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Ethics & Public Life

Students chosen for ethics conference at West Point

A&S Communications

Two Cornell students were chosen to participate in the West Point National Conference on Ethics in America last month based on essays they submitted and a recommendation from Cornell’s Program on Ethics & Public Life.

Choosing a major

Exploring Arts & Sciences? Visit the majors/experiential learning fair April 12

A&S Communications

Staff and faculty from departments and programs in the College of Arts & Sciences will offer a festive majors and experiential learning fair from 3:30-5:30 p.m. April 12 in the Groos Family Atrium in Klarman Hall.

Sociology

Princeton professor explores intersection between Jewish, American ghettos  

A&S Communications

Mitchell Duneier from Princeton will visit campus for a 4:30 p.m. talk April 11 about his book, "Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, The History of an Idea." The talk will take place in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Klarman Hall.

English

Library preserves 'Bound for Glory' recordings and folk music history

Cornell Chronicle

Over the past 50 years the world has changed, but “Bound for Glory” has stayed almost exactly the same.

Interdisciplinary

Einaudi Center travel grants to send 100 graduate students packing

Cornell Chronicle

Zhiyu Gong (linguistics) will travel to China to record some of the last remaining speakers of the critically endangered Daur language. Kara Fikrig (entomology) will go to Colombia to study the feeding habits of mosquitoes that carry dengue fever and other diseases. Ali Abbas (applied economics and management) will spend time in Pakistan exploring collusion between citizens and the state in the property tax market.

Plant Biology

Researchers identify the cells that trigger flowering

A&S Communications

How do plants “know” it is time to flower? A new study uncovers exactly where a key protein forms before it triggers the flowering process in plants.Until now, no one has pinpointed which cells produce the small protein, called Flowering Locus T (FT). The study also points to an extensive intercellular signaling system that regulates FT production.

Interdisciplinary

Ape communication explored at Cornell event

A&S Communications

In a talk on “Gestural Communication and Pantomime in Great Apes” March 6 in Cornell's Goldwin Smith Hall, evolutionary anthropologist Itai Roffman from the University of Haifa and three Cornell faculty respondents explored the implications of the latest findings on primate culture and communication.

Peng Chen
Chemistry & chemical biology

Understanding nanocatalysts' 'talk' could better inform design

Cornell Chronicle

Enzymes are nature’s best nanoscale catalysts, and often show what’s known as catalytic allostery – that is, reactions at one site affecting reactions at another site, typically a few nanometers away, without direct interaction between the reactants.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

First proof of hydrogen-bonded water wires could lead to better desalination

Cornell Chronicle

Identifying the chirality of water structures could inspire the design of more efficient purification technologies.

History

Undercover: UCLA Historian to Speak about the Secret Life of Journalist Grace Halsell

A&S Communications

Historian Robin R. G. Kelley will visit campus April 16-18 for three lectures as part of the 2018 Carl Becker Lecture Series.

Student experiences

Meet our student ambassadors

These may be uncertain times, but we are also hopeful for the fall and thrilled to welcome the Class of 2024. Our A&S student ambassadors, like all of our students, are learning remotely for the rest of this semester, but we asked some of them to share their thoughts about their Cornell journey so far, as well as offer words of wisdom for new students.

Alumni

Alumna finds parallels between Cornell experience, working at NYT

A&S Communications

During her time at Cornell, Henig and a friend founded Kitsch, a student publication.

Student publications

Students launch journal to explore connections between politics and space

A&S Communications

When someone commits a crime in outer space, whose laws govern their punishment?

Student experiences

Educational trip brings students to UN to appreciate complex world

A&S Communications

UNITED NATIONS, New York City — A diverse group of undergraduates, graduate students, academic fellows and staff from Cornell took a trip to the city last month to tour the United Nations, learn more about disarmament issues and talk about career prospects with the global organization.

Alumni support

Giving Day 2018 breaks records with philanthropic innovations

Alumni Affairs & Development

Thanks to our generous alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff, students and other supporters, the College of Arts & Sciences exceeded its goals on Giving Day.