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Science and Technology Studies

Experts on gender and plant breeding at Nov. 10 symposium

Cornell Chronicle

Experts in gender and research on plant breeding tools will gather at Cornell Nov. 10 to address that topic in public talks, 9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in B75 Warren Hall. RSVP here.

Government

Defining 'the people,' expanding the vote

Cornell Chronicle

It’s a little-known fact of U.S. history that in the early 1800s, while most African-Americans were enslaved, freed black men in some states had the right to vote.

Alumni

Five alumni to serve in the 116th Congress

Ezra

Sharice Davids J.D. '10 is one of the first two Native American women elected and A&S grad Kurt Schrader ’73 was re-elected to a sixth term in Oregon.

Alumni

Alumna fights to eradicate polio

A&S Communications

Deblina Datta '90 visited campus Oct. 19 for a career conversation hosted by the Arts & Sciences Career Development Center.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Podcast examines the psychobiology of love

“Love Science” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series, explores the behavioral, psychological, and neural components of love -- and its loss.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Love Science

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's third season, "What Do We Know about Love?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and love. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the fall semester.

Student research

Event connects Arts & Sciences scholars across the college

A&S Communications

Students included College Scholars, Presidential Research Scholars, Tanner Dean’s Scholars, McNair Scholars and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows.

Government

A&S student presents research at Emerging Scholars conference

A&S Communications

Vanessa Navarro Rodriguez '19 works to understand why sexual exploitation happens during U.N. peacekeeping missions.

History of Art

Art book reveals inner world of ‘The American Fraternity’

Cornell Chronicle

The black, faux-leather book cover declares “The American Fraternity,” and nothing else. The title page reads only “Ritual of Initiation.”

Astronomy

For arid, Mars-like Peruvian desert, rain brings death

Cornell Chronicle

When rains fell on the arid Atacama Desert, it was reasonable to expect floral blooms to follow. Instead, the water brought death.An international team of planetary astrobiologists has found that after encountering never-before-seen rainfall three years ago at the arid core of Peru’s Atacama Desert, the heavy precipitation wiped out most of the microbes that had lived there.