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Neurobiology & Behavior

Songbirds, Learning, and Human Diseases

Cornell Research

The research of Jesse H. Goldberg, assistant professor and Robert R.

Cornell Cinema

"Cinema under the stars": Cornell Cinema's summer series returns

A&S Communications

Now in its 18th year, Cornell Cinema’s “Cinema Under the Stars” returns this summer with another great audience-selected line up.“Cornell Cinema's Summer Terrace Screenings are community events that bring everyone in Ithaca together,” said Yuji Yang ‘19, president of the Cornell Cinema Student Advisory Board. “It's wonderful to see students and residents gather under a beautiful night sky and enjoy their favorite movies with their friends and families.”

Performing & Media Arts

‘Human Again’ screening offers look at prison theatre group

A&S Communications

During reunion weekend, alumni and others will have a chance to see the impact of some of Cornell’s work in the Auburn Correctional Facility during a panel discussion and screening of “Human Again,” a documentary produced by Bruce Levitt, professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts.

Enceladus
Astronomy

In a cosmic hit-and-run, icy Saturn moon may have flipped

Cornell Chronicle

Enceladus – a large icy, oceanic moon of Saturn – may have flipped, the possible victim of an out-of-this-world wallop.While combing through data collected by NASA's Cassini mission during flybys of Enceladus, astronomers from Cornell, the University of Texas and NASA have found the first evidence that the moon’s axis has reoriented, according to new research published in Icarus.

Two men looking at a map
Archaeology

18th-century library map details Seneca and Cayuga villages

Cornell University Library

The map offers insights into colonial life that will enhance learning and research at Cornell.

Goldwin Smith Hall
Faculty & staff awards

Awards honor Cornell advisers, social scientists, humanists

A&S Communications

College of Arts and Sciences faculty members Roger Moseley and Lori Khatchadourian received the Robert and Helen Appel Fellowship for Humanists and Social Scientists, and Margo Crawford received the Robert A. and Donna B.

Faculty renewal

Arts & Sciences launches Winokur Future Faculty Initiative

A&S Communications

The campaign will support the creation of 15-25 new endowed positions within the college over the next two years.

Faculty honors

2017 Merrill scholars honor their teachers and mentors

Cornell Chronicle

The program was created by the late Philip Merrill ’55 and is funded by annual support from the Merrill Family Foundation.

Astronomy

Juno spacecraft reveals spectacular cyclones at Jupiter's poles

NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted giant cyclones swirling at Jupiter's north and south poles and Cornell astronomer Jonathan Lunine is part of the mission team working to explore what that might mean, according to this story on NPR.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Water forms 'spine of hydration' around DNA, group finds

Cornell Chronicle

Water is the Earth’s most abundant natural resource, but it’s also something of a mystery due to its unique solvation characteristics – that is, how things dissolve in it.

Anthropology

Cornell's leadership in Himalayan studies celebrated

Cornell Chronicle

More than two dozen Himalayan scholars gathered at Cornell last month to chart a way through a political and economic landscape that is increasingly hostile to area studies.

First-generation students

Seven first-generation graduates join Teach For America

Cornell Chronicle

Ava Ramsundar ’17 will follow the passion that prompted her to minor in education and join Teach For America (TFA) after graduation. Ramsundar, who majored in psychology and hopes to become a psychiatrist, will teach in Paterson, New Jersey, this fall.Travis Ghirdharie ’17, who majored in government and anthropology, also has joined TFA and will teach social studies at the Math, Engineering and Science Academy in Brooklyn, New York.

Comparative Literature

“Any language, any person:” New literary magazine set to prioritize diverse voices

A&S Communications

“Death in the Afternoon,” a literary magazine launched this month, aims to feature the voices of students and non-students from across the globe and in any language. The magazine has an international, intercollegiate and interdisciplinary focus that will represent the intersection between different cultures, genres and mediums featuring diverse talents.

Research & Collaboration

Initiative will connect research across NYC, Ithaca campuses

The project unites investigators making important discoveries relevant to human health and disease.

Titan near Jupiter
Astronomy

Titan: An Explorer's Utopia

Cornell Research

Alexander G. Hayes, assistant professor of astronomy, first began studying Titan as a graduate student, Hayes' research is described in this Cornell Research story.