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Bilal Ayadi/Unsplash Tunis, Tunisia
Government

Tunisia’s president threatened the judicial system. What do Tunisians think about these power grabs?

The Washington Post

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Alexandra Blackman, assistant professor of government, writes that a new survey reveals support for Tunisian President Kais Saied — but also support for democracy.

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Provided Catherine Zhang '22 on the set of Jeopardy! National College Championship
Student experiences

Two Cornellians will compete in ‘Jeopardy!’ Feb. 8

Cornell Chronicle

Andrés Quijano ’22 will compete at 7:30 p.m. on “Jeopardy!” and Catherine Zhang ’22 will compete at 8 p.m. on the “Jeopardy!” National College Championship, on ABC and Hulu.

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Toni Morrison

Cornell celebrates Morrison’s birthday with screening, roundtable

A&S Communications

Cornell will celebrate the birthday of alumna and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison MA ’55 from 3-5 p.m. Feb. 18 with a screening of the film “The Foreigner’s Home” (2017), followed by a roundtable discussion.

Zhu Family Graduate Fellowships in the Humanities

Zhu Family Graduate Fellowships in the Humanities
Illustration of neural pathways and circuit boards.
New major

Students can major in cognitive science come fall 2022

A&S Communications

The major combines interests in philosophy, psychology, computer science, linguistics and neurobiology and behavior.

Ben Furnas
Climate

Former NYC sustainability head Ben Furnas ‘06 to direct University Climate Initiative

Cornell Chronicle

Ben Furnas, ’06, has been hired as executive director of The 2030 Project: A Cornell Climate Initiative. Project leadership includes Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Morten Christiansen
Faculty honors

Psychology professor elected to Denmark’s Royal Academy

A&S Communications

Morten H. Christiansen, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected a foreign member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Black and white photo (1984) of a eight people
Honey Lee Cottrell Cropped photo of On Our Backs staff at 19th and Castro Streets, San Francisco (left to right): Susie Bright, Lisa Palac, Greta Christina, Nan Kinney, Robin Simmons, Lulu Belliveau, Debi Sundahl, and Marcy Sheiner, 1990.
Cornell Library

Exhibition features pioneering erotic magazine

Cornell Chronicle

The first decade of On Our Backs, the women-run erotic magazine (1984-2006) is highlighted by “Radical Desire: Making On Our Backs Magazine” in the Carl A. Kroch Library,

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Lindsay France/Cornell University CCTL Covid-19 Testing Lab at College of Veterinary Medicine
Economics

Economist helps solve COVID-19 missing data problems

Cornell Chronicle

Professor of economics Jörg Stoye proposes new methods of deriving the prevalence of a disease when only partial data is available — with applications for epidemiology and public health policy.

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Sgt. Alexander Rector/U.S. Army photo Ukrainian soldiers take part in military drills
Government

Russia may be about to invade Ukraine. Russians don’t want it to.

Washington Post

For Putin, invading Ukraine comes with political risk at home, show surveys conducted by Bryn Rosenfeld and colleauges.