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Performing & Media Arts

“The Awakening of Spring” sheds light on chasm between youth and adults

Performing & Media Arts

Since its 1906 debut, “The Awakening of Spring,” by German playwright Frank Wedekind, has often been criticized and sometimes banned for its controversial subject matter, including sexuality, violence, and mistrust between generations.

Mathematics

‘Beautiful’ oddity unveiled at math library

Cornell Chronicle

On Oct. 25, Cornell’s Department of Mathematics unveiled a strange, shiny object that’s made from one material, has uniform density, and always rests on the same side no matter how it’s rolled or set down.

Biological sciences

New tool gives deeper understanding of glioblastoma

Cornell Chronicle

Researchers in the lab of Charles Danko at the Baker Institute for Animal Health have developed a new tool to study genetic “switches” active in glioblastoma tumors that drive growth of the cancer. In a new paper in Nature Genetics published Oct.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Hispanic-serving institutions partner with CHESS

Cornell Chronicle

Héctor D. Abruña, the Emile M. Chamot Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has been working to promote underrepresented minorities in the sciences at Cornell for more than 30 years.

Milstein Program

Intersection of art history and tech topic of Milstein lecture

Cornell Chronicle

C. Richard Johnson will speak about the field of computational art history and discuss preserving and authenticating the works of Vermeer and Rembrandt Friday, Nov. 9, at 5 p.m. in the Guerlac Room of A.D. White House, followed by a buffet dinner. His talk, “Studying Vermeer’s Canvases and Rembrandt’s Papers: Two Examples of Computational Art History,” is part of the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity Speaker Series.

Student Activities

Glee Club to sing its history at Nov. 3 concert

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell University Glee Club, the university’s oldest, continuously operating student organization, will celebrate its sesquicentennial with a free concert. The group will sing pieces from different eras Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. in Sage Chapel. The event is open to the public.

History

Political analyst explored America’s divisions in lecture

Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings revealed how divided America has become. Noted author and political analyst Henry Olsen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, explained how America has arrived at this divisive state and how it can move forward. His talk, “Our House Divided: Lincoln, Trump, and America’s Irrepressible Conflict,” was held Oct. 30 at 5:15 p.m. in Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. The talk was free and open to the public.

Science and Technology Studies

Seth featured on Inside Higher Ed podcast

Inside Higher Ed

Suman Seth, associate professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, explains seasoning sickness in this podcast on Inside Higher Ed. 

Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

FGSS event to explore fracking, environment and citizen impacts

A&S Communications

Acclaimed poet Julia Kasdorf and award-winning documentary photographer Steven Rubin, co-authors of “Shale Play,” will be reading on Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. at Buffalo Street Books. This will be followed by the event, “F Word: Poems + Photographs of Witness from Pennsylvania’s Fracking Fields,” on Nov. 12 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in 122 Rockefeller Hall.

Physics

Cornell receives nearly $3.5M in federal push for quantum information research

Cornell Chronicle

Four Cornell researchers have received grants from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a $218 million federal push to advance quantum information science.

Government & American Studies Program

Library study named in honor of Isaac Kramnick

Cornell Chronicle

Studied by scholars of English and American political thought and by Cornell students in particular, Isaac Kramnick’s books form a sizable collection on the shelves of Cornell University Library. Now, through a tribute by Elisabeth Boas and Art Spitzer – both from the Class of ’71 – his name has been emblazoned on a prominent place surrounded by books and scholarship: the Isaac Kramnick Faculty Research Study in Olin Library.

Economics

Political economist to discuss immigration as part of Oct 31 lecture

A&S Communications

Political economist Alberto Alesina will discuss "Immigration and Redistribution: Perceptions Versus Reality” at an Oct. 31 lecture as part of the George Staller Lecture series.

Performing & Media Arts

Two People Encounter Infinite Possibilities in “Constellations”

Performing & Media Arts

How many chances do we get to make a first impression? For Roland and Marianne, the two protagonists in Constellations by Nick Payne, the answer is infinite. In the play, running November 1–3 in the Black Box Theatre at Cornell’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Payne proposes that life exists in a multiverse, in which countless parallel existences play out simultaneously, allowing for an infinity of possible futures.

Economics

Hatfield fellow to address economics, empathy in leadership Nov. 1

Cornell Chronicle

Sandra E. Peterson ’80 will speak on “Reconstructing Leadership: Why Economics and Empathy Matter in Equal Measure,” Thursday, Nov. 1, at 4:30 p.m. in Alice Statler Auditorium as Cornell’s 36th Robert S. Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education.

Student internships

Student athletes: Sports contributed to internship success

The ability to work in a team and communicate effectively are some of the valuable skills Sophia Beaudoin ‘20 learned by being part of the volleyball team. Beaudoin says she was able to bring these skills into her internship with Senator Mark Warner in Washington D.C.