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Scholars in the new interdisciplinary field of environmental humanities argue that climate change, water security, environmental justice and other such challenges can’t be solved purely by economic and scientific solutions: Human culture is implicated in ecological conditions.The Spring 2018 Environmental Humanities Lecture Series will bring to campus two leading scholars in the field. All talks in the series are free and open to the public.

physics

Breakthrough made in atomically thin magnets

4/3/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers have become the first to control atomically thin magnets with an electric field, a breakthrough that provides a blueprint for producing exceptionally powerful and efficient data storage in computer chips, among other applications.

Alumni

‘Follow your north star:' Alumna shares career path from footwear reporter to Fortune magazine

4/3/2018 A&S Communications

Leigh Gallagher said memorable classes focused on French literature, psychology, history and a treasure trove of English classes on Chaucer, Milton, Dreiser and Faulkner.

Mathematics

Three mathematicians awarded prestigious Simons Fellowships

4/2/2018 A&S Communications

Three out of the 40 coveted Simons Fellowships in Mathematics for 2018 have been awarded to Cornell mathematics faculty members: Professor Marcelo Aguiar, Associate Professor Lionel Levine and Professor Alex Vladimirsky.

Music

Concert celebrates Ensemble X's 20th anniversary

4/2/2018

Twenty years ago, a musical collective of Cornell and Ithaca College faculty joined together to create an ensemble dedicated to presenting new musical works, and Ensemble X is still going strong. On Sunday, April 15 at 8:00pm at Barnes Hall, they will perform the blockbuster concert of their season in celebration.

Performing & Media Arts

Short-film festival screens work from New York State and Ivy League students

4/2/2018 Department of Performing & Media Arts

Student filmmakers, most from central and upstate New York, will have their short films screened during the fifth annual Centrally Isolated Film Festival (CIFF). During the festival, April 13 and 14 at Cornell University’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, the public and a panel of industry judges will award prizes across several categories.

Performing & Media Arts

Acting students treated to advice from Tony-winning director

4/2/2018

"I was fascinated to see him peel away our over-the-top emotions to find the game and beauty of the text."

Awards and Honors

Professor Jamila Michener wins Early Career Award

3/30/2018 A&S Communications

Jamila Michener, assistant professor of government, was recently awarded The 2018 Early Career Award by the Midwest Women’s Caucus for Political Sciences. The annual award recognizes a female faculty member’s achievements in research and her contributions to political science.

Music

Professor emeritus, musician and scholar John Hsu dies

3/28/2018 Cornell Chronicle

John Hsu, the Old Dominion Foundation Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, died March 24 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was 86.Hsu joined the Department of Music in 1955 and was a member of the Cornell faculty for 50 years, retiring in 2005. He served as department chair from 1966 to 1971 and was named the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in 1976.

Medieval Studies Program

Christian martyrdom narratives explored in Medieval Studies talk

3/28/2018 Cornell Chronicle

In a Medieval Studies Brown Bag Lunch, Eric Rebillard discussed his recent book, “Greek and Latin Narratives about the Ancient Martyrs,” a collection of texts that describe the martyrdom of Christians executed before A.D. 260.

Astronomy & Physics

Cornell researchers build telescopes to measure universe’s earliest light

3/28/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Teams of scientists, including researchers from the Cornell physics and astronomy departments, are collaborating on two of the largest telescopes ever built to take readings on the universe’s oldest light measurable, known as the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB.These telescopes will be placed in the Atacama Desert of Northern Chile and will give scientists new tools to record the earliest signals from the universe.

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