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Finding my Home in the "&" of "Arts & Sciences"

Happy March! You may have noticed that we at the Ambassadors blog took a quick break in February - we've been working hard to recruit new ambassadors, as well as find replacements for those executive board members who will be graduating in May (including me!). But rest assured, we're back and as excited as ever! For the next two months, we'll be talking about "The 'Who' and the 'What' of Arts & Sciences." Who studies the "Arts" and what do they study?

Performing and Media Arts

New book offers grassroots view of Egypt’s Uprising

Cornell Chronicle

… from the Egyptian Revolution,” co-edited with linguist Mohammed Albakry. The book’s ten plays bring together work …

Attica prison uprising
Freedom Interrupted

Historian to discuss book examining Attica prison revolt

A&S Communications

The 1971 Attica prison uprising resulted in more than 40 deaths – the majority killed by law enforcement. Author Heather Thompson will speak about her award-winning 2016 account of the uprising, “Blood in the Water,” March 7 at 4:45 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.

Freedom Interrupted

Renowned spoken word poet Porsha O to perform March 9

A&S Communications

Performance artist Porsha “O” Olayiwola will present an evening of her spoken-word poetry at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 9, in Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall. Her performance will be followed by an open mic.

Award

Jeevak Parpia wins low-temperature physics prize

A&S Communications

Professor of physics Jeevak Parpia, M.S. ’77, Ph.D. ’79, is one of three winners of the 2017 Fritz London Memorial Prize, which recognizes scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of low-temperature physics.

German Studies

The Anecdote: Capturing an Experience

Cornell Research

Paul A. Fleming, German Studies/Comparative Literature, recounts an old story that’s been told and retold many times. It comes from Herodotus’ Histories, an account of the Egyptian King Psammetichus’ capture by the Persians. As part of the king’s humiliation, the Persians parade his family in front of him—first his daughter as a slave and then his son on his way to execution. While everyone else around him wails, King Psammetichus shows no emotion until a beggared old drinking buddy passes, upon which he begins to weep and lament.

Alumni

The Experimentalist on Broadway

Arts & Sciences alum director Sam Gold's '00 newest project, a Broadway production of “The Glass Menagerie,” opens on March 9. This New York Times profile explores Gold's stripped-down style and approach to directing.

Government

New online platform plays matchmaker for the public good

Cornell Chronicle

When Adam Levine was beginning his career, he was constantly seeking points of connection – opportunities to collaborate with the nonprofit and government sectors that could turn academic research into real-world results. Such collaborations usually emerged through old-fashioned networking: a chance meeting over lunch at conference, an introduction from a friend, an interesting article shared via a social network.

Performing & Media Arts

Parent gift supports productions at Performing & Media Arts

Alumni Affairs & Development

Mabel Lawrence '19 grew up in a home filled with musical theater. It wasn't unusual, when she was 8 or 9, to get home from elementary school near Los Angeles to find her parents, film and television composer David Lawrence and lyricist Faye Greenberg, working with original cast members, such as those in the Disney Channel’s hit show, "High School Musical."

Alumni

Fannie Mae CEO sees his career interests come full circle

A&S Communications

Tim Mayopoulos didn't take a single class in economics, but says his liberal arts education prepared him perfectly for today's challenges.

Alumni

Honored by Forbes '30 Under 30' list, alumna says she's just getting started

A&S Communications

Caitlin Strandberg '10 says her best professors were the ones who pushed her to always give 100 percent.

Faculty honors

History prof. wins award for book

A&S Communications

Associate Professor of history Russell Rickford’s book, “We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination,” has received the 2017 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians, given to the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle.  

History of Art & Visual Studies

Images of cosmos inform study of medieval cultures

Cornell Chronicle

Astronomical imagery, a motif central to the study of art history, took on a variety of different meanings and functions among the dominant cultures of the early medieval period.

A habitable planet in the volcanic Hydrogen habitable Zone picture
Astronomy

Volcanic hydrogen spurs chances of finding exoplanet life

Cornell Chronicle

The research adds many more planets to the "search here" target list.

Alumni

Alumna shares career path with pre-vet students

A&S Communications

“I had no idea what I wanted to do as a career when I first came to college, and began taking a variety of classes,”  Elizabeth Bodner ‘80 explained when she spoke with students during a  Feb. 3 visit to campus as part of a Career Conversations event hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences Career Development Center.