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Jason Koski/Cornell Members of the Cornell Astronomical Society gave tours of Fuertes Observatory to the public, who were allowed to peer through the telescope during an October 14 celebration of its 100th birthday.
Astronomy

Crowd gathers to wish ‘happy birthday’ to Fuertes telescope

A&S Communications

Partygoers enjoyed space-themed cupcakes, peered through the telescope and pored over a display of observatory instruments to celebrate Fuertes Observatory's 100th birthday.

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International relations

America and China Don’t Need to Knock Each Other Out to Win

New York Times

Competition and conflict between the United States and China have continued to intensify, writes Jessica Chen Weiss, in New York Times commentary.

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Romance Studies

‘Blood Novels’ explores material, metaphor in Spanish realist fiction

Cornell Chronicle

Julia Chang examines the presence of blood and its deeper literary and cultural meaning in novels by three Spanish authors.

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Dave Burbank/Cornell University Vincent Mauro
Graduate student research

Latin America—Party Systems and Inequality

Cornell Research

When citizens take the law into their own hands, what’s behind this behavior? Observing such a mob scene drove Vincent Mauro to study the question.

Goldwin Smith Hall in the fall
Faculty Awards

Weiss teaching award honors eight exceptional faculty

Cornell Chronicle

Four A&S faculty members have been honored for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

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Lindsay France/Cornell University Cornell President Martha E. Pollack delivers her State of the University address Oct. 14 in Kennedy Hall.
State of the University

Pollack lauds ‘amazing Cornellians’ in State of the University speech

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell's president highlighted recent achievements of Arts and Sciences faculty.

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Stefanos Kogkas/Unsplash London
European politics

Policy inconsistent with UK reality: Cornell experts available on Truss resignation

A&S Communications

Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced she will resign after 44 days in office. Cornell University professors discuss what’s next for the United Kingdom and the European Union.

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Literatures in English

Juliana Hu Pegues wins ASA book prize for ‘Space-Time Colonialism’

A&S Communications

The prize recognizes the best first book in American Studies released during 2021.

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Ivan Serediuk/Unsplash Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine
International relations

Drones ‘arms race’ renews debate on global governance

A&S Communications

The United States is calling for a United Nations Security Council briefing regarding news that Russia is using Iranian drones for its war on Ukraine. Paul Lushenko, doctoral student and co-editor of "Drones and Global Order: Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society,” comments.

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Klarman Fellows

Klarman fellow’s research prompts Stanford to investigate its practices

A&S Communications

An archive discovery by Cornell historian Charles Petersen reported in an August 2021 newsletter prompted Stanford University to establish a task force to investigate its admissions practices for Jewish students in the 1950s.