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Awards and Notables

Doctoral student named Newcombe fellow

A&S Communications

Doctoral candidate Emiko Stock is one of 21 students to be named a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow for 2017 by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Latina/o Studies program

Critique, compassion are 'Side by Side' in Biennial artist's work

Cornell Chronicle

Race. Class. Determination. The tension and conflict within social systems.A point of contact between them is empathy. This is the context of “Side by Side,” a sculptural installation by multimedia artist and educator Pepón Osorio, on display until May 26 in Rand Hall.

College advising

Arts & Sciences advising chief honored for kindness to students

A&S Communications

David DeVries said his plans for the future include travel and a few writing projects.

Undergraduate research

Mellon-Mays fellows share research at Cornell conference

A&S Communications

Cornell hosted students from five other universities for the annual Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference April 21-22 on campus.During the conference, students presented formal papers about their research, offered feedback to fellow students and heard from a keynote speaker. This year’s speaker was Krista Thompson, the Weinberg College Board of Visitors Professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University.

Award

Musicologist Andrew Hicks awarded Berlin Prize

A&S Communications

Andrew Hicks, assistant professor of music and medieval studies, has been awarded a prestigious Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin.

Astronomy

Astronomer explores interaction of life and faith

Cornell Chronicle

Pursuing a life of science and a life of faith is not incompatible, said astronomer Jonathan Lunine at the St. Albert the Great Forum on Science and Religion April 26.

International studies

Einaudi speaker touts value of international education, languages

Cornell Chronicle

… and military conflicts, said Obama administration official Mohamed Abdel-Kader May 10 as part of the Mario Einaudi …

In Memoriam

Renowned biochemist David B. Wilson dies at 77

Cornell Chronicle

David B. Wilson, professor of molecular biology and genetics and a world leader in the field of enzymology, died April 29. He was 77.

Woman gathering food
Anthropology

Anthropologist explores toxicity and healing in East Africa

A&S Communications

For the past four years, Stacey Langwick has worked with producers of therapeutic foods and herbal medicines in Tanzania.

Philosophy

A political philosopher speaks

Cornell Research

The research of Richard W. Miller, professor of philosophy and director of the Program on Ethics & Public Life, is explored in this recent Cornell Research story.

Global Cornell

Bringing the world to campus

Global Cornell

This year’s Cornell Model United Nations Conference brought more than 800 high school students to campus in April. The conference, which is organized annually by the Cornell International Affairs Society, included high school delegates who hailed from across the United States and from around the world.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

SIRT6's ability to suppress cancer cell growth is explained

Cornell Chronicle

The group found that preventing a certain type of reaction slows cell division and, therefore, cancer cell proliferation.

Diversity awards

Student, staff, faculty diversity honored with OADI awards

Cornell Chronicle

As a first-generation college graduate and a woman of color, Cornell trustee Laura Wilkinson, J.D. ’85, MBA ’86 – former deputy assistant director of the Federal Trade Commission, now an antitrust lawyer and partner in private practice – had little difficulty writing her keynote speech for the fourth annual Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives’ (OADI) Honors Awards Ceremony May 5.

Music

10th annual Mayfest features music, wine, yoga, poetry

Under the artistic direction of pianists Miri Yampolsky and Xak Bjerken, Cornell University’s Department of Music celebrates the 10th anniversary of Mayfest, its annual springtime festival of chamber music, May 19-23.

Jewish studies

Jewish studies' lecturer Sampson is an NYC hero

A&S Communications

Elissa Sampson, visiting scholar and lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program, will be honored May 18 with a Lower East Side Community Hero Award as part of the Lower East Side History Month celebration in New York City. The award recognizes community members “whose contributions have been deeply meaningful and yet are often the ‘unsung’ heroes of the neighborhood,” according to the award announcement.