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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.

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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.

Asian American Studies

Ignoring anti-Asian crimes furthers white supremacist violence

A&S Communications

Eight people were shot and killed Tuesday night at Atlanta-area massage parlors, six of whom were of Asian descent. Christine Bacareza Balance, director of the Asian American Studies Program and professor of performing & media arts at Cornell University, says such violent acts are a part of the white supremacist systemic violence against Black, indigenous, and all other communities of color.

Government

US-China summit: ‘It's so cold in Alaska’

A&S Communications

Top officials from the U.S. and China will meet in Anchorage on Thursday and Friday for the first high level summit after President Biden took office. Cornell College of Arts and Sciences faculty experts Allen Carlson discusses the political and economic implications of the summit.

Astrophysics

Ancient light illuminates matter that fuels galaxy formation

Cornell Chronicle

Using light from the Big Bang, an international team led by Cornell and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has begun to unveil the material which fuels galaxy formation. Lead author is Stefania Amodeo, a Cornell postdoctoral researcher in astronomy, who now conducts research at the Observatory of Strasbourg, France.

Jewish Studies

Director of Netflix hit “Shtisel” highlights Jewish Studies event

Cornell Chronicle

Yehonathan Indursky, director and writer of Netflix hit “Shtisel,” will talk about the series during an online event hosted by Cornell’s Jewish Studies Program on March 24.

Government

President Clinton to speak on the future of U.S. democracy

Cornell Chronicle

President Bill Clinton will join former U.S. Rep. Steve Israel on March 18 for a conversation about the future of democracy in America. The program launches the new Milstein State of Democracy Addresses.

Religion

Same-sex marriage exposes 'cavernous divide' between Vatican, Catholics

A&S Communications

The Vatican’s orthodoxy office has issued a formal response to a question about whether Catholic clergy have the authority to bless same-sex unions, saying the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” Professors Landon Schnabel (sociology) and Kim Haines-Eitzen (religious studies) comment.

Physics

Cheaper, greener particle accelerators will speed innovation

Cornell Chronicle

A team of scientists at the Center for Bright Beams – a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center led by Cornell – are working on the next generation of superconducting materials that will greatly reduce the costs associated with operating large particle accelerators and lessen their environmental impact. The research could also make it easier for smaller institutions and industry to use these critical tools.