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History and American Studies

Opinion: Why President Trump used lynching as a metaphor

The Washington Post

Lawrence B. Glickman, the Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies in the Department of History, recently wrote an opinion piece in The Washington Post discussing the historical origins of President Trump's use of the phrase "lynching" in a recent tweet concerning the impeachment inquiry.

Jewish Studies Program

Sonic treasures from Ottoman Jewish Los Angeles

A&S Communications

Explore treasures of Sephardic Jewish music culture at Book of J’s performance of “LA Archivera” on Monday, Nov. 11, at 8 pm in Cornell University’s Barnes Hall Auditorium. The free event will feature mid-century Los Angeles and 20th-Century Jewish Ottoman music traditions. The public is invited.

Chemical Biology

Researchers describe gut health’s influence on brain health

Cornell Chronicle

… birth, suggesting that gut microbiota signals are required very early in life,” Liston said. “This was an interesting … early brain development.” “The gut-brain axis impacts every single human being, every day of their lives,” Artis said. “We are beginning to …

Community Engagement

Student embarks on 30 days of service

A&S Communications

Alex Quian's '20 projects ranged from packaging meals for the homeless to organizing large scale workshops.

What Makes Us Human?

Health inequities and storytelling in new podcast episode

A&S Communications

“Health Inequities,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series, explores how “sociological” storytelling can change health outcomes. The podcast’s fifth season -- "What Do We Know about Inequality?" -- showcases the newest thinking across academic disciplines about inequality.

Classics

Action figures in classical literature

Ezra

This column by Michael Fontaine, professor of classics and Cornell’s associate vice provost for undergraduate education, appears in this month's Ezra Magazine.There’s a great story from the ancient world. As Cicero tells it, it goes like this:

History

Public History Initiative launches at Cornell

A&S Communications

“Our initiative aims to stimulate new conversations about the sedimented histories that shape our contemporary world.”

Teaching excellence

Eight faculty members receive Weiss teaching awards

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell has recognized eight members of the faculty for excellence in teaching undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education at the university.The Stephen H. Weiss Awards were announced Oct. 18 by President Martha E. Pollack in a report to the Cornell University Board of Trustees. The eight awardees were unanimously recommended by a selection committee composed of six faculty members and two students, who considered 37 distinguished nominees in all.

Government & American Studies

Combatting fake news on social media will take a village

The Hill

Glenn Altschuer, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and Dean of Continuing Education and Summer Session, and Sidney Tarrow, the Emeritus Maxwell Upson Professor of Government, both in the College of Arts & Sciences, recently wrote an opinion piece in The Hill on the topic of fake news.

Computer Science

CS classes can break down cultural barriers, study shows

The Nairobi Play Project, funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund Kenya Country Program, seeks to foster intercultural learning between groups in or at risk of conflict. In 30 after-school sessions led by teachers who are themselves refugees, students learn basic computing concepts and develop video games with community-based themes.

Humanities

CIVIC radical collaboration initiative makes six new hires

Cornell Chronicle

CIVIC (Critical Inquiry into Values, Imagination and Culture), the provost’s Radical Collaboration initiative focused on the humanities and the arts, is halfway toward its goal of 10 new faculty.

Psychology

Gilovich honored for lifetime of research

A&S Communications

Social psychology researcher and professor Thomas Gilovich, the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Chair of Psychology, was recently awarded The Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Donald T. Campbell Award.

In memoriam

Harold Bloom ’51, literary critic of influence, dies at 89

Cornell Chronicle

Harold Bloom ’51, a bestselling literary critic and a friend to many of Cornell’s English faculty over the years, died Oct. 14 in New Haven, Connecticut. A longtime professor of English at Yale University, Bloom was 89.

Researcher working on a computer
Interdisciplinary

Five projects awarded 2019 digitization grants

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell University Library’s Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences transforms fragile artifacts into lasting online collections for teaching and research. This year, the program has awarded funding to five projects representing a range of study, from unearthing a vanished hamlet in Enfield Falls, New York, to examining modern art in Indonesia.

Mexico and U.S. border
Government

Ambassadors to address border policy in Lund Debate Oct. 21

Cornell Chronicle

With students and faculty representing 116 countries on a campus in Ithaca, New York – a sanctuary city since 2017 – Cornell is a crossroads for global mobility. This year’s Lund Critical Debate explores another contact zone for migration and exchange: the U.S.-Mexico border.