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Cornell history

AMST 2001 bridges the gap between Cornell and Cornellians

Ezra

First-person essay from the spring 2021 undergraduate teaching assistant for course “The First American University” (AMST 2001) about how the class has allowed her to see Cornell as more than merely an institution.

Research

Online game replicates frustrations of research and disability

Cornell Chronicle

With a grant from the Society for the Humanities, Julia Chang has developed an online game with an undergrad computer science researcher, based on her research on disability in modern Spain. The game will launch during an online event June 2 at 2 p.m.

Physics

Thermal analysis guides future design of 2D hybrid materials

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell engineers are the first to study thermal transport in 2D hybrid perovskites – a new class of materials with promising applications for photovoltaics and thermoelectronics.

Cornell undergraduate students diagnosing wine grape diseases in a plant pathology laboratory in Chile.
Cornell undergraduate students diagnosing wine grape diseases in a plant pathology laboratory in Chile in 2018.
Education Innovation

Best practice for instructional labs

A&S Communications

Physicist Natasha Holmes and her co-author describe how undergraduate labs that encourage investigation and decision-making are more positive for students – and are more effective -- than those that focus on verification of concepts in textbooks.

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Emr wins $1.2M Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine

Cornell Chronicle

Scott Emr's landmark discoveries focus on complexes that are central to life, health and disease.

Literatures in English

New A&S faculty bring Indigenous studies expertise

Cornell Chronicle

Two new faculty members who specialize in Native American and Indigenous literatures will join the Department of Literatures in English for the fall of 2021.

Psychology

Face value? Attractiveness biases financial decisions

Cornell Chronicle

Vivian Zayas, associate professor of psychology, found attractive investment partners were seen as more trustworthy even if they weren’t the most profitable.

Alumni

Class of 2020: Learning to let it flow

Alumni Affairs & Development

Eight members of the Class of 2020 share candid reflections on their lives over this past year.

Class of 2021

Face-to-face: Families celebrate the newest Cornell grads

Cornell Chronicle

Four Commencement ceremonies were held May 29-30, spaced out to meet health guidelines. Though campus was less crowded, the campus mood was warm and celebratory.

History

A Supreme Court Case Poses a Threat to L.G.B.T.Q. Foster Kids

New York Times

In a New York Times op-ed, Stephen Vider considers the possible repercussions of the Supreme Court's decision, expected this month, on Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that asks whether the city of Philadelphia can bar Catholic Social Services from screening future foster parents.