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Shiny Things The World Bank Group headquarters building in Washington, D.C.
Climate change

As Kerry presses World Bank on climate, field staff drive global lending reform

A&S Communications

Prof. Richard Clark comments on U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry's call for the World Bank and other multilateral institutions to expand financing for low-carbon projects in developing countries.

Scott Emr
Biological sciences

Emr receives lifetime achievement award

A&S Communications

Professor Scott Emr's work focuses on a pathway that's a key aspect of membrane biology.

Asian American Studies Program
Asian American studies

Asian American Studies celebrates 35th anniversary

A&S Communications

The Asian American Studies Program will hold a symposium with second director Gary Okihiro and other events this year.

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Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash Monday early morning in Shanghai.
China

Xi’s personalized, opaque rule eroding trust in Chinese economy

A&S Communications

Prof. Jeremy Wallace comments on China's report that its third-quarter gross domestic product grew.

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Flag of the African Union
International politics

Role of African Union scrutinized in Ethiopia, Tigray peace talks

A&S Communications

Prof. Oumar Ba comments on the first formal peace talks between the Ethiopian government and Tigray forces since war broke out two years ago.

Madi Fulchiero '23
Chris Kitchen / Cornell Madi Fulchiero '23
Spanish

Senior explores concept of space, representation in films

A&S Communications

Madi Fulchiero is studying Spanish and English and focused her senior thesis on two Disney films.

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Credit: Nina Singh/Cornell University Christine Nyaga, founder of current eLab student startup Scited, pitches her business idea to a crowd at Entrepreneurship at Cornell Kickoff on Sept. 8.
Entrepreneurship

eLab announces record cohort of student startups

Cornell Chronicle

Student founders from any field across Cornell may apply; once accepted, participants engage in entrepreneurship bootcamps, conduct customer discovery, refine their business plans and gain access to a network of successful Cornell alumni, all while earning college credit.

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Artificial intelligence and language

AI is changing scientists’ understanding of language learning

The Conversation

And it is also raising questions about innate grammar.

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Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division Frederick Douglass in 1877
American history

‘Words as battle axes’: A&S professors appear in Frederick Douglass film

A&S Communications

Derrick Spires, Edward Baptist, and Gerard Aching help tell the story of the man born into slavery who became an advocate for African American freedom. 

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Jorge Fernández Salas/Unsplash Stanford University
Klarman Fellows

Klarman fellow’s research prompts Stanford to investigate its practices

A&S Communications

An archive discovery by Cornell historian Charles Petersen reported in an August 2021 newsletter prompted Stanford University to establish a task force to investigate its admissions practices for Jewish students in the 1950s.

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Ivan Serediuk/Unsplash Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine
International relations

Drones ‘arms race’ renews debate on global governance

A&S Communications

The United States is calling for a United Nations Security Council briefing regarding news that Russia is using Iranian drones for its war on Ukraine. Paul Lushenko, doctoral student and co-editor of "Drones and Global Order: Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society,” comments.

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Literatures in English

Juliana Hu Pegues wins ASA book prize for ‘Space-Time Colonialism’

A&S Communications

The prize recognizes the best first book in American Studies released during 2021.

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European politics

Policy inconsistent with UK reality: Cornell experts available on Truss resignation

A&S Communications

Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced she will resign after 44 days in office. Cornell University professors discuss what’s next for the United Kingdom and the European Union.

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Lindsay France/Cornell University Cornell President Martha E. Pollack delivers her State of the University address Oct. 14 in Kennedy Hall.
State of the University

Pollack lauds ‘amazing Cornellians’ in State of the University speech

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell's president highlighted recent achievements of Arts and Sciences faculty.

Goldwin Smith Hall in the fall
Faculty Awards

Weiss teaching award honors eight exceptional faculty

Cornell Chronicle

Four A&S faculty members have been honored for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.