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Student research

Summer research programs intrigue diverse students

Cornell Chronicle

Visiting students representing the next generation of physicists got a taste of life as a researcher during a pair of eight-week summer programs hosted by the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE).

Ecology & Environmental Biology

NSF awards BTI $1M to study plant-bacteria symbiosis

Cornell Chronicle

To root out the scientific complexities between nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria and its close alliance with plants, the National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million Dimensions of Biodiversity grant to the Cornell-affiliated Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI). Unlocking the genetic and ecological detail behind this symbiotic relationship may help reduce agricultural dependence on synthetic fertilizer.

In memoriam

Joel Silbey, emeritus professor of history, dies at 84

Cornell Chronicle

Historian Joel H. Silbey, the President White Professor of History Emeritus and a member of the Cornell faculty since 1966, died Aug. 7. He was 84.Silbey was a prolific scholar of American history and political behavior, with a particular focus on the 19th century, and his teaching and scholarly interests included the Jacksonian era, sectional controversy, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and quantitative methods in history.

Psychology

Do You Use Somebody’s First Name or Last Name? The Answer Speaks Volumes

Wall Street Journal

Psychology graduate student Stav Atir and Professor Melissa Ferguson write in this Wall Street Journal article about their research into the use of last names or first names based on gender.

Performing & Media Arts

Rising from the ashes: redemption through theater at Auburn prison

Cornell Chronicle

The process of attending a show by the Phoenix Players Theatre Group (PPTG) in Auburn Correctional Facility gives attendees a hint of what it’s like to be a prisoner in the maximum security facility.

Supporting first-generation students

New program welcomes A&S first generation students

A&S Communications

Students spent a week in reading and writing workshops and activities related to academic and career development, health and wellness and financial literacy.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Former Cornell Provost Robert Plane dies at 90

Cornell Chronicle

Robert A. Plane, a professor emeritus of chemistry who served as the university’s eighth provost during the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s, later becoming an innovative Finger Lakes vintner, died Aug. 6 at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Physics

Donald Holcomb, emeritus physics professor, dies at 92

Cornell Chronicle

Emeritus professor of physics Donald F. Holcomb, who served two terms as chair of the department and championed the cause of improving physics education, died Aug. 9 in his residence at Kendal at Ithaca.

Music

Revisiting the Time of J.S. Bach

Cornell Research

This Cornell Research story focuses on Bach scholar and accomplished organist/pianist, David Yearsley, who is exploring not only Bach’s music but also the music of Bach’s wife and their world.

English

American literature scholar kicks off Botanic Gardens’ lecture series Aug. 29

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Botanic Gardens opens its annual Fall Lecture Series with author George Hutchinson, the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture in the College of Arts and Sciences, delivering the 2018 William and Jane Torrence Harder Lecture Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in Call Auditorium. The lecture will be followed at 7 p.m.