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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Eight faculty honored with Weiss teaching awards

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell has recognized eight faculty members for excellence in their teaching of undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education.

Student outreach

A&S students named United Nations Millennium Fellows

Students will work to advance the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals, improving the lives of the world’s poorest people.

Student experience

The ‘first-gen’ experience at Cornell

Ezra Update

The Posse program in the College of Arts & Sciences is a key initiative in Cornell's outreach to first-generation students.

Music

Hangovers note 50th anniversary with Nov. 10 concert

Cornell Chronicle

After a half-century singing songs you know, the Cornell Hangovers offer a harmonic convergence to celebrate their golden anniversary. The group’s Fall Tonic concert will be Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. at Bailey Hall

Student voices

Language barrier means millions of elderly can't access Alzheimer's trials

NPR

in this NPR Op-Ed, Josh Eibelman '20 describes how millions of individuals suffering from Alzheimers that are not fluent in English are barred from participating in clinical trials to treat Alzheimers. 

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

The mysterious lipid signal

Cornell Research

With this CAREER award, Jeremy M. Baskin, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is developing chemical probes to study the phosphatidic acid-mediated signaling pathways that are vital to human health and wellbeing. Baskin’s group is using chemical and biochemical tools to report on and control phosphatidic acid synthesis and to study an important signaling pathway thought to be under the control of this lipid.

English

The non-confrontational question that helps men become feminists

Quartz at Work

The work of Mukoma Wa Ngugi, poet and associate professor of English, is featured in this Quartz article.

Student outreach

A&S students named Engaged Ambassadors

A&S Communications

Ambassadors support students working on community projects, coordinate outreach efforts and mentor students learning about leadership.

Romance studies

Julia Chang: Confounding expectations

A&S Communications

As the child of immigrants, Chang understands what it feels like to be an outsider.

Economics & Government

Global Grand Challenges event to spark faculty dialogue

Cornell Chronicle

What are the biggest threats facing inhabitants of Earth in the 21st century? A two-day symposium will bring together people from across the university for a dialogue on the “grand challenges” of a world that’s both more connected than ever and increasingly fractured.

Music

Chimes peal out undergrad melodies

A&S Communications

Students in the new class, Instrumentation for Composers, wrote for eight solo instruments and had their pieces performed by professional musicians on the Cornell faculty.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Abruña honored by Electrochemical Society

A&S Communications

Héctor Abruña, the Emile M. Chamot Professor of Chemistry, was named the recipient of the Allen J. Bard Medal for 2019, one of the highest honors of the Electrochemical Society.

Music

The Hill is alive with the sound of (jazz) music

A&S Communications

Two students who specialize in jazz have received recent honors for their blend of passion, performance and academics.

Academics

Arts & Sciences faculty approve new curriculum

A&S Communications

“New categories reflect areas of real faculty and student interest, including data science, global citizenship and social difference.”

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Nobel laureate to give Racker Lecture Nov. 15

Cornell Chronicle

When the tantalizing scent of chocolate chip cookies wafts by, how does your mind know what it means? Nobel laureate Richard Axel will explain in his talk, “Scents and Sensibility: Representations of the Olfactory World in the Brain,” in Cornell’s annual Ef Racker Lecture in Biology and Medicine Thursday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m. in Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall. A reception will follow in Kennedy Atrium. The talk is free and open to the public.