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Education Innovation

Fun, hands-on course teaches science communication

A&S Communications

The course goal is to produce one or two polished exhibit ideas for Ithaca's Sciencenter.

Alumnii mentoring

A&S alum hosts med school interns for summer experiences

A&S Communications

Hank Fessler ’77 says the program allows him to see the long-term impacts of his contributions.

Astronomy, Linguistics

Good heavens! Cornellians marvel at eclipse

Cornell Chronicle

On the eve of fall semester classes starting, Cornellians spied the sky – with special safety glasses – to view the partial solar eclipse Aug. 21 over Ithaca.

English

Cornell poet to kick off Botanic Gardens’ lecture series

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Botanic Gardens opens its annual Fall Lecture Series with award-winning poet Ishion Hutchinson on Wednesday, August 30, at 5:30 p.m. in Call Auditorium, followed by a garden party at Cornell Botanic Gardens.

Psychology

Devil versus angel: When do they shift into action in the face of temptation?

San Francisco Chronicle

What might cause a person to choose a doughnut for breakfast instead of a bowl of oatmeal?This piece in the San Francisco Chronicle, explores reserach into temptation conducted by Melissa Ferguson, Cornell professor of psychology, and Paul Stillman, a postdoctoral researcher in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at The Ohio State University.

English

Zalaznick series Includes readings by Quan Barry, Marlon James

Poet and fiction writer Ron Rash kicks off the Fall 2017 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series on Thursday, Sept. 7, 4:30 p.m., at the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium in Cornell’s Klarman Hall. All events in the Reading Series are free and open to the public.

Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

FGSS alum continues social justice work in India, Texas

A&S Communications

After spending a year helping human trafficking victims in Mumbai, India, alum Katharine Poor ‘16 is headed to Texas to work for an organization that aids refugees and undocumented immigrants.

Academics

Courses address recent events and national climate

A&S Communications

Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences are exploring questions about recent events in their research and scholarship, and students have the opportunity to engage with their expertise through numerous courses this Fall relevant to our current national climate.

Convocation

Dean welcomes Class of 2021

A&S Communications

… from faculty and the fellowship office at Cornell for getting that opportunity and winning the Rhodes Scholarship. … not only to your family who certainly helped you get here, but more broadly to humanity. Go, change the …

Scholarships

Fulbright recipients head off to global destinations

Cornell Chronicle

Fourteen Cornell students and recent alumni are setting out this fall for destinations around the world, thanks to grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

Camper Mary draws an excavation trench at Gegharot, an archaeological site in Armenia.
Engagement

Armenian girls uncover the past in archaeology camp

A&S Communications

From July 17-20, six Armenian girls got an insider’s view of archaeology as participants in the pilot session of Camp Aragats

Solar eclipse
Astronomy

Solar eclipse offers moon-walk moment: Science is all the rage

USA Today

In this USA Today opinion piece, astronomy Professor Philip Nicholson writes that Monday's solar eclipse could have impacts beyond a one-day event.

Government

People who get Medicaid are made to feel powerless

The Washington Post

In this Washington Post opinion piece, Jamila Michener, assistant professor of government, writes about her research, which shows that people on Medicaid often feel powerless and therefore disengage in politics.

Alumni support

College celebrates year of generous giving

A&S Communications

The growth of annual funds in the College of Arts & Sciences has been the most significant of all of Cornell's schools and colleges this year.

Global Cornell

Cornell provides refuge for scholars under threat

Cornell Chronicle

… History … In 2014, sociologist Azat Gündoğan and his wife, historian Nilay … with their baby. “It was so strange,” Azat recalls. “The ‘everydayness’ of it.” That afternoon their lawyer called. … like to travel abroad, the lawyer said, this would be a very good time. “It was a now-or-never type of decision,” …