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Jason Koski/Cornell University Riché Richardson, professor of Africana studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Social Justice

Juneteenth marks emancipation’s progress and delay

6/16/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The holiday reminds professor Riché Richardson of exciting celebrations of her youth, but also of obstacles that stand in the way of fully achieving Black freedom.

Literatures in English

Pulitzer Prize winner Alison Lurie to be celebrated in July 1 memorial

6/15/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The service and reception honoring the acclaimed writer's life and work are open to the public.

History

How Herman Melville can help us cope with dark times

6/15/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Prof. Aaron Sachs’ new book tells the stories of two American writers, who he says show us how history can offer hope.

Graduate student life

Student Spotlight: Yongjian Tang

6/14/2022 Cornell University Graduate School

A doctoral candidate in physics from Guangdong, China, Yongjian Tang is a recipient of a 2022 Wu Scholarship.

Five clusters of bright orange light surrounding one cluster of dimmer magenta light — Krishna Mallayya/Provided An example of 3D X-ray diffraction data going through a phase transition upon cooling. The magenta plot shows special points associated with charge density wave formation as they were revealed by the machine learning algorithm X-TEC.

Quantum science

Harnessing machine learning to analyze quantum material

6/14/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Prof. Eun-Ah Kim's research, using a machine learning technique developed with Cornell computer scientists, sets the stage for insights into new phases of matter.

Colorful painting of cartoonish hills, animals, buildings and people — Victor Interiano/University of California Press The cover of Chiara Galli’s forthcoming book will feature this painting by Victor Interiano, a Salvadoran artist based in Los Angeles.

Klarman Fellows

New book documents lives of unaccompanied minors

6/14/2022 A&S Communications

For six years, Klarman Fellow Chaira Galli helped youths from Central America navigate the United States’ labyrinthine asylum process while doing an ethnographic study.

Performing and Media Arts

Filipino Performance Culture

6/13/2022 Cornell Research

… a moment, right after [opposition leader] Benigno Aquino gets assassinated in the play, where I looked at the other …

people watching someone with a video camera

Alumni experiences

Learn & travel with Cornell alumni, faculty this summer

6/13/2022 A&S Communications

A&S faculty will lead many courses on campus and join educational vacations as part of Cornell Adult University.

subway car with flowers growing in it — Wanda Field Artwork from Christel Robinson and Wanda Field appears throughout the book.

Classroom experiences

Students, formerly incarcerated people publish book of creative works

6/10/2022 A&S Communications

A performing and media arts class composed of Cornell students and formerly incarcerated people has produced a book of their writings, exploring their own stories and their discoveries about each other.

Giant white dish-shaped structure set in lush hills — Shami Chatterjee/Provided The 500-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, known as FAST, in Ghizou province, southwest China

Astronomy

Rapid-fire fast radio burst shows hot space between galaxies

6/9/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Sending out an occasional and informative cosmic ping from more than 3.5 billion light years away, these quick-fire surges provide a pathway for scientists to comprehend the perplexing, mysterious and million-degree intergalactic medium.

Oil painting of a person in robes at a desk, holding a flaming heart — Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 78.74 × 62.23 cm Saint Augustine, oil on canvas by Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1645–50

Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow traces ideas of slavery from ancient Rome to upstate NY

6/9/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Toni Alimi’s book project, “Slaves of God,” delves deep into the Augustine cannon, explaining the philosopher’s reasons for justifying slavery.

A stately government building under a partly cloudy sky

Democracy in the U.S.

Jan. 6 hearings: What’s missing are key White House witnesses

6/9/2022 A&S Communications

As the House Committee charged with investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol prepares to hold the first of several hearings on June 9, Doug Kriner and Steve Israel share from their recent poll designed to measure public opinion of election reforms.

Alumni

Chris Pavone ’89 Pens Globe-Trotting Tales Packed with Twists and Turns

6/8/2022 Cornellians

The bestselling author’s latest thriller follows a heroine with a secret past—and a kidnapped husband.

Person casts a net from a canoe on a calm lake — Hennie Stander/Unsplash Fishermen on Lake Victoria in Uganda

Graduate student research

Two Doctoral Students Receive Africa Fund Fellowships

6/6/2022 Cornell University Graduate School

Angela Nankabirwa, doctoral student in ecology and evolutionary biology, will collect and analyze harmful algal bloom samples taken from Africa’s Lake Victoria.

Person staning inside a room with a book shelf — Cornell University file photo In a 2005 file photo, Epoch editor Michael Koch, standing, reviews fiction and poetry submissions in the Epoch Magazine office with creative writing graduate students Douglas Mitchell M.F.A ’07 and Stephanie Gehring M.F.A ’07.

Creative Writing Program

Michael Koch, Epoch editor, remembered for ‘quiet grace’

6/7/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Koch’s expertise made a mark on American literature and influenced writers who went on to publish bestselling and prize-winning works of fiction and poetry.

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