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Sociology

Biden’s inaugural ‘theater of unity’ offers rebuke to violence

A&S Communications

On Wednesday, former Senator and Vice President Joe Biden will be inaugurated as President of the United States. His inauguration takes place amid continued challenges presented by COVID-19 and the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Astronomy

NASA extends Cornell-involved Juno, InSight missions

Cornell Chronicle

NASA’s Juno spacecraft – currently orbiting Jupiter, flying close approaches to the planet and then out into the realm of the Jovian moons – and the InSight lander, now perched in Mars’ equatorial region, have both received mission extensions, the space agency announced Jan. 8. Cornell astronomers serve key roles on both projects.

Migrations Initiative

Migrations initiative wins $5M Mellon grant for racial justice

Cornell Chronicle

Migrations: A Global Grand Challenge, part of Global Cornell, has won a three-year, $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative that will bring together scholars across the university and beyond to study the links between racism, dispossession and migration.

Government

Perceived erosion of democracy spawns new campaign

Cornell Chronicle

During his 16 years representing a Long Island district in Congress, Steve Israel said he saw divisiveness and partisanship grow exponentially. By the time he retired from the House of Representatives in 2017, compromise and respect for democratic norms seemed almost irrelevant, he said, and his biggest fear was not of foreign conflict but internal division.

Asian Studies

Professor to use fellowship for WWI ‘trench art’ study

Cornell Chronicle

Ding Xiang Warner, professor of Asian studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won a yearlong 2021 fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to study etched shell casings and other “trench art” made by some of the Chinese laborers who supported the allied armies during World War I.

College Scholar Program

A&S selects 24 sophomores for College Scholar program

A&S Communications

The scholars design their own interdisciplinary major, organized around a question or issue of interest.

Government, Klarman Fellows

Study: Americans skeptical of COVID-19 contact tracing apps

Cornell Chronicle

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, technologists and health officials have looked to technologies – including smartphone contact tracing applications – to stem the spread of the virus. But contact tracing apps, which require a critical mass of adopters to be effective, face serious obstacles in the U.S., Cornell researchers have found.

Alumni

Lovevery co-founder named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year

Cornell Chronicle

Entrepreneurship at Cornell has named Jessica Rolph ’97, MBA ’04, co-founder and CEO of early childhood development startup Lovevery, its 2021 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year. Rolph will be honored at the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Eclectic Convergence conference, Nov. 12 in New York City.

Science and Technology Studies

Hilgartner co-leads new COVID-19 policy research

Cornell Chronicle

A comparative analysis of COVID-19 policies across 18 countries, led by researchers from Cornell and Harvard University, reveals that different countries reacted to the pandemic with a variety of policies – resulting in widely varied public health and economic outcomes linked to underlying characteristics of each society.

Government

Roper Center hosts forum on public opinion polling

Cornell Chronicle

While some consider public opinion polls critical to democratic accountability, others question the ability of today’s pollsters to accurately reflect the public’s preferences on issues and candidates.

Astronomy, Physics, Carl Sagan Institute

Astronomers find possible hints of low-frequency gravitational waves

Cornell Chronicle

An international team of astronomers – including 17 Cornellians – report they have found the first faint, low-frequency whispers that may be gravitational waves from gigantic, colliding black holes in distant galaxies. The findings were obtained from more than 12.5 years of data collected from the national radio telescopes at Green Bank, West Virginia, and the recently collapsed dish at the Arecibo Observatory, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Performing & Media Arts

“Off-Campus/On Screen" films have encore presentation Jan. 24

A&S Communications

Morales is excited to be a first-year student at Cornell, but she’s experiencing her first semester online from her apartment in the Bronx. Her parents have lost their jobs, so she and her sister are working part-time to support the family. And she’s tired of hearing other students say “we’re all in the same boat,” because, frankly, her boat seems a lot less seaworthy than many of her classmates.’

Cornell Center for Social Sciences

Center’s grants seed diverse research in the social sciences

Cornell Chronicle

How do perceptions of luck shape views about inequality and redistribution? Could interventions nudge hiring managers to evaluate job candidates blindly, and thus more objectively? Has remote instruction during the pandemic improved student interactions and equity in science labs?

Government

Police ‘unprepared’ and possibly ‘complicit’ in Capitol breach

A&S Communications

U.S. Capitol Police failed to stop a mob of Trump supporters from breaching the Capitol building on Wednesday and disrupting Congress’ final electoral count.

Advising

Ray Kim named new director of advising in A&S

A&S Communications

Kim looks forward to leading the advising staff as they work to support students during this challenging time.