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Alumni wins chapbook contest

9/25/2017 A&S Communications

In her recently published chapbook, "Chinatown Sonnets,” Dorothy Chan ‘12 reflects on her experiences growing up and the influence she felt from Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood, nearby her hometown, and Chinatowns all over the world.

Near Eastern Studies

Munther Younes wins Sophie Washburn French Instructorship

9/20/2017

Munther Younes, senior lecturer in Near Eastern Studies, has been named the winner of this year's Sophie Washburn French Instructorship

Industry Outreach & Knowledge Transfer

Five New York companies awarded JumpStart funding

9/22/2017 Cornell Chronicle

Five New York companies have been awarded funding through the Cornell Center for Materials Research JumpStart program, which is supported by Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Arts & Humanities

Cornell Council for the Arts supports 35 new projects

9/22/2017 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Council for the Arts (CCA) is supporting 35 projects that will be presented on campus this academic year. Through its Individual Grant Program, the CCA awarded 15 grants of $2,500 each to Cornell faculty, departments and programs, and 20 grants of $1,000 each to undergraduate and graduate students and student organizations. Recipients were selected by a panel of faculty in the arts.

Chemistry & physics

Center for Materials Research's NSF funding extended, increased

9/21/2017 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Center for Materials Research – which through research and education is enhancing national capabilities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and materials research at all levels – has been has been granted $23.2 million for the next six years from the National Science Foundation.

Arts & Sciences Career Development

Panel of recruiters discuss the value of a liberal arts degree

9/21/2017 A&S Communications

"I had a breadth of experiences and knowledge that recruiters found interesting."

English

Senior reflects on finding a “home” in the English major

9/21/2017

Salvador Herrera ‘18 reflects on his journey entering Cornell pre-med to finding joy in reading Junot Diaz’s “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.”

Student journeys

Senior year: Finding a future, relishing each moment

9/21/2017 A&S Communications

Cornell seniors are planning for a variety of different journeys after graduation.

Sociology

Haskins featured on Inside Higher Ed podcast

9/19/2017

Anna Haskins, assistant professor of sociology, explores how having a father in prison affects children's schooling in this podcast on Inside Higher Ed.

Physics

Paul McEuen named a Citation Laureate

9/20/2017 A&S Communications

Paul McEuen, John A. Newman Professor of Physical Science in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics, has been named a Citation Laureate for his seminal contributions to carbon-based electronics.

Astronomy

Cornell astronomer stars in IMAX film, 'The Search for Life in Space'

9/20/2017 A&S Communications

Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor of astronomy and director of Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute, is featured in the new IMAX film, “The Search for Life in Space,” now released internationally.

Physics

New unit merges teaching excellence center with academic technology

9/20/2017 Cornell Chronicle

Recent changes in the provost’s office have set the stage for better implementation of technology and teaching initiatives, blending them behind the scenes in a way that matches, and enhances, how they complement each other throughout Cornell.

Neurobiology & Behavior

In this communication course, scientists are the storytellers

9/20/2017 Cornell Chronicle

Mark Sarvary wanted to create an opportunity for Cornell undergraduates to start building a mindset for communicating their scientific work to nonscientist audiences: funders, employers and colleagues in other disciplines.

Sociology & Center for the Study of Inequality

Symposium in Zambia tackles African income inequality

9/20/2017 Cornell Chronicle

Wealth and income disparities present problems everywhere, but they are especially acute in Africa, where 330 million people survive on less than $1.25 a day.

Music & College Scholar Program

Alum receives young composer award

9/20/2017 A&S Communications

Julia Adolphe ‘10 is one of 19 recipients of the 2017 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. The awards are given to concert music composers up to 30 years of age whose works are selected through a national competition.

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