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Government

Comparative government and the future of American democracy

New York Times

A New York Times article highlighted key takeaways from a recent lecture on campus discussing the future of American democracy from a comparative government standpoint. 

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Milstein students learn from World According to Sound producers

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

The classes introduced students to sound technology and podcast recording techniques.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Sea fan corals face new threat in warming ocean: copper

Cornell Chronicle

“Action to alleviate the impact of warming oceans is a priority, but understanding the role of pollutants in coral disease and mortality gives us more options for solutions.”

Molecular Biology & Genetics

T-box structure in bacteria may be target for new antibiotics

Cornell Chronicle

New discovery offers hope as the threat of antibiotic-resistant disease germs grows.

English

English professor receives Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

A&S Communications

Nafissa Thompson-Spires was honored for her debut short-story collection “Heads of the Colored People.”

Computer science

CS undergrads’ research sets sights on image hackers

Cornell Chronicle

The students are all members of the Cornell University Vision and Learning Club, which aims to publish machine learning research at major conferences.

Alumni visits

CNN producer says government major plays key role in career

A&S Communications

“I was fascinated with foreign policy here at Cornell and I soaked it all up," Tom Goldstone '94 says.

Technology and Humanities

Video features Milstein students' summer project

A&S Communications

Community-engaged learning is a core part of the Milstein Program for Technology & Humanity, where students apply their skills to address specific problems with community partners. A new video highlights one collaboration that’s helping to redistribute furniture to people in need.

What Makes Us Human?

Inequalities in the workplace explored in new podcast episode

Cornell Chronicle

“Workplace Rankings,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series, explores power and status in the workplace. The podcast’s fifth season – “What Do We Know about Inequality?” – showcases the newest thinking across academic disciplines about inequality.

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Jason Koski/Cornell University Qihao Li, a post-doctoral researcher in the laboratory of Héctor Abruña, carries out a rotating disk electrode experiment to assess the electrocatalytic activity for one of the lab’s materials.
Education

Putting The ‘Science’ Back Into Science Labs

Forbes

This Forbes news article focuses on the work of Natasha Holmes, Ann S. Bowers Assistant Professor of Physics, and her efforts to innovate student learning.

Archaeology

‘Ghost’ footprints from the Pleistocene made visible

A&S Communications

The fossilized footprints reveal a wealth of information about how humans and animals moved and interacted with each other 12,000 years ago.

Music, History of Art and Visual Studies, Southeast Asian Studies

Indonesian Gamelan performances this week

Department of Music

The Cornell Gamelan Ensemble presents two days of Indonesian performances at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art with visiting guest artists from Java and Bali. On Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m., guest artists Gusti Sudarta (Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Denpasar) and Darsono Hadiraharjo (SEAP Visiting Critic) will perform excerpts of traditional wayang (shadow puppetry), providing audiences a rare opportunity to experience both Balinese and Javanese forms of this vital art form.

Veterans Day

Professor’s Vietnam War service determined his life’s path

Cornell Chronicle

Keith Taylor didn’t want to be a veteran.

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Racker Lecture Series welcomes Richard Lifton Nov. 22

A&S Communications

This year’s Racker lecture series, sponsored by the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, will feature Dr. Richard P. Lifton, president of Rockefeller University, where he is also Carson Family Professor and head of the Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Alumnus novelist visits for talk with Milstein students

… Oct. 17, the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity welcomed screenwriter and novelist Howard Rodman ‘71 to Ithaca … is a student in the Milstein Program. … … Alumnus novelist visits for talk with Milstein students …