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22 student entrepreneurs join W.E. Cornell

11/13/2018 Cornell Chronicle

The group addresses the underrepresentation of women entrepreneurs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Near Eastern Studies

How to Text like a Sumerian

11/14/2018 A&S Communications

“Buffalo,” said Jonathan Tenney eight times in a row to the crowded room in White Hall.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

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.

Economics & Government

Cornell faculty, leadership begin to tackle grand challenges

11/14/2018 Cornell Chronicle

The symposium identified themes for Cornell’s Global Grand Challenge 2019-20, a yearlong dedication to a topic through new curricular, scholarly and engaged work across campus.

History

Jonah Goldberg: on populism and identity politics

11/15/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Is the fabric of our civilization being torn by identity politics, nationalism and populism? Are Americans ignoring character and competence in an “us vs. them” political landscape? Political analyst Jonah Goldberg examined divisiveness in U.S. politics and discuss possible solutions in his talk, “Suicide of the West” Thursday, Nov. 29, at 5:15 p.m. in Klarman Hall’s Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium. His lecture was free and open to the public.

Milstein Program

Johnson details computational art history techniques

11/14/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Professor C. Richard Johnson discussed the techniques he innovated using X-rays and algorithms to analyze works of art in his Nov. 9 talk at the A.D. White House, “Studying Vermeer’s Canvases and Rembrandt’s Papers: Two Examples of Computational Art History.”

Astronomy

Google celebrates Arecibo message to extraterrestrials

11/16/2018 A&S Communications

Image: This is the Arecibo message with color added to highlight its separate parts. The actual binary transmission carried no color information. Credit: Arne NordmannToday’s Google doodle celebrates the 44th anniversary of humankind’s first intentional radio message to extraterrestrials, via the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, which was then managed by Cornell.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

New podcast examines courtly love

11/19/2018

This episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series explains how the invention of courtly love helped prevent warfare in medieval Europe.

Social Sciences

With Cornell grants, faculty launch social sciences research

11/15/2018 Cornell Chronicle

How will the rise in sea levels due to climate change affect the fiscal health of U.S. cities? Can virtual reality help architects “try out” a building’s design before construction has even started? How do social processes affect artificial intelligence in high-stakes areas such as sentencing for criminals and job applications? These are a few of the questions Cornell’s social science faculty are exploring this fall, thanks to funding from the Institute for the Social Sciences (ISS). The ISS’s Fall 2018 Small Grant Awards are designed to support faculty as they develop new research and seek external funding.

Classics/History

New podcast offers leadership lessons from ancient history