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Romance studies

New book proposes alternative forms of generosity

A&S Communications

Individuals and corporations contribute more money to charitable organizations than they ever have before. Is this golden age of gift-giving a positive or negative force in modern culture?

Asian studies

Alum spends time in Taiwan immersed in art, language

A&S Communications

To master Chinese calligraphy, Vincent Chong writes each character over and over on paper, while consulting his book of 1,000 characters.

Economics

CICER brings China experts across campus together

A&S Communications

CICER helps coordinate the efforts of scholars across campus and supports research to understand economic growth in China and its impact on the world economy.

Women's Political History

Women's revolt transformed Nigeria, says historian

A&S Communications

New research by Judith Byfield, associate professor of history, offers a different lens through which to understand women’s political history in post-World War II Nigeria.

Education Innovation

Course reveals Vietnam through lens of climate change

Cornell Chronicle

“Climate Change Awareness and Service Learning in the Mekong Delta” featured seven weeks of in-class preparation, two weeks in Vietnam, then another seven weeks back on campus.

Alumni visits

Enforcing Federal Law

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission member and Cornell A&S alumna visits ILR.

Outreach

Math professor mentors winner of science talent search

Cornell Chronicle

When 18-year-old Aaron Yeiser was awarded second place honors – and $175,000 – in the national Regeneron Science Talent Search, no one was prouder than his mentor Alex Townsend, assistant professor of mathematics.

Performing & Media Arts

Dance concert integrates video and live performance

Performing & Media Arts

When: March 23, 24 & 25, 7:30 p.m.Where: Kiplinger Theatre, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts

English

Art Is Not a Profit Industry. That's Why We Need the NEA

Poet Langston Hughes, courtesy Library of CongressJoanie Mackowski, associate professor of English, writes in this Time opinion piece that our country needs to support the National Endowment for the Arts not because of its financial benefits, though that's the argument some arts organizations are encouraging their constituents to use with members of Congress.

Finding Science in the Arts

This week, junior Kasey Han discusses how the depth and breadth of Arts & Sciences have allowed her to pursue unique opportunities as a College Scholar studying Developmental Circus Arts. By: Kasey Han '18, Biology and College Scholar double major

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Harry Greene explains how to 'walk the Tree of Life'

A&S Communications

Biologist Harry Greene uses an active learning method, the "Tree of Life," to teach the traditional taxonomy many bio students dread.

Creative Writing

Hutchinson wins National Book Critics Circle poetry award

Cornell Chronicle

'House of Lords and Commons' explores the landscape of Jamaica and Hutchinson’s memories of growing up there in Port Antonio.

Linguistics

Creating Language

Cornell Research

The world is full of languages and dialects—more than 7,000. Across these languages, many possible sounds can be combined into words. While there may be similarities in words between closely related languages, for years linguists have believed that the relationship between the sound of a word and its meaning is completely arbitrary. Recently Morten H. Christiansen, Psychology, collaborated with fellow researchers to investigate whether that belief might need to be reappraised.

Hong Kong at night
Sustainability

Cornell hosts Hong Kong sustainability meeting April 6-7

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell’s wide-ranging, interdisciplinary expertise in global sustainability issues will be front and center when the university hosts a conference about sustainability research, community engagement and opportunities for collaboration in Asia, April 6-7 in Hong Kong.

Collaboration

Bible's Joseph is topic of lecture March 20 in NYC

A&S Communications

The collaboration between Cornell's Jewish Studies Program and the Center for Jewish History in New York City continues Monday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. with a lecture by Lauren Monroe, associate professor and chair of the Department of Near Eastern Studies, on “The Joseph Traditions and the Genesis of Ancient Israel.” The talk will be held at the Center for Jewish History, 15 W.