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History

Historian Margaret Washington featured in PBS film

Cornell Chronicle

Margaret Washington, professor of history, is featured in the new PBS documentary film, "'Tell Them We Are Rising': The Story of Black Colleges and Universities," directed by MacArthur Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson.

Chemistry

Chemist Coates wins prize for best Science paper

A&S Communications

Geoffrey W. Coates, the Tisch University Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has received the 2017 Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Work, Work, Work (By Zoee D’Costa, Not Rihanna)

This week, junior Zoee shares with us what she loves about being a student tutor and a resident advisor on campus.By Zoee D’Costa ’19, Biology & Society Major, Psychology Minor

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Host-microbe institute poised to expand

Cornell Chronicle

As the Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease(CIHMID) wraps up its first year, the launch of its Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) proved to be a highlight, say institute leaders.

Hospital Shadowing in Kerala, India

Welcome back! This month, we have two themes – "Work and Community Service" and "Winter Adventures." Ambassadors will be sharing with us what they did over the winter break and also about jobs or volunteer positions on campus that they love. Junior Nitya starts the month off by telling us about her warm winter break shadowing in Kerala, India.By Nitya Deshmukh '19, Biology and Society major

Music

Chamber Opera "Mila" Premieres in Hong Kong

Mila, a chamber opera with music by Eli Marshall, postdoctoral associate and visiting faculty member in the Department of Music, recently received its world premiere in Hong Kong.

Society for the Humanities

Alumna publishes book, teaches course on U.S./Mexico border art

Society for the Humanities

Society for the Humanities Fellow Amy Sara Carroll MFA ’95 is a poet, scholar, and visual artist whose work engages cultural production at the US/Mexico border. Her first critical monograph, REMEX: Towards an Art History of the NAFTA Era, was released on December 15 from the University of Texas Press. Carroll is spending the 2017-2018 academic year as a Society for the Humanities Fellow, working on her next book, an exploration of three contemporary Mexican filmmakers in the context of Mexico’s global co-production.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Snakes act as 'ecosystem engineers' in seed dispersal

A&S Communications

Herpetologist Harry W. Greene's latest research shows that seeds survive intact through digestion in rattlesnakes.

Caribbean studies

Students have eye-opening experiences on Cuba trip

A&S Communications

Along with discussions about politics, religion and history, the trip included many cultural interactions with local people, including children at a dance school.

Awards & Honors

Mariana Wolfner receives Genetics Society of America Medal

A&S Communications

… Molecular Biology and Genetics … Mariana Wolfner ‘74, Goldwin Smith Professor … Presidential Fellow, has been awarded the 2018 Genetics Society of America Medal for her work on reproduction. The …

Music

Ensembles premiere work from undergraduate composers

A&S Communications

Both undergraduate musicians say they've been composing music since middle school.

Cornell Adult University

Arts & Sciences faculty offer summer adventures

A&S Communications

Nine current or former Arts & Sciences faculty members have designed and will lead on-campus seminars or workshops this summer through Cornell’s Adult University (CAU).

German Studies

New book explores Alexander Kluge’s literary experiments in futurity

The role of “counterfactual hope” in Alexander Kluge’s work, and his “incomparable dedication to the conjoined causes of survival and happiness,” writes Leslie Adelson, formed much of the inspiration for her new book, “Cosmic Miniatures and the Future Sense: Alexander Kluge's 21st-century Literary Experiments in German Culture and Narrative Form.”

Teaching excellence

Cornelia Ye Award recognizes teaching assistants Aguillon, Natarajan

Cornell Chronicle

Graduate teaching assistants Stepfanie Aguillon and Aravind Natarajan have received the 2017-18 Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.The awards were presented by Julia Thom-Levy, vice provost for academic innovation, Jan. 22 at the Eighth Annual Celebration of Teaching Excellence hosted by the Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI).

Neurobiology & Behavior

Inspired by underwater sounds

Andrew Bass connects his childhood love of the ocean and underweater sounds to his fascination with his research at Cornell University. Hear more about Bass' research in this Cornell Research video.