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History of Art

New exhibit finds art in unusual places

A&S Communications

Marbled plastic, strange fluorescent colors, irregular forms: Large-format photographs on display in the John Hartell Gallery scale images of tiny plastic toys up 30 times.

Alumni

Cornell Cinema hosts 'RBG' screening with discussion

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell  Cinema will host a special screening of “RBG,” a multidimensional portrait of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54, at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 in Willard Straight Theatre, which will include an introduction by Government Professor Gretchen Ritter, who will also lead a post-screening discussion.

Psychology

Ways to promote and foster collaborative research in your lab

Nature

Katherine D. Kinzler, associate professor of psychology, joins with colleague Kristin Shutts in this Nature piece to share ideas for healthy teamwork in a lab.

Government

Book traces influence of Southern white politicians on the US

A&S Communications

The South has shaped America in subtle, surprising ways. In a new book, “Southern Nation: Congress and White Supremacy After Reconstruction,” three political scientists reveal the influence of Southern white supremacists on national public policy and Congressional procedures, from Reconstruction to the New Deal, and the impact that continues today.

Physics

Physics theory used to predict crowd behavior

A&S Communications

Electrons whizzing around each other and humans crammed together at a political rally don’t seem to have much in common, but researchers at Cornell are connecting the dots.

Social Sciences

Tech companies favor CU social science grads

A&S Communications

The tech world is realizing the importance of a new definition of diversity – that of fields of study.

History

Field research leads to surprising results for historian

Cornell Chronicle

Some research just has to be done on-site, said historian Mostafa Minawi, and he should know.Thanks to an ANAMED fellowship, he spent seven months in Sudan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Somalia and Djibouti, tracking down details for his new book on Ottoman/European/Ethiopian competition over the coast of Somalia. The most surprising thing he found, he said, was how alive that history still is in some areas.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast Series

Product Love

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's third season, "What Do We Know about Love?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and love. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the fall semester.

Student research

MMUF scholar explores intersection between African, Asian cultures

A&S Communications

"The intersections of cultures has always fascinated me because I live at one of those intersections.”

Engaged learning

Premed students explore diverse medical interests in summer program

A&S Communications

“Students become participant observers, carrying out an ethnographic inquiry of the culture and practice of medicine."

Student internships

A&S student combines CS, government interests in White House internship

A&S Communications

Graham Cohen '20 built an app for the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

Latina/o studies

Senior investigates Latinx identity formation in higher education

Karen Loya is studying the way U.S. universities influence and support their Latinx students.

History of Art

Slave ship image helped end slavery, new book shows

Cornell Chronicle

Art historian Cheryl Finley provides the first in-depth look at how the 18th-century slave ship schematic became an enduring symbol of black resistance, identity and remembrance.

comparative literature

New book analyzes poetry across the world

A&S Communications

“What one cannot compute, one must poetize,” concludes a new interdisciplinary study of poetry.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Unraveling titanium dioxide’s self-cleaning ability

Titanium dioxide is one of several minerals that are self-cleaning; they use energy from the sun to convert any “schmutz” that lands on their surface to a harmless gas, which then floats away.