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Africana Studies

Aug. 11 event to honor life, legacy of Dorothy Cotton

A celebration of the life and legacy of civil rights icon Dorothy Cotton will be held Aug. 11 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall on the Cornell campus. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.

Physics

Guinness World Record for micro view into hidden worlds

Cornell Chronicle

In a recent research paper published in Nature, a group led by physics professors David Muller and Sol Gruner claimed a world record for electron microscope resolution using a high-powered detector and a technique called ptychography. Their technique was shown to measure down to 0.39 ångströms or 0.039 nanometers (one-billionth of a meter).

Physics

Garbage to gold: getting good results from bad data

Cornell Chronicle

Researchers sought a way to obtain usable protein structure images without the expense and time of an X-ray free electron laser source.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Awards promote life sciences research and industry partnerships in NY

Cornell Chronicle

… Chemistry and Chemical Biology … A project to develop topical therapies for skin diseases associated with DNA damage and another to … sciences fields – including biomedical engineering, agriculture, veterinary medicine, medicine and pharmacology – …

Faculty awards

Atkinson Center names 2018-19 SSHA faculty fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Sustainability science is getting a big boost from the humanities. And the social sciences. And the arts.Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has named seven social sciences, humanities and arts (SSHA) fellows for the 2018-19 academic year. The annual fellowships are awarded to faculty from across the university whose work broadens and deepens sustainability research.

Government

New book investigates the government-citizen disconnect

Cornell Chronicle

Suzanne Mettler explores this growing gulf between people’s perceptions of government and the actual role it plays in their lives in her latest book.

Student experiences

Sophomore finds purpose and community in fencing, student clubs

A&S Communications

An average day for Conan Gillis ‘21 starts with a math class in the morning, followed by a trip to the Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection at Kroch Library, where he might hold a letter by Thomas Jefferson or view a 1,000-year-old manuscript. In the evenings, he often participates in a fencing practice run by two Olympic-level fencers.

Language study

Linguistics major spends summer immersed in the study of Southeast Asian languages

A&S Communications

Thanks to a fellowship from Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program, Javier Agredo’19  is spending the summer studying Thai at the University of Wisconsin Madison’s Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute.  Agredo, who has a passion for language documentation and preservation, has also had the chance to attend Gamelan performances, a traditional musical ensemble from Indonesia, and explore the city of Madison.

Government

Congress has three tools to counter Trump on Russia

The Washington Post

Government Professor Douglas Kriner writes in this Washington Post opinion piece that Congress has a role to play in reining in a "wayward president."

Student experiences

Summer research offer insights into psychology lab work

A&S Communications

Having worked as a research assistant in Michael Goldstein’s Behavioral Analysis of Beginning Years (B.A.B.Y.) lab at Cornell, Kathryn Garrisi ‘19 was eager to learn how other labs approach the study of the infant mind.

Student experiences

Learning about the law during NYC summer

A&S Communications

Cornell’s Prelaw Program in New York City includes a three-week class followed by an internship.

Government

The welfare boogeyman

New York Times

Suzanne Mettler, The John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, writes in this New York Times opinion piece about President Trump's efforts to rebrand various social programs as "welfare."

What Makes Us Human? Podcast Series

Colonial Love

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.

Alumni

Boochever and Rasmussen step into new roles as trustees

Alumni Affairs & Development

Before she enrolled at Cornell, Yonn Rasmussen ’83, MS ’86, PhD ’89 visited the Ithaca campus with her parents and saw for the first time McGraw Tower, the inside of Andrew Dickson White Library, and the suspension bridge over the gorge. “I remember walking down the well-worn steps of Willard Straight Hall to the cafeteria in the basement and thinking how many Cornellians must have passed through there to make the concave indentation on the stone steps,” she said.

German Studies

Seminar participants explore literary and media theory

A&S Communications

In a light-filled classroom in Klarman Hall, the students don’t seem to notice the verdant courtyard just outside the window, so focused are they on exploring the ties between literary criticism and media studies.