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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

… to discuss clothing choices.” Some of the student teams visited the Schwartz Center in person to work, socially …

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.

Alumni, Student Experiences

Finding your North Star: aligning your purpose and your paycheck

… Star,” says Mike Bishop, director of student leadership for the Office of Engagement Initiatives (OEI) at Cornell University. For the past five years, OEI has contributed to the culture … in order to prevent avoidable deaths. Lauren Braun ’11 visiting a government public health clinic outside Abuja, …

Sociology

Electoral vote will be certified, but violence is inevitable

A&S Communications

The results of the November 2020 elections are schedule to be certified by Congress this week, as allies of President Trump seek to delegitimize the election and the president was revealed to have pressured Georgia’s Secretary of State to “find more votes” for him.

Government

Southern politics, slim margins to force ‘tricky choices’ in Congress

A&S Communications

Georgia will elect two senators on Jan. 5 in a highly anticipated run-off election that will determine party control of the Senate.

Astronomy

New View of Nature’s Oldest Light Adds Twist to Debate Over Universe’s Age

A&S Communications

From a mountain high in Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers with the National Science Foundation’s Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) have taken a fresh look at the oldest light in the universe. Their new observations plus a bit of cosmic geometry suggest that the universe is 13.77 billion years old, give or take 40 million years.