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Alumnus recognized as one of Chemical and Engineering News “Talented 12” young chemists
Chemistry

Alumnus recognized as one of Chemical and Engineering News “Talented 12” young chemists

A&S Communications

Cathy Mulzer Ph.D ‘15 was honored last month as one of Chemical and Engineering News’ “Talented 12” honorees for 2019.

Government

How a conservative Supreme Court could actually benefit progressives

Time Magazine

Government Professor Joseph Margulies writes in this Time opinion piece that Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court may cause progressive voters to stop thinking of the court as an agent ot change.

Biology

New data science, computational biology departments span colleges

Cornell Chronicle

The university is launching two new multicollege departments – one in statistics and data science, and one in computational biology – to meet evolving research needs, encourage collaboration, and improve the quality of teaching and learning in these increasingly essential fields.

Alumni

Fight and Flight: One Woman's Fearless Journey to the Stars

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Photo from NASA/JPL-Caltech 

Sociology

Pulitzer-prize winner describes why we ‘lock up our own’ – and how to stop

Cornell Chronicle

When Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Forman Jr. was a public defender in Washington, D.C., in the 1990s, he defended a 15-year-old named Brandon, who was charged with possessing a small amount of marijuana and a gun.

Physics

Doctoral student applies physics modeling to voting of SCOTUS ‘Super Court’

Cornell Chronicle

The maelstrom surrounding the nomination and subsequent confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was to be expected, when one justice’s vote could change the country’s moral compass for generations. But looking at the high court over a period of decades, have political leanings been its strongest barometer?

Graduate students

Six grad students win Fulbright-Hays fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

It was late September when Cornell’s Fulbright adviser, David Holmberg, learned that six of his advisees had won Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education. This was out of just 100 fellowships awarded nationwide.Unfortunately, Holmberg also learned that the winners had three days to submit their signed paperwork or they would lose their awards.

Latin American Studies Program

Grant expands undergrad offerings on Latin America and Caribbean

Cornell Chronicle

Political upheaval. Environmental change. Technological innovation. Economic turmoil. Social movements. Refugee crises. Vibrant cultures. Emerging threats to public health.For years, Cornell faculty and graduate students have immersed themselves in these topics in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Romance Studies

Pedro Erber leads new initiative at EAP

A&S Communications

Building on the strong tradition of intellectual history in Cornell’s Japanese studies, the East Asia Program (EAP) is developing a new initiative on contemporary Japanese thought led by Pedro Erber, associate professor of Romance studies and new director of EAP. The initiative intends to return attention to the place of Japan in our contemporary world.

Alumni support

College exceeds yearly goal for fundraising

A&S Communications

Efforts continue to focus on faculty renewal and undergraduate scholarships, but gifts will also support important programs and exciting new initiatives.

Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

FGSS convenes ‘The Future is Feminist’ book club

Cornell Chronicle

The club is reading “How We Get Free” by Keeanga Yamatta-Taylor, “The Second Sex” by Simone de Beauvoir and “The Politics of the Veil” by Joan W. Scott.

Science & Technology Studies

Students use library portal to talk global health care

A&S Communications

Zoee D’Costa ’19 and other students in the Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine class learned about more than just medicine during their international conversations.

Government

Roper Center to create world’s most comprehensive health opinion database

Cornell Chronicle

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, housed at Cornell, has been awarded a grant to provide an easily searchable portal on the public’s views about health dating back to 1935.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

New podcast explores ‘What Do We Know About Love?’

Cornell Chronicle

This season's “What Makes Us Human” podcast explores the newest thinking by Cornell faculty about the relationship between humans and love.

Student entrepreneurship

Student helps formerly jailed chess hustlers get back on board

Cornell Chronicle

Originally the men earned $3 to $5 for every game they played; they now are teaching chess at an average of $30 per hour to people who seek them out in the park.