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Global Cornell

International faculty fellows make global impact

Cornell Chronicle

When Saurabh Mehta started working as a physician in India, he concentrated on treating sick patients. Now he takes a broader approach to such infectious diseases as tuberculosis and HIV.

Academics

Animal depictions in the ancient world explored in conference

A&S Communications

Whether ancient zoographers’ views were shaped by scientific study or by casual encounters with animals in nature will be explored in a conference Sept. 8-10 at Cornell, “Zoographein – Depicting and Describing Animals in Greece, Rome, and Beyond.”

Language study

Language Resource Center opens in Stimson Hall

A&S Communications

“We want this to be not only a place to practice other languages, but also a place to have encounters with other cultures.”

Performing & Media Arts

Schwartz Plaza Reopens August 26th

Cornell Chronicle

The Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) celebrates the reopening of Schwartz Plaza, Aug. 26 at noon in front of the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.

Beekeeping
Digital humanities

Three projects awarded 2017 digitization grants

Cornell Chronicle

Since its inception in 2010, the Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences has helped to digitize items in Cornell’s collections, from punk music flyers to historic glacial images of Alaska and Greenland to 

Education Innovation

Fun, hands-on course teaches science communication

A&S Communications

The course goal is to produce one or two polished exhibit ideas for Ithaca's Sciencenter.

Alumnii mentoring

A&S alum hosts med school interns for summer experiences

A&S Communications

Hank Fessler ’77 says the program allows him to see the long-term impacts of his contributions.

Astronomy, Linguistics

Good heavens! Cornellians marvel at eclipse

Cornell Chronicle

… her first eclipse at the Fuertes Observatory, where about 2,500 people craned necks to gawk at the seemingly …

English

Cornell poet to kick off Botanic Gardens’ lecture series

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Botanic Gardens opens its annual Fall Lecture Series with award-winning poet Ishion Hutchinson on Wednesday, August 30, at 5:30 p.m. in Call Auditorium, followed by a garden party at Cornell Botanic Gardens.

Psychology

Devil versus angel: When do they shift into action in the face of temptation?

San Francisco Chronicle

What might cause a person to choose a doughnut for breakfast instead of a bowl of oatmeal?This piece in the San Francisco Chronicle, explores reserach into temptation conducted by Melissa Ferguson, Cornell professor of psychology, and Paul Stillman, a postdoctoral researcher in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at The Ohio State University.

English

Zalaznick series Includes readings by Quan Barry, Marlon James

Poet and fiction writer Ron Rash kicks off the Fall 2017 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series on Thursday, Sept. 7, 4:30 p.m., at the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Cornell’s Klarman Hall. All events in the Reading Series are free and open to the public.

Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

FGSS alum continues social justice work in India, Texas

A&S Communications

After spending a year helping human trafficking victims in Mumbai, India, alum Katharine Poor ‘16 is headed to Texas to work for an organization that aids refugees and undocumented immigrants.

Academics

Courses address recent events and national climate

A&S Communications

Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences are exploring questions about recent events in their research and scholarship, and students have the opportunity to engage with their expertise through numerous courses this Fall relevant to our current national climate.

Scholarships

Fulbright recipients head off to global destinations

Cornell Chronicle

Fourteen Cornell students and recent alumni are setting out this fall for destinations around the world, thanks to grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Convocation

Dean welcomes Class of 2021

A&S Communications

Under sunny skies on Saturday, Aug. 19, incoming first-year students, transfer students, and their families gathered on the Arts Quad for a convocation ceremony.