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Supporting first-generation students

New program welcomes A&S first generation students

8/14/2018 A&S Communications

… Arts & Sciences this year. “We’re already planning to go together to the first-generation events during orientation and to see Cornell Cinema movies together,” said Cole Romero ’22, whose hometown is Patterson, … Institute was a chance to slow things down a bit and really get an introduction to campus.” Victoria Harris ’22 said she …

Performing & Media Arts

Rising from the ashes: redemption through theater at Auburn prison

8/14/2018 Cornell Chronicle

The process of attending a show by the Phoenix Players Theatre Group (PPTG) in Auburn Correctional Facility gives attendees a hint of what it’s like to be a prisoner in the maximum security facility.

Psychology

Do You Use Somebody’s First Name or Last Name? The Answer Speaks Volumes

8/12/2018 Wall Street Journal

Psychology graduate student Stav Atir and Professor Melissa Ferguson write in this Wall Street Journal article about their research into the use of last names or first names based on gender.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Love Bonds

12/10/2018

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.

Ecology & Environmental Biology

NSF awards BTI $1M to study plant-bacteria symbiosis

8/9/2018 Cornell Chronicle

To root out the scientific complexities between nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria and its close alliance with plants, the National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million Dimensions of Biodiversity grant to the Cornell-affiliated Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI). Unlocking the genetic and ecological detail behind this symbiotic relationship may help reduce agricultural dependence on synthetic fertilizer.

In memoriam

Joel Silbey, emeritus professor of history, dies at 84

8/9/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Historian Joel H. Silbey, the President White Professor of History Emeritus and a member of the Cornell faculty since 1966, died Aug. 7. He was 84.Silbey was a prolific scholar of American history and political behavior, with a particular focus on the 19th century, and his teaching and scholarly interests included the Jacksonian era, sectional controversy, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and quantitative methods in history.

Government

How attitudes on race, immigration, gender will affect the 2018 midterm elections

8/9/2018 Cornell Chronicle

“As the congressional campaigns unfold, we will actually be able to observe what factors correspond with shifts in vote choice."

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

On-demand polymers may yield designer materials

8/9/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Researchers at Cornell are devising a method for creating new polymers in much the same way that a jewelry maker creates a beaded necklace.

Student research

Summer research programs intrigue diverse students

8/9/2018 Cornell Chronicle

Visiting students representing the next generation of physicists got a taste of life as a researcher during a pair of eight-week summer programs hosted by the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE).

Astronomy & Physics

Junior studies cosmology at Cornell nanoscale facility

8/9/2018

Mahiro Abe ‘20 won an Arts & Sciences Tanner Dean’s Scholar Grant for his research this summer at the Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility.

Government

For more cohesive police forces in war-torn countries, adding women may help

8/8/2018 Cornell Chronicle

When the United Nations and other international players rebuild war-torn countries, they frequently require that women have greater representation in the country’s security forces. The idea is integrating women helps improve peace and security for everyone.But critics of these gender-equity reforms often suggest that women harm the cohesion of the police force.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast Series

A Triangular Theory

10/9/2018

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 semester.

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