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Alumni support

Alums sponsor new event in Boston to help students navigate careers

6/14/2019 A&S Communications

The Arts & Sciences Career Connections Committee was established in 2010 to connect more students with alumni.

Summer at Cornell

Free events feature music, speakers, performing artists

6/11/2019 Cornell Chronicle

The 2019 Free Summer Events Series at Cornell features a diverse lineup of local and international musicians, speakers and performers on campus every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from June 28 through Aug. 2. All events are at 7 p.m. and are open to the public.

Mathematics

How many taxis can scan a city? Fewer than you’d think

6/11/2019 Cornell Chronicle

Just 10 taxis equipped with mobile sensors can survey a third of Manhattan’s streets in a day, inexpensively gathering valuable data about factors such as air quality, street conditions and bridge stability to provide an accurate and timely snapshot of a city’s health, according to a new study.

Reunion 2019

Panel considers role of the press in a time of lies

6/13/2019 A&S Communications

A reunion panel featured journalists and professors taking on the problem of "fake news."

Facilities

Henry Crans retires after 50 years at Cornell University

6/12/2019 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell community is invited to celebrate the retirement of Henry Crans, director of facilities for the College of Arts and Sciences, after 50 years at Cornell. The drop-in reception will be on Tuesday, June 25, 1-4 pm in the Groos Family Atrium in Klarman Hall.

Classics

New book explores images of Egypt in Roman domestic spaces

6/12/2019 A&S Communications

Photo right: Garden triclinium (outdoor dining benches) at the Casa dell’Efebo, a wealthy house in Pompeii. Paintings of Egyptian landscapes decorate the sides of the benches where people once reclined to dine, and an artificial canal once flowed between the benches. (Photo by Caitlín Barrett)

Government

Trump’s hardball tactics could implode Mexico’s immigration system

6/12/2019 Los Angeles Times

In this Los Angeles Times opinion piece, Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, associate professor of government, discusses the impacts of Trump's tariff threats to Mexico.

Performing & Media Arts

Professor Ellen Gainor speaks at London’s National Theatre

6/11/2019 Performing & Media Arts

This summer, London’s famed National Theatre is staging Githa Sowerby's 1912 play Rutherford and Son, which is on the Theatre’s list of the top 100 plays of the 20th century. Prior to the play’s opening, the National Theatre invited J.

Staff

College staff celebrate summer with Arts Quad picnic

6/11/2019 A&S Communications

Adorned with feathers, strings of (faux) pearls and false mustaches, College of Arts & Sciences staff celebrated the end of the year with a “Great Gatsby”-themed picnic on the Arts Quad.

Government & history

U.S. must get its house in order, Hadley says in Olin Lecture

6/10/2019 Cornell Chronicle

Former national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley ’69, right, in conversation with former Rep. Steve Israel, left, director of Cornell’s Institute of Politics and Global Affairs, at the Olin Lecture June 7 in Bailey Hall.

Mathematics

Hyperbolic crochet ‘goes viral’

6/11/2019 A&S Communications

Brightly colored crocheted hyperbolic planes spread across tables in the Mathematics Library, welcoming alumni and their families to a talk with Daina Taimina on her signature method of tactile exploration of hyperbolic geometry and the new second edition of her book, “Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes: Tactile Mathematics, Art and Craft for All to Explore.”

Staff awards

Pollack lauds staff expertise, service at 64th annual dinner

6/6/2019 Cornell Chronicle

Following 10 years working in Cornell’s telecommunications department, Henry Crans has been the director of facilities in the College of Arts and Sciences for 40 years, overseeing the construction of buildings from conception to occupancy. He especially is proud of Klarman Hall, which he considers one of the most beautiful buildings on campus. Crans has also worked part time with Cornell Outdoor Education teaching rock climbing, wilderness camping and cross-country skiing.

Graduate student projects

Eighteen receive Engaged Graduate Student Grants

6/5/2019 Cornell Chronicle

Eighteen Cornell doctoral students have received 2019-20 Engaged Graduate Student Grants totaling $269,397, which will support community-engaged research relevant to their dissertations.

Mathematics

Polytopes

6/7/2019

The research of Karola Meszaros, assistant professor of mathematics, is featured in this story on Cornell Research.

Performing & Media Arts

Balancing Two Worlds

6/6/2019 Performing & Media Arts

Nic Ceynowa feels lucky to live a dual life. In addition to his job as a DevOps Engineer for Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, he teaches and choreographs dance in the Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA).

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