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Camper Mary draws an excavation trench at Gegharot, an archaeological site in Armenia.
Engagement

Armenian girls uncover the past in archaeology camp

A&S Communications

From July 17-20, six Armenian girls got an insider’s view of archaeology as participants in the pilot session of Camp Aragats

Solar eclipse
Astronomy

Solar eclipse offers moon-walk moment: Science is all the rage

USA Today

In this USA Today opinion piece, astronomy Professor Philip Nicholson writes that Monday's solar eclipse could have impacts beyond a one-day event.

Government

People who get Medicaid are made to feel powerless

The Washington Post

In this Washington Post opinion piece, Jamila Michener, assistant professor of government, writes about her research, which shows that people on Medicaid often feel powerless and therefore disengage in politics.

Alumni support

College celebrates year of generous giving

A&S Communications

The growth of annual funds in the College of Arts & Sciences has been the most significant of all of Cornell's schools and colleges this year.

Global Cornell

Cornell provides refuge for scholars under threat

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell works with several organizations that protect academics threatened by violence or persecution.

Neurotech

Early career scientists named Mong Fellows in Cornell Neurotech

A&S Communications

Ten new Mong Family Foundation Fellows in Neurotech will work under the mentorship of faculty across Cornell to advance technologies that promise to provide insight into how brains work, as well as strategies to fix them when they don’t.

History

Freedom on the Move project awarded NEH grant

A&S Communications

The project is creating a database of fugitive slaves in North America, using information in “runaway” advertisements placed by slave owners.

Student research

Ecuador trip solidifies classroom work

A&S Communications

For the past two years, Meera Kattapuram ’17 has been conducting research on infectious diseases and micronutrients in a Cornell lab, focusing especially on the role they play in the health of mothers and young children. This summer, she got a chance to see her research in action in an Ecuadoran hospital.

Chemistry

Chemistry student enjoys 'making invisible things tangible'

Chemistry major Cathy Ly ‘19 is spending her summer in Ithaca doing research at Cornell, thanks to the J. Emory Morris Fellowship she received from the chemistry department.  “I love doing hands-on work,” said Ly, “and being able to make invisible things tangible, to discover what isn’t immediately apparent to human eyes.” She’s interested in chemistry’s applications to astronomy and material science.

Chemistry

Chemistry professor honored with prestigious ACS award

A&S Communications

Yimon Aye, a Howard Milstein faculty fellow and assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has been honored by the Eastern New York Section of the American Chemical Society as the 2017 Buck-Whitney Award winner. Aye has been invited to give a talk at the awards ceremony Nov. 15 in Troy, N.Y.

Chemist doing research
Chemistry

Chemists use electricity to amp up drug manufacturing

Cornell Chronicle

Give your medicine a jolt. By using a technique that combines electricity and chemistry, future pharmaceuticals – including many of the top prescribed medications in the United States – soon may be easily scaled up to be manufactured in a more sustainable way. This new Cornell research appears in Science Aug. 11.

American studies

American Studies alum says major was perfect match for documentary career

A&S Communications

Milos Balac ’11 found out that his language skills in Serbian and French – as well as his time on the Cornell ski team and his American studies courses — have paid off handsomely so far in his career as a documentary filmmaker.Balac, a producer at Film 45 based in Santa Monica, is hard at work these days finishing up a project about Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic.

International students & scholars

Global scholars study English and more

Global Cornell

This summer, 38 undergraduates, grad students, and visiting scholars from 12 nations are enrolled in Cornell's English for International Students and Scholars (EISS) program, according to this story on the Global Cornell website.

Poetry

Belarusian professor releases new poetry collection

Cornell Chronicle

Valzhyna Mort's collection focuses on themes of war and displacement, music and gardens, language and earth.

Language Sciences

Cognitive scientist calls for integration in language sciences

Cornell Chronicle

In a new opinion piece in a major publication, Morten Christiansen, professor of psychology, describes how the study of language has fragmented into many highly-specialized areas of study that tend not to talk to each other. He calls for a new era of integration in the paper, published July 31 in Nature Human Behaviour.