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College Scholars
College Scholar

College Scholars explore Japanese cultural property to tech design

Cornell Chronicle

The College Scholar program allows students to design their own interdisciplinary majors.

History

History grad has front row seat to D.C. drama

Ezra

When Jordan Fabian ’09 walks the halls of the White House, he always has three questions in his mind, just in case President Donald Trump happens to pass him in the hallway.

Anthropology & Romance Studies & Latina/o Studies Program

Alumna researches the politics of infrastructure in Puerto Rico

Ezra

Rosa Ficek '03 majored in anthropology and Spanish as an undergrad at Cornell.

History of Art

Students curate Johnson Museum exhibit

Cornell Chronicle

A new student-organized exhibition at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art surveys American artists’ use of landscape as the country expanded between the middle of the 19th and 20th centuries.

American Studies & History

Jelani Cobb to address questions of policing and racial justice in Krieger Lecture

A&S Communications

The escalating tensions between police and the black community in the United States will be the subject of the 2018 Krieger Lecture in American Political Culture, delivered by historian Jelani Cobb. The event will include a screening of Cobb’s PBS Frontline documentary “Policing the Police,” followed by a conversation with Russell Rickford, associate professor of history in the College of Arts & Sciences.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Podcast explores science fiction and the human future

A&S Communications

A new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series explores how science fiction can help make sense of climate change.

Martha Haynes
Astronomy

Martha Haynes tours the heavens in Phi Beta Kappa lecture

Cornell Chronicle

Martha Haynes, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, led an audience of students and faculty on a “journey across space and time” April 25 in Philip Lewis Hall.

Philosophy & Comparative Literature

Jae Hun Shin: 'There is a great deal of value in challenging yourself to work outside of your comfort zone'

Jae Hun ShinPhilosophy & Comparative LiteratureSeoul, South KoreaWhat is your main extracurricular activity--why is it important to you?

Sociology & Chemistry

Ming Zhe Choong: 'Do not hesitate to take courses outside of your comfort zone'

Ming Zhe ChoongSociology & ChemistrySingaporeWhy did you choose Cornell?I chose Cornell because I appreciated the breadth of the course catalog offered by its various colleges. Moreover, while I entered Cornell already intending to major in chemistry, I was inclined to explore the liberal arts curriculum and use the flexibility of course selection to delve into subject matters beyond STEM.

Government

Michaela Novakova: 'The Cornell community made me feel at home'

Michaela NovakovaGovernmentBrno, Czech RepublicWhy did you choose Cornell?I chose Cornell because it is an incredibly welcoming environment where people with different backgrounds can thrive. I am an international student, but the Cornell community made me feel at home here, supported and unfettered in the pursuits of my academic and extracurricular passions.What Cornell memory do you treasure the most?