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Mathematics

Math competition draws upstate girls to Cornell

Cornell Chronicle

Thirty-four four-person teams from 18 schools in upstate New York competed April 29 in Girls’ Adventures in Math (GAIM), a team-based math competition for girls in grades three through eight held at Cornell University and 10 other locations nationwide. The national results have just been announced, and Ithaca’s Cayuga Heights Elementary School finished first in the Cornell competition Elementary Division – and was one of the top five upper elementary teams nationally.

Global Cornell

Ritter, Pollack visit Asia for Cornell’s Asia-Pacific Leadership Conference

A&S Communications

At gala events in Korea and Hong Kong, Dean Ritter and President Pollack highlighted the president’s priorities and provided an update on recent developments and innovations.

Career Development

Summer events connect students, alumni

A&S Communications

Students can connect with alumni in New York City and Washington D.C. in the fields of law, healthcare, media, finance and government/policy.

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Awards and Honors

Faculty honored for teaching and advising

A&S Communications

… focuses on the interplay between combinatorics, geometry/topology and algebra, with an emphasis on matroids and …

Government

No, Trump can’t count on a hawk’s advantage in making peace with North Korea

Sarah Kreps, associate professor of government, writes about the politics behind the potential U.S.-North Korea talks in this Washington Post column.

Women in Science

Women in STEM event to address gender pay gap, overcoming barriers

Cornell Chronicle

Faculty, staff and graduate students will gather for the fifth Empowering Women in Science and Engineering (EWISE) symposium on Wednesday, May 23, in Stocking Hall. The all-day symposium is open to graduate students, postdoctoral associates, researchers and faculty members.

Professor Anna Haskins giving instructions to class
Education Innovation

Sociology department launches Active Learning Initiative project

Cornell Chronicle

The lecture hall boasted hundreds of seats, a room so large the professor had to wear a microphone to be heard. The class is the first of five large introductory lecture courses in the Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, that will be transformed with grant funding from the Active Learning Initiative (ALI) to include a larger share of activities that require student participation and engage students to learn by doing rather than passive listening.

Classics

New Material Culture Lab opens in Goldwin Smith

A&S Communications

On May 2, a ceramics collection hidden away in a Cornell basement for decades got a new home, as the new Material Culture Laboratory in Goldwin Smith Hall had its grand opening.

Humanities Podcast

Unintended Consequences

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's second season, "Where Is the Human in Climate Change?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and the environment. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the spring.

Faculty commentary

Eric Schneiderman and the meaning of strangulation

The New York Times

In this New York Times opinion piece, Kate Manne, assistant professor of philosophy, explores the allegations against the former New York attorney general and the false labeling of his alleged assaults as "choking."