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Interdisciplinary

A&S Digitization Grants program seeks applications

Cornell Chronicle

In research, documents and artifacts must be discoverable online to have the broadest impact. Continuing to recognize this need, the Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences is now in its 11th year of funding projects to create digital collections that are accessible to all researchers.

Alumni

Brooklyn Brewery co-founder named Entrepreneur of the Year

Cornell Chronicle

“I’ve always been very proud of having gone to Cornell," says Steve Hindy ’71, MAT ’73.

Physics

Energy-saving particle accelerator achieves breakthrough

Cornell Chronicle

The technology's capabilities can power the world’s largest accelerators to help scientists unlock the mysteries of the universe.

Performing & Media Arts

PMA Professor and Palestinian Playwright Win NEA Literature Translation Fellowship

A&S Communications

The National Endowment for the Arts has honored Rebekah Maggor, translator, theatre director, and assistant professor in the Department of Performing & Media Arts, with a Literature Fellowship in Translation. Her project is a collaboration with Mas’ud Hamdan, playwright, poet, and professor of Arabic literature and theatre at the University of Haifa.

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Biologist's research offers insight on molecular structures

Cornell Chronicle

Elizabeth H. Kellogg, assistant professor of molecular biology and genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences, considers herself an explorer. She devises and refines techniques for looking at the unmapped terrain within cells so she can discover molecular structures so small they are challenging to detect – yet essential to understanding cell function.

Cornell Cinema, Government, Comparative Literature

Alumna garners eighth Oscar nomination for film editing

Cornell Chronicle

Thelma Schoonmaker ’61 was nominated for her film editing work on “The Irishman.”

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Plants speak ‘roundworm’ for self-defense, study shows

Cornell Chronicle

New research finds that plants manipulate nematodes' pheromones to repel infestations, providing insights into how farmers could fight these pests.

Near Eastern Studies

Anthropologist: Why Trump's threat is unthinkable

CNN

Seema Golestaneh, assistant professor of Near Eastern Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, reacts in a CNN opinion article to President Trump's theats, issued on Twitter this week, to attack sites important to "Iranian culture."

Astronomy

Dancing debris, moveable landscape shape Comet 67P

Cornell Chronicle

A comet once thought to be a quiet, dirty snowball cruising through the solar system becomes quite active when seen up close.

Government

Don't expect Congress to rein in Trump's use of military force in the Middle East

Washington Post

In a Washington Post piece, Professor Douglas Kriner considers the next steps Congress could take given escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

English

Online cultural critic wins 2019-20 Nathan Award

Cornell Chronicle

Soraya Nadia McDonald, cultural critic for The Undefeated, a website that explores the intersection of race, sports and culture, has been named winner of the 2019-20 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.

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Philosophy

Philosophy professor Manne wins book prize for ‘Down Girl’

Cornell Chronicle

Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the 2019 American Philosophical Association’s Book Prize for her first book, “Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny.”The biennial prize is awarded in odd years for the best published book written by a younger philosophy scholar.

Global Learning

Vice provost illuminates Cornell’s global role and impact

Cornell Chronicle

"I would like to see every student at Cornell have the opportunity to have an international experience."

In memoriam

Eminent historian Isaac Kramnick dies at 81

Cornell Chronicle

Isaac Kramnick, the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government Emeritus, a renowned scholar of English and American political thought and history, and a longtime champion of undergraduate education, died Dec. 21 in New York City. Kramnick was 81.Cornell President Martha E. Pollack said Kramnick was “a beloved Cornellian; a teacher and leader who, in his time at Cornell, touched the lives of generations of students, faculty and staff.”

International Studies

New Einaudi Center director launches book in Zambia

Cornell Chronicle

Prof. Rachel Riedl discovered that religious expression is ubiquitous in the public sphere in sub-Saharan Africa.