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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.

Astronomy

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

11/12/2018 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.

History of Art

Art book reveals inner world of ‘The American Fraternity’

11/14/2018 Cornell Chronicle

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

Government

A&S student presents research at Emerging Scholars conference

11/13/2018 A&S Communications

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

Both Work and Fun: Watershed Conservation in Alaska

… '20, Biological Sciences (Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Concentration) My name is Tait Stevenson and I am a biological sciences major concentrating in ecology and evolutionary biology. I was …

Student research

Event connects Arts & Sciences scholars across the college

11/13/2018 A&S Communications

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

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Podcast examines the psychobiology of love

11/12/2018

“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.

Alumni

Alumna fights to eradicate polio

11/12/2018 A&S Communications

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

Science and Technology Studies

Experts on gender and plant breeding at Nov. 10 symposium

11/9/2018 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

11/9/2018 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

11/9/2018 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.

History