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Latina/o Studies Program

Mi Comunidad mentorship program fosters community

A&S Communications

The program connects Latinx undergraduate students to graduate students to ease the transition to higher education, encourage community engagement and help students manage academics.

Psychology

'I’m just overwhelmed by the unknowns in the field of neuroscience'

Mike Yunxuan Li ‘20, like many sophomores in the College of Arts & Sciences, has focused on classes he enjoys. From exploring fields that he is curious about to interacting with professors outside his main areas of interest, Li explained how he is making the most of his time at Cornell.

Institute for German Cultural Studies

Institute for German Cultural Studies celebrates 25 years

A&S Communications

Cornell has a history of hiring faculty with strengths and interests in German, not only within the Department of German Studies, but throughout the university.So, 25 years ago, Professor Peter Uwe Hohendahl set about creating an institute that could bring faculty from across campus with interests in German together for conferences and colloquia to share ideas, opinions and research.

Sevile, Spain: No me ha dejado

This week, senior Samantha tells us about her challenging yet incredibly rewarding five months in Sevile, Spain, through which she learned to embrace the uncomfortable. By Samantha Cohen '18, Sociology major, Business minor

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Coalition to provide data for improving life science career choices

Cornell Chronicle

President Martha E. Pollack has committed the university to a new multi-institution initiative to make public data pertaining to career outcomes for life sciences doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers.

Philosophy

Philosopher’s new book examines fundamental things

Cornell Chronicle

How does the “big” get built up from the “small”? How do belief and thought in a brain emerge from subatomic particles? In her new book, “Making Things Up,” philosopher Karen Bennett tackles the question of how fundamental things determine or generate less fundamental things, and what it all means.

Philosophy

Salma Hayek was destroyed by the same shame that protected Harvey Weinstein

Newsweek

Cornell philosopher Kate Manne, author of "Down GIrl: The Logic of Misogyny," explains in this Newsweek editorial why powerful men get away with abusing women for decades, such as Salma Hayek's treatment from Harvey Weinstein. 

Science & Technology Studies

A not-quite-random walk demystifies the algorithm

Cornell Chronicle

The algorithm is having a cultural moment. Originally a math and computer science term, algorithms are now used to account for everything from military drone strikes and financial market forecasts to Google search results.

Physics

Machining staff: ‘wizards who share their secrets’

Cornell Chronicle

… for diverse research needs,” said Jeevak Parpia, physics professor specializing in experimental condensed-matter … retailer. “Experience with a variety of materials, their properties and characteristics during machining is … hands-on knowledge also helps clients understand how to buy parts that are manufactured and ordered in bulk. An …

Cornell Library

Library ‘portal’ to connect campus with people worldwide

Cornell Chronicle

Inside the high-tech portal, which is made from a shipping container, users will come face-to-face with someone in a different portal elsewhere.

Physics

Newly developed techniques shed light on key protein’s regulatory ability

Cornell Chronicle

Fundamental processes that occur along strands of DNA, including RNA transcription and DNA replication, commonly encounter obstacles – or “roadblocks” – that can impede progress and ultimately result in mutations and/or DNA damage.

Cornell Library

Cornell Press finds new home at Cornell Library

Cornell Chronicle

Starting Jan. 1, 2018, Cornell University Press will report to Cornell University Library.“We look forward to working closely with the first university press in the nation,” said Gerald Beasley, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian. “Both the library and the press share a similar vision to promote a culture of broad inquiry and support the university’s mission to discover, preserve, and disseminate knowledge and creative expression.”

Music

Andy Sheng ’20 wins Cornell Concerto Competition

Cornell Chronicle

Pianist Andy Sheng ’20 is the winner of the 14th annual Cornell Concerto Competition, held Dec. 10 in Barnes Hall Auditorium. He performed the first movement of Beethoven’s Concerto No. 4 and will perform the piece as a featured soloist with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra in a concert March 11, 2018, in Bailey Hall.

Alumni

Alumnus helps celebrities navigate the spotlight

A&S Communications

Alum Sam Naimi '17, who double majored in feminist, gender, & sexuality studies, and English literature, talks about his experience working full time in the entertainment industry.

Astronomy

Online exhibit celebrates Golden Record and supports scientific discovery

A&S Communications

A new online, interactive exhibition celebrating the 40th anniversary of NASA’s Voyager spacecrafts’ Golden Records is raising funds for three organizations, one of them Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute (CSI). “A Message from Earth” represents a “collage of the contemporary human condition,” according to exhibit organizer WeTransfer’s press release.