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Stephen Spinelli performs on 2018 GRAMMY-winning recording

The 2018 GRAMMY Award for Best Choral Performance was awarded to Donald Nally and The Crossing, for their recording of Gavin Bryar's "The Fifth Century." Stephen Spinelli, director of the Cornell Chorale and Chamber Singers, was one of The Crossing's 24 singers on the album. 

Benjamin Anderson wins Charles Rufus Morey Book Award

Benjamin Anderson’s recently published “Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art” (Yale University Press, 2017) has won the 2018 Charles Rufus Morey Book Award of the College Art Association (CAA).

Zamudio to study effects of active learning as Menschel Teaching Fellow

Kelly Zamudio, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, will analyze the effects of activity modules on classroom learning goals as the 2017-18 Menschel Distinguished Teaching Fellow at Cornell.

Aye Lab takes its protein-assessing tool to the next level

In 2016, Yimon Aye, Howard Milstein Faculty Fellow and assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, introduced the world to “T-REX” – a chemical method for targeting and modulating single proteins to analyze and screen for specific oxidation-reduction (redox) events, which are vital to many basic functions of life.

Simpler grammar, larger vocabulary: a linguistic paradox explained

Languages have an intriguing paradox. Languages with lots of speakers, such as English and Mandarin, have large vocabularies with relatively simple grammar. Yet the opposite is also true: Languages with fewer speakers have fewer words but complex grammars.Why does the size of a population of speakers have opposite effects on vocabulary and grammar?

Lactation hormone cues birds to be good parents

Toppling a widespread assumption that a “lactation” hormone only cues animals to produce food for their babies, Cornell researchers have shown the hormone also prompts zebra finches to be good parents.

Fish study IDs genes that regulate social behaviors

Genes in an area of the brain that is relatively similar in fish, humans and all vertebrates appear to regulate how organisms coordinate and shift their behaviors, according to a new Cornell study.

In the era of #MeToo, philosopher’s new book explains misogyny

… rationalizes treating women as inferior to men in masculine-coded domains—such as business, STEM fields, and political … or are perceived as withholding feminine-coded goods and services from their socially sanctioned beneficiaries.  … characterized as pushy, shrill, nasty, or abrasive, among other possibilities. “Women who do not violate patriarchal …

Sociologist to speak on inequality and stigmatization

Economic inequality in advanced industrial societies has been growing in recent years, and so has the demand for recognition by stigmatized minority groups. Sociologist Michèle Lamont offers evidence of these intertwined facets of inequality and recommendations for public policy in her Feb. 2 talk, "Addressing the Recognition Gap: Destigmatization and the Reduction of Inequality."

Cornell community shares advice, warm hats with new Puerto Rican students

Upperclass and graduate student mentors are helping the new students navigate Cornell.

‘Hill’ reporter, Tony-award winning director return to campus for talks

The visits are part of the Becker Grant lectures, established in 1976, which help departments bring alumni to campus to share their experiences with students.

Witches, Zombies, and Cli-Fi Mysteries

While a master’s student at SUNY Buffalo, Kristen Angierski '12 discovered her passion for eco-criticism—literary criticism that takes the natural world into account. This, paired with her love of animals and environmental politics, inspired her to pursue doctoral study in the environmental humanities.

Bring your passion, or find one here.

Apply for 2018 Arts and Sciences digitization grants

The grants program makes a broad range of Cornell treasures easily discoverable online.

Researchers learn the social function of babies’ babbling

Babies are adept at getting what they need – including an education. New research shows that babies organize mothers’ verbal responses, which promotes more effective language instruction, and infant babbling is the key.