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Creative Writing

Benjamin Garcia, MFA ’11, wins National Poetry Series award

Cornell Chronicle

Garcia is a 2019 Lambda Literary fellow and has also won the 2018 Puerto Del Sol Poetry Contest.

Physics

Five faculty members elected AAAS fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Five Cornell faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.

Comparative Literature

Book provides a map for reading boundary-challenging author

Cornell Chronicle

… Literature … When he died at age 50 in 2003, prolific Spanish-language writer Roberto Bolaño had only begun to … with “2666,” a 1,000-page book published in the original Spanish in 2004 and translated into English in 2008. But …

Astronomy

Looking for exoplanet life in all the right spectra

A Cornell senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets: a spectral field guide.

Jewish studies

Jewish Studies Program presents reading of 'Enough to Go'

Jewish Studies Program

The Jewish Studies Program will present a staged-reading of the new-old play "Enough to Go" by former Ithaca resident Fred Peretz Cohn on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall on the Cornell Campus. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited, and while tickets are not required, reservations can be made at www.tinyurl.com/enough-to-go.

College Scholar Program

Alumnus turns College Scholar honors thesis into debut novel

A&S Communications

"Pricked" chronicles the adventures of 22-year-old Briar Pryce in a magical, fairy-tale world hidden within modern-day Manhattan.

Humanities

Ghosh named director of new Humanities Scholar Program

A&S Communications

Durba Ghosh, professor of history and director of the feminist, gender and sexuality studies program in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been named the director of the College’s new

History & American Studies

Study reframes the history of LGBT mental health care

Cornell Chronicle

"Clinical activists" in Philadelphia improvised new therapeutic approaches, guided by their own ethics and experiences.

Performing & Media Arts

PMA film professor releases two short films

A&S Communications

Jeff Palmer, assistant professor in the Department of Performing & Media Arts, has released two new short films that continue his mission to capture untold stories.

Alumni visits

Popular Science editor tells students to 'find your own way'

Even though Joe Brown '02 had a meandering academic journey, he said Cornell always welcomed him back.

Physics

Self-assembling system uses magnets to mimic specific binding in DNA

Cornell Chronicle

To make miniature machines that essentially build themselves, researchers took inspiration from DNA origami.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Unusual Metal Regulation—Single-Cell, Single-Molecule Levels

Cornell Research

In this Cornell Research article, the work of Peng Chen is highlighted for his

What Makes Us Human?

New podcast episode explores racism and resilience

“Lived Experience,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series, explores global racial hierarchies and their remedies. The podcast’s fifth season – “What Do We Know about Inequality?” – showcases the newest thinking across academic disciplines about inequality.

Neurobiology & Behavior

How the brain controls food intake

Cornell Research

In this Cornell Research article, Nilay Yapici shares her genetic model organism and its use in understanding food perception and fo

Economics

The power of social connections

Cornell Research

How do lobbyists influence congress, and how do we estimate the reach of social networks?