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Alumni

Alum continues activism in new role as president of City College

A&S Communications

Vincent Boudreau, Ph.D. ’91 discovered the far-ranging impacts of Cornell's Southeast Asia Program as a graduate student.

Latina/o Studies Program

Alumna explores colonialism in Puerto Rico in aftermath of Maria

A&S Communications

Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico this past fall, and the slow recovery has left scholars and politicians wondering how to best help. On March 5, alumna Rosa Ficek ’03 will explore colonialism in Puerto Rico after this destructive hurricane in a public lecture, “Infrastructure, Colonialism and the State of Puerto Rico after Maria.” The talk, at 3:30pm in Cornell’s Morrill Hall, is free and open to the public.

American Studies

Historian to deliver Seymour Lecture on political activism of athletes

A&S Communications

When NBA star Lebron James criticized President Trump on ESPN, Fox News host Laura Ingraham told him to “shut up and dribble.” Historian Amy Bass will discuss what happens when professional athletes speak publicly about political issues, in this year’s Harold Seymour Lecture in Sports History, "Listen to Athletes for a Change: Race, Politics, and Sports," March 8 at 4:30 pm in Lewis Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall.

Government

Congressional oversight, faltering?

Cornell Research

Although graduate student Claire Leavitt has always held a keen interest in politics, it was only toward the end of her undergraduate degree that she began envisioning a career in the sector.

English

Robert Morgan to appear in History Channel docudrama

A&S Communications

Robert Morgan, the Kappa Alpha Professor of English, will appear in the first episode of the new History channel docudrama, "The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen” on Wednesday, March 7 at 9PM ET/PT.  Morgan was tapped by the History Channel producers (who include Leonardo DiCaprio) for his expertise o

Government & History

Cornell, Yale scholars to debate role of law in preventing war

Cornell Chronicle

Is the pen really mightier than the sword? Specifically, do laws and treaties have the power to stop armed conflicts before they begin? That is the question on the table at the next Einaudi Center Lund Debate, “Can War Be Prevented by Law?,” March 1 at 4:30 p.m. in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall.

Graduate Research

Einaudi Center to provide research help to doctoral students

Cornell Chronicle

The program offers seminars, workshops and mentoring to doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences.

My Zumba Instructor Journey: Dancing my way from California to Cornell!

In our last post of the month, senior Hadassa writes about her journey of becoming a veteran Zumba instructor at Cornell.  By Hadassa Jakher '18, Government and Spanish double major, International Relations and Law & Society double minor

Cassini probe
Astronomy

Pollack receives Cassini model as inauguration gift

Cornell Chronicle

s an inauguration gift, the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science (CCAPS), the Department of Astronomy, and the Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility (SPIF) presented President Pollack with a model of Cassini on Feb. 16 in Day Hall, commemorating three decades of Cornell participation in Cassini’s historic mission.

Government

Plato offers lessons in literacy, artistry, politics

Cornell Chronicle

With one small change in interpretive approach, Jill Frank breaks with tradition in her new book, “Poetic Justice: Rereading Plato’s ‘Republic.’” Taking seriously that Plato appears in none of his texts and insisting that nothing that anyone in any of the dialogues says – including Socrates – should be attributed to Plato, Frank aims to shift how Plato is read.

Comparative Literature

New edited volume examines Russian science fiction

Cornell Chronicle

Anindita Banerjee says Sputnik played an instrumental role in transforming Russian science fiction into a serious object of study.

Science & Technology Studies

Trevor Pinch receives 2018 J.D. Bernal Prize

A&S Communications

Trevor Pinch, Goldwin Smith Professor of Science & Technology Studies, has been awarded the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) 2018 John Desmond Bernal Prize, a lifetime achievement award for his “distinguished contribution” to the field of science and technology studies (STS).

Humanities

‘Arabic Movie’ explores Israeli cultural phenomenon

Cornell Chronicle

Israel and Egypt were at war in 1968, but every Friday night families across Israel gathered in their homes to watch Arabic-language Egyptian movies; Palestinians did as well. “Arabic Movie,” a documentary directed by Sara Tsifroni and Eyal Sagui Bizawi and shown Feb. 12 at Cornell Cinema, offers a glimpse into this phenomenon of cultural connection that lasted more than a decade, exploring why the films were shown and how they were obtained.

Above-ground tombs at the cemetery site of Yuraq Qaqa (Colca Valley, Peru).
Anthropology

Infant skull binding shaped identity, inequality in ancient Andes

A&S Communications

For families in the Andes between 1100-1450 AD, cranial modification was all the rage.

Philosophy

What is Metaphysics?

Cornell Research

Metaphysics includes big, abstract questions about the nature of reality that can’t be fully answered or investigated empirically: questions about whether or not we have free will and the nature of consciousness; about how objects or people persist through time. Are we the same people as we were as babies? Is a table the same if you inscribe your name into its surface? And what about causation, which is so central to our thinking, on what terms does one event cause another?