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Professor A.R. Ammons at the Temple of Zeus
Campus life

Temple of Zeus keeping students, faculty healthy for more than 50 years

A&S Communications

These days, nearly 900 customers pass through the lines every day at the Temple of Zeus café in the atrium of Klarman Hall. That’s a far cry from its humble origins in 1964 as a coffee and donut operation run by one of the building maintenance staff.

Information Science & Sociology

New group to study AI’s impact on decision-making

Cornell Chronicle

Artificial intelligence is guiding a growing number of decisions in criminal justice, education, health care and other areas, with the potential to significantly alter people’s lives.

German studies

Alexander Kluge: New Perspectives on Creative Arts and Critical Practice

A&S Communications

The German Studies Department will host a three-day international conference Oct. 11-13 discussing the works and theoretical contributions of German multimedial artist and storyteller Alexander Kluge.

Career Development

'An internship connects you to your future'

A&S Communications

A panel of students shared their experiences with the Cornell in Washington program and their summer internships.

Outreach

$1.7 million Mellon grant fortifies prison education

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP) has received a grant for $1.7 million to ensure the success of ongoing efforts to accelerate degree completion for incarcerated college students, to look at the benefits of college-in-prison in the broader society, and facilitate Cornell students’ education and engagement in criminal justice reform.

Lawrence Kidder
Astronomy & Physics

Lawrence Kidder elected fellow of American Physical Society

Cornell Chronicle

Award-winning senior astronomy research associate Lawrence Kidder, who contributed to the 2016 confirmation of gravitational waves detected in 2015, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

Astronomy

Astronomer to co-lead Extrasolar Planetary Systems Key Science Program

A&S Communications

Image: Artist's concept of the completed Giant Magellan Telescope.

Society for the Humanities

CNY Humanities Corridor supports humanities collaboration

A&S Communications

Cornell has received a $1.5 million endowment from the Central New York Humanities Corridor, thanks to a $3.55 million matching grant from the Mellon Foundation that also funded endowments at Syracuse and Rochester, which will support regional interdisciplinary humanities projects. With the Society for the Humanities stewarding the Cornell endowment, Cornell faculty will have faster access to funding with less paperwork.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Postdocs honored with achievement awards

Cornell Chronicle

Six postdocs at Cornell were honored with an inaugural Postdoc Achievement Award Sept. 17 at the Big Red Barn as part of the kickoff to National Postdoc Appreciation Week.

Performing & Media Arts

PMA lecturer featured in off-Broadway show

A&S Communications

The off-Broadway world premiere of “The Winning Side,” a new play by James Wallert, will feature Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr., senior lecturer in the Department of Performing & Media Arts, as Major Taggert

Graphic showing how the planet had a different light signature due to the dominance of moss.
Astronomy

Astronomers use Earth’s history as guide to spot vegetation on new worlds

Cornell Chronicle

A new model by Cornell astronomers will help identify possible life on exoplanets.

Sociology

Sociology students enjoy new spaces after Uris Hall renovations

A&S Communications

New renovations and expansions in Uris Hall have improved classroom and seminar room spaces in the Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI), given undergrads in the sociology department a computer lounge and provided more space for graduate students to hold meetings and conduct research.

Government

The Trump administration wrongly assumed China would capitulate in a trade war. What happens now?

The Washington Post

In this Washington Post opinion piece, Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, and David. A Lake, professor of political science at the University of California at San Diego, discuss the recent trade war that the Trump Administration has instigated with China.

Engaged Cornell

Grants create community-engaged opportunities for students

Cornell Chronicle

Fourteen projects include partners from New York state communities – from Rochester to Ithaca to New York City – while seven projects include international partners.

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Silver fox study reveals genetic clues to social behavior

Cornell Chronicle

Geneticists identify genes that were altered in tame animals in two areas of the brain involved with learning and memory.