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Astronomy

Mars Perseverance to deliver ‘first zoom cameras’ to another world

A&S Communications

NASA is planning to launch its latest rover destined for Mars on July 30, with an anticipated arrival date on the red planet in February 2021. The rover, named Perseverance, will look for evidence of ancient life and collect soil and rock samples at a part of Mars just north of its equator known as Jezero Crater — the site of an ancient river.

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Humanities

Faculty research group addressing monuments, heritage

Cornell Chronicle

An interdisciplinary group of scholars is exploring “Unsettled Monuments, Unsettling Heritage,” through a grant from the provost's Radical Collaboration task force focused on the arts and humanities.

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Equity

Pollack outlines new initiatives to promote racial justice

Cornell Chronicle

… Center for the Study of Inequality … Society for the Humanities … of you over these past weeks, sharing ideas, advocating for change, and offering opinions on ways to counter … and     •    Vice President for Facilities and Campus Services Rick Burgess, Vice President for Student and Campus …

Science and Technology Studies

New book explores maps as tools of political power

Cornell Chronicle

Maps are more than two-dimensional representations of three-dimensional terrain. They are also powerful political tools to control territory, as Cornell sociologist and science studies scholar Christine Leuenberger explains in her new book, “The Politics of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of Israel/Palestine,” co-written with Izhak Schnell of Tel Aviv University.

Government

Webinar examines free and fair elections in November

A&S Communications

The next event in the Democracy 20/20 Webinar series will examine whether the U.S. will be able to hold free and fair elections this fall and how challenges to such elections can be overcome. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, July 21 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. (ET). The event is free and the public is invited; registration is required.

History, Linguistics

Luce award will boost Southeast Asia grad studies

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) has received a $275,000 Luce Foundation award to strengthen graduate education in Southeast Asian studies by developing new mechanisms for sharing expertise and resources among major Southeast Asia centers across the United States.

Psychology

Study finds hidden emotions in the sound of words

Cornell Chronicle

… emotional states independently of what they mean. Aryani’s visit to Cornell was funded by the Direct Exchange Program …

Mathematics

Stillman receives Jenks Prize for developing influential algebra software

A&S Communications

Michael Stillman, professor of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received the 2019 Richard D. Jenks Memorial Prize for “excellence in software engineering applied to computer algebra” for his work on the Macaulay and Macaulay2 computer algebra systems.

Sociology

Alumna Spotlight: Youngmin Yi, Ph.D.

Cornell University Graduate School

Youngmin Yi, Ph.D. ’20 is a recent alumna of the sociology program at Cornell from which she holds a Ph.D. Having earned her undergraduate degree at Wellesley College and her doctorate at Cornell, she will be joining the University of Massachusetts Amherst as an assistant professor of sociology.

Asian Studies, Romance Studies

Two doctoral alumnae named Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Two doctoral alumnae have been named 2020 Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Public Fellows. They are Yagna Nag Chowdhuri, Ph.D. ’20, a recent graduate of the Asian literature, religion and culture doctoral program, and Valeria Dani, Ph.D. ’19, a graduate of the romance studies doctoral program. Chowdhuri and Dani are two of 22 fellows selected in 2020.

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Classics

The Emperor’s Closet—Power and Storage

Cornell Research

Astrid Van Oyen, a classical archaeologist and assistant professor in the department of classics, explores Rome’s tumultuous transition from republic to empire through everyday objects—namely storage systems— in her recent book.

Rays of Hope

Students provide tutoring for Weill Cornell Medicine employee kids

Seventy Cornell students and recent graduates are volunteering this summer to tutor the children of Weill Cornell Medicine employees in subjects ranging from writing to physics.

American Studies Program, Classics

Adult University goes virtual with free ‘education vacations’

Cornell Chronicle

For decades, Cornell’s Adult University (CAU) has hosted Cornell alumni, their families and friends on the Ithaca campus for faculty-led programs for adults and youth during the summer months. COVID-19 made these weeklong “education vacations” impossible this year.

Classics, English, History of Art and Visual Studies

New book echoes conference on classics, media theory

Cornell Chronicle

A new edited volume, “Classics and Media Theory,” features participants from a Cornell media studies conference exploring the interactions between media and antiquity.

Astronomy

Milky Way neutron star pair illuminates cosmic cataclysms

Cornell Chronicle

A pair of binary neutron stars is giving researchers a front-row seat at what they believe will be the stars’ eventual cataclysmic merger.