece will premiere May 1.