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What makes us human
What Makes Us Human?

Podcast considers Nile’s centrality to Egypt

A&S Communications

“Egypt’s Nile,” the final episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series’ fourth season, considers what the Nile River means to Egypt. This season the podcast asked "What Does Water Mean to Us Humans?" and showcased the newest thinking across academic disciplines about the relationship between humans and water.

Africana Studies and Research Center

Reflections on the occupation of Willard Straight Hall, 50 years later

Ezra Magazine

On April 19, 1969, dozens of members of Cornell’s Afro-American Society and several Latino students occupied Willard Straight Hall for 36 hours to call attention to what they perceived as the university’s hostility toward students of color, its student judicial system and its slow progress in establishing an Africana studies program.

Student presenting her art project
Media studies

New class contemplates media from cross-campus perspectives

A&S Communications

Over the course of the semester, “Thinking Media” drew on Cornell’s rich holdings in media and material culture.

Music

Musicians ♥ Cornell

Cornell Chronicle

Mary McDonald ’78 discovered her voice at Cornell.Originally a French horn player, McDonald joined the Cornell University Chorus, the women’s vocal ensemble, during her sophomore year and won an audition for free voice lessons.“I had never had formal voice lessons,” she says. “One day, I asked, ‘What about these notes up here?’”

Science & Technology Studies

A&S professor honored with NSF Early Career award

A&S Communications

Malte Ziewitz, assistant professor of Science & Technology Studies and a Mills Family Faculty Fellow, was recently honored with a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program award, which will help him to investigate how ordinary citizens cope with being rated, scored and ranked by algorithmic systems.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Milstein students create websites, computer curriculum as spring service projects

A&S Communications

The projects are part of the Milstein “Collab” class, which combines academic modules (on journalism, citizen science, data collection, privacy issues and so on) with co-curricular exploration.

Biology

Student research has CURB appeal

Cornell Chronicle

It’s a simple task for humans: Sort plants by the colors of their pots. For robots, though, it’s a much more arduous undertaking.In a project blending technical savvy with lofty ambitions, a multidisciplinary team of Cornell undergraduates designed and built an autonomous robot capable of recognizing and handling potted plants.

Physics & Asian Studies

Cornell selects eight Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Yunqui (Kelly) Luo has long been intrigued by the laws of nature.“As a kid, I loved to play with tools and understand the ways in which the physical world works around us,” she said. The physics labs at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology cemented her passion for research.

Jonathan Lunine testifies at hearing
Astronomy

Lunine to Congress: Americans will ‘walk the red soil of Mars’

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell astronomer Jonathan Lunine suggested to Congress reasonable, practical steps – including baby steps back to the moon – to help Americans one day put boots on the oxidized dust of Mars.

Romance Studies

Romance studies grad student to publish new book

A&S Communications

Francisco Díaz Klaassen, who started writing when he was 12, is the author of five novels.

Anthropology

Kaitlyn Tice: ‘I am capable of accomplishing much more than I thought possible, and am more independent and brave’

Kaitlyn TiceAnthropology & premedAtlanta, GAWhat are the most valuable skills you gained from your Arts & Sciences education?

Faculty engagement

A&S Dean Ray Jayawardhana to lead Argentine study tour to see eclipse

A&S Communications

Ready to cross a few items off your bucket list? If so, you might want to visit the list of upcoming trips planed by Cornell Adult University, many led by faculty in Arts & Sciences.

Physics

Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say

Cornell Chronicle

Each new observable provides different ways of confirming the theory of general relativity and offers insight into the intrinsic properties of gravitational waves.

Diversity and inclusion

‘Know your purpose,’ speakers urge at OADI awards dinner

Cornell Chronicle

Before Clinton Ikioda ’19 came to Cornell, students and staff at his high school said he’d been admitted only to fill a diversity quota. Once he arrived, he felt constant pressure to prove he belonged – as well as a persistent worry that he didn’t.

International graduates

International graduates honored at Global Learning reception

Cornell Chronicle

With more than 5,000 international students, Cornell is a vibrant global community. The Office of Global Learning honored international students’ achievements May 2, sending the Class of 2019 off in style.Wendy Wolford, center, vice provost for international affairs, congratulates international graduates.