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Economics

Teachers critical to detecting and reporting child maltreatment

8/8/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Time spent in school and the resulting contact with teachers and other school staff leads to increases in reports of child maltreatment – cases that would not have been discovered otherwise.

Cornell University Cornell University James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a a professor emeritus of African and African American Politics and Social Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Aug. 6 in Ithaca.

In memoriam

James Turner, a ‘giant’ of Africana studies, dies at 82

8/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a pioneer of the multidisciplinary approach to exploring the African diaspora, died Aug. 6 in Ithaca.

woman outside courthouse — Jesse Winter Louise Wang outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, where she worked this summer, in New York City.

Humanities Scholars Program

Humanities Scholars explore future careers through legal internships

8/15/2022 A&S Communications

Two students in the College explored legal careers this summer thanks in part to grants from the Humanities Scholars Program.

I love interacting Ivan Andrade — Jesse Winter Iván Andrade on the Weill Cornell Medical Center campus in New York City.

Summer Experience Grants

Iván Andrade: ‘I love interacting with patients’

8/15/2022 A&S Communications

Iván Andrade’s summer experience helped him realize that he’s headed in the right direction as he pursues a career in medicine.

two women walking in new York City — Jesse Winter Milstein students explored the city on various outings.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Milstein students spend summer producing, questioning, exploring

8/15/2022 A&S Communications

Milstein students spent eight weeks this summer wrestling with societal questions about technology's role in our world.

Biological sciences

Aquadro honored for contributions to population genetics

8/15/2022 A&S Communications

A world leader in the study of population genetics of the fruit fly, Aquadro studies the amount of diversity that exists within and between the genomes of organisms.

two girls hugging — Jesse Winter Elida Met-Hoxha, left, and Zayana Khan, became friends this summer during their time at Cornell Tech.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Summer reflections from Milstein students

8/16/2022 A&S Communications

Hear from four of the 29 students in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity about their summer at Cornell Tech.

Two people stand in a garden — Noël Heaney/Cornell University Kofi Acree, director of the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library and curator of Africana Collections in Cornell University Library, speaks with gardeners outside the installation at the Cornell Botanic Gardens.

The Black experience

Seeds of survival: Botanic Gardens honors the Black experience

8/17/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Arts & Sciences student Jakara Zellner ’23, co-leader on the Garden Ambassador team, who served on the advisory committee and narrated the audio tour of a Cornell Botanic Gardens featuring 21 plants significant to the Black experience in the Americas.

Person standing on a bridge, with a river and city behind — Provided Moss in Geneva, Switzerland, where she spent her junior year

Alumni

Quelle Surprise! The Hidden Benefits of My French Lit Major

8/19/2022 Cornellians

Being immersed in another language and culture made Melissa Hart Moss ’93, JD ’97 a better lawyer—and a more broad-minded person

Green lawn intersected by gray paths, seen from the air — Jason Koski/Cornell University Aerial view of the Arts Quad, heart of the College of Arts and Sciences

Klarman Fellows

A&S opens application portal for Klarman postdoc fellowships

8/23/2022 A&S Communications

Klarman Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the creative arts as well as cross-disciplinary fields. The application deadline is October 14.

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