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A panel discussing the Voyager anniversary
Astronomy

Cornellians celebrate the Voyagers’ historic Golden Record

Cornell Chronicle

Four decades after NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, about 800 Cornellians gathered at Bailey Hall Oct. 19 to celebrate the unprecedented mission, its famous Golden Record and the university’s role in the mission.

Cornell Tech-Ithaca partnerships

Milstein: Program will embrace long-held Cornell ethos

Cornell Chronicle

“Think differently” – it’s been a central theme at Cornell for more than 150 years and a driving force behind numerous educational initiatives including the new Cornell Tech campus, which opened this fall on Roosevelt Island in the heart of New Yor

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Community read

Faculty host community read, discussion: 'On Tyranny'

A&S Communications

“History doesn’t repeat, but it does instruct” is the ethos of Timothy Snyder's new book, ‘On Tyranny-Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” Four Cornell professors will be holding a community read and public discussion of Snyder’s book that has been described as presenting “twenty lessons from the twentieth century adapted to the circumstances of today.”

Latina/o Studies Program

Award-winning poet, actor, activist to visit Nov. 2

A&S Communications

Carlos Andrés Gómez, an award winning poet, actor, speaker, and writer from New York City, will be visiting Cornell for a public performance sponsored by the Latina/o Studies Program, at 5:30 p.m., Nov. 2, in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorum (132 Goldwin Smith Hall).

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

The Law and the Human

The law plays a role in the social construction of what it means to be human

Career Development

Consortium connects Arts and Sciences students to potential employers

A&S Communications

A&S students can set up interviews in fields such as law, communications, marketing or scientific research.

How to Complete Distribution Requirements While Watching Music Videos

Writing on the theme of "Easing Back into Classes," junior Sheyla tells us about an exciting class on Beyoncé, intersectional identity, and feminism.  By Sheyla Finkner '19, Biology and Society major

History of art

Exhibition, research project highlight learning from Rembrandt’s art

Cornell Chronicle

Rembrandt van Rijn’s art and artistic practice have fascinated scholars and collectors for centuries. His printmaking methods, and prints from across hiscareer, are revealed as an inspirational resource for research and teaching in a new exhibition of his etchings at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Magnetic tweezers reveal ‘hairballs’ in polymer growth

Cornell Chronicle

Conventional wisdom has said that when molecules known as monomers band together to create a polymer chain, that creation takes place steadily as the chain forms, like spaghetti out of a pasta maker. But a Cornell research collaboration shows that’s just not the case.

Faculty excellence

Six faculty honored with Weiss teaching awards

Cornell Chronicle

Six Cornell faculty members — including four in the College of Arts & Sciences — have been recognized by the university for excellence in their teaching of undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education.

Faculty diversity

New provost's task force continues push for a diverse Cornell faculty

Cornell Chronicle

Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff has launched a task force to recommend new approaches to enhance and accelerate the diversity of the Cornell faculty.

Public Engagement

Engaged Cornell's Spirit Grows

Cornell Chronicle

Engaged Cornell’s spirit grows in the colleges, schools and other campus units, such as the Community Learning and Service Partnership, Cornell in Washington, the Center for Teaching Innovation, Cornell Abroad, the Cornell Public Service Center, The Cornell Commitment collection of programs, the Cornell Prison Education Program, the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives, the Office of Engagement Initiatives and more.A few examples:

Academic Excursions

Students broaden their perspective of ‘Caribbean Urbanisms’ through NYC excursion

A&S Communications

From September 8-10, students taking a new Spanish literature course traveled to New York City to examine its identity as a Latinx Caribbean diasporic city.

Undergraduate Education

Cornell launches Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

A $20 million gift from the Milstein family will launch the first undergraduate program to link the Ithaca and Roosevelt Island campuses.

Neurobiology & Behavior

Top neuroscientists headline Mong neurotech symposium

A&S Communications

In his opening remarks at the second annual Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium Sept. 22, Cornell Provost Michael Kotlikoff said: “The goals of Cornell Neurotech are vital ones, with life-changing implications, and I am grateful to Stephen Mong and the Mong Family Foundation for enabling Cornell faculty and staff to strive toward them.