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Graduate student life

Student Spotlight: Germán Reyes

6/6/2022 Cornell University Graduate School

A doctoral candidate in economics from Argentina, Reyes studies how test-score gaps eventually lead to income inequality.

Map of North and Central America, made of flag colors — Geography and Space/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Flag map of Central America and North America

International relations

In blow to U.S. diplomacy, Mexican president skips key regional summit

6/6/2022 A&S Communications

The Summit of the Americas, taking place this week in Los Angeles, typically represents an opportunity for leaders to move their agendas forward.

Graduate student life

Student Spotlight: Michael Lee

6/7/2022 Cornell University Graduate School

"As a poet with the heart of a historian, I’m interested in attending to the interrelated histories of European colonialism and industrial warfare through the lyric."

Person staning inside a room with a book shelf — Cornell University file photo In a 2005 file photo, Epoch editor Michael Koch, standing, reviews fiction and poetry submissions in the Epoch Magazine office with creative writing graduate students Douglas Mitchell M.F.A ’07 and Stephanie Gehring M.F.A ’07.

Creative Writing Program

Michael Koch, Epoch editor, remembered for ‘quiet grace’

6/7/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Koch’s expertise made a mark on American literature and influenced writers who went on to publish bestselling and prize-winning works of fiction and poetry.

Person casts a net from a canoe on a calm lake — Hennie Stander/Unsplash Fishermen on Lake Victoria in Uganda

Graduate student research

Two Doctoral Students Receive Africa Fund Fellowships

6/6/2022 Cornell University Graduate School

Angela Nankabirwa, doctoral student in ecology and evolutionary biology, will collect and analyze harmful algal bloom samples taken from Africa’s Lake Victoria.

Alumni

Chris Pavone ’89 Pens Globe-Trotting Tales Packed with Twists and Turns

6/8/2022 Cornellians

The bestselling author’s latest thriller follows a heroine with a secret past—and a kidnapped husband.

A stately government building under a partly cloudy sky

Democracy in the U.S.

Jan. 6 hearings: What’s missing are key White House witnesses

6/9/2022 A&S Communications

As the House Committee charged with investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol prepares to hold the first of several hearings on June 9, Doug Kriner and Steve Israel share from their recent poll designed to measure public opinion of election reforms.

Oil painting of a person in robes at a desk, holding a flaming heart — Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 78.74 × 62.23 cm Saint Augustine, oil on canvas by Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1645–50

Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow traces ideas of slavery from ancient Rome to upstate NY

6/9/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Toni Alimi’s book project, “Slaves of God,” delves deep into the Augustine cannon, explaining the philosopher’s reasons for justifying slavery.

Giant white dish-shaped structure set in lush hills — Shami Chatterjee/Provided The 500-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, known as FAST, in Ghizou province, southwest China

Astronomy

Rapid-fire fast radio burst shows hot space between galaxies

6/9/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Sending out an occasional and informative cosmic ping from more than 3.5 billion light years away, these quick-fire surges provide a pathway for scientists to comprehend the perplexing, mysterious and million-degree intergalactic medium.

subway car with flowers growing in it — Wanda Field Artwork from Christel Robinson and Wanda Field appears throughout the book.

Classroom experiences

Students, formerly incarcerated people publish book of creative works

6/10/2022 A&S Communications

A performing and media arts class composed of Cornell students and formerly incarcerated people has produced a book of their writings, exploring their own stories and their discoveries about each other.

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