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Africana Studies

'Not a local affair': Evanston reparations could harm national movement

A&S Communications

On Monday night the city of Evanston, Illinois approved the nation’s first government-run reparations program that would make funds available to Black families for homeownership and mortgage assistance. Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies, and Noliwe Rooks, the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor in Africana studies and director of the American Studies Program, comment.

Book cover: Constants of the Motion
Poetry and science

Poetry book by Nobel-winning chemist features science, nature

Cornell Chronicle

Roald Hoffmann received a Nobel Prize in 1981 for chemistry—and he’s been writing poetry since the 1970s. His fifth book of poetry, “Constants in Motion,” was recently published by Dos Madres Press. These poems interweave Hoffmann’s scientific perspective with his poetic sensibility.

Student creative works

How to make peace with your phone (and other screens)

A&S Communications

Amy Crouch ’22 thinks fellow students should take a look at the ways tech influences their lives.

Government

Netanyahu enters election in high spirits, despite prospect of deadlock

A&S Communications

On Tuesday, Israelis will vote in their fourth parliamentary election in two years. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party is engaged in a tight race that some commentators say will end up rewarding Netanyahu’s management of vaccine distribution in recent months. Uriel Abulof, visiting associate professor of government, comments.

Government

President Clinton: U.S. in ‘dogfight’ for democracy

Cornell Chronicle

During a March 18 webinar on the state of American democracy hosted by the Institute of Politics and Global Affairs (IOPGA), former President Bill Clinton challenged more than 3,600 students and other viewers to stand up for democratic norms including voting rights.

Academic excellence

New professorship honors Walter LaFeber

A&S Communications

Tom Pepinsky will be the inaugural Walter F. LaFeber Professor.

Student experiences

Student’s Hawaii experience reinforces environmental classwork

A&S Communications

Carl Beach '22 wasn't giving up on a semester abroad -- he decided to take a semester off to work on an organic lettuce farm and learn more of what he's been studying in his environmental education classes.

Performing and Media Arts

Memories, tech intertwine in student play ‘Benchmark’

Cornell Chronicle

“Benchmark,” a play by Information Science Ph.D. student Anna Evtushenko about a woman who relies on technology to preserve her memories, will stream online March 26 and 27.

Physics

Self-folding nanotech creates world’s smallest origami bird

Cornell Chronicle

The researchers have generated a throng of nanoscale machines and components, each seemingly faster, smarter and more elegant than the last.

Performing and Media Arts

Solo performance 'spit fire, drink gasoline (repeat)' premieres March 25

Cornell Chronicle

An original solo performance, “spit fire, drink gasoline (repeat),” created and presented by Levi Wilson ’21, will have its YouTube premiere on March 25, available to view anytime until April 25. The event includes a Q&A with internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller.

Classics

Translation updates Cicero’s treatise on jokes as ‘weapons’

Cornell Chronicle

Michael Fontaine’s lively new translation amuses as well as instructs.

Giving Day

Giving Day brings Cornellians together, shatters records

Cornell Chronicle

In 24 hours, donors raised a record-breaking $10,040,921 to support Cornell students, programs and research on the university’s seventh Giving Day, March 11. Gifts from 14,411 donors poured in steadily throughout the day, with support from all 50 U.S. states, plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C., as well as nearly 80 countries.

Online learning

Event highlights strategies for online teaching

Cornell Chronicle

As instructors and students are still adjusting to the online format imposed on them at the outbreak of the pandemic a year ago, the Cornell Online Learning Community asked speakers and participants at its 7th annual event, “What Works and What’s Next in online teaching and learning?” Over 100 participants gathered virtually on March 9 to look back on a year of online teaching to understand successful strategies to adapt as they continue developing this relatively new learning space.

Student stories

Students save man from frigid lake after fishing mishap

Cornell Chronicle

“I’ve been a swimmer for 15 years, so I didn’t hesitate to jump in," said Alexander Chung '21.

Person places flowers beneath a tree
Philosophy

What Sarah Everard’s Murder Illuminates—And Might Obscure

The Atlantic

Writing in The Atlantic, Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy, argues that we must consider why the Sarah Everard's murder case has attracted so much attention, to the exclusion of many others.