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Information Science

Young alumna starts 3D modeling company

A&S Communications

Valerie Mack '16, now an MPS graduate student here, is creating a company to make 3D printing more reliable.

Music

Roberto Sierra: "Creating music"

Cornell Research

Roberto Sierra,the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Music Composition, talks about his life, composing, teaching, and the creative process.

History

Slavery and today's policing

Cornell Research

After writing a book on slavery, Edward Baptist is creating a searchable database that will digitize runaway ads.

Economics

Basu: Economics of climate change will affect world poverty

Cornell Chronicle

If the world’s climate changes dramatically, societal equilibrium and the economics of market forces fall apart.

Sociology

Library tackles fake news with workshops, resources, advice

Cornell Chronicle

In the well-attended workshops, librarians are reviewing tips and guidelines to help students identify nontrustworthy news sources.

History

Cook Awards honor those committed to women's issues

Cornell Chronicle

Several individuals and organizations received Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Awards March 9. Cook Awards honor Cornell students, faculty and staff members for their commitment to women’s issues and for improving the climate for women at Cornell. The Cook Award Committee and the University Diversity Council select winners from nominations made by members of the Cornell community.

History

Historian to speak on American exceptionalism

Cornell Chronicle

Can American exceptionalism – conservative or progressive – explain America to itself?

German Studies

German Club encourages contributions for new journal

A&S Communications

Students in Cornell’s German Club have created a new online journal to allow their peers to share and practice their writing in German.“Submissions can be in any format – stories, essays, poems, critiques,” said Lydia Morgan ‘17, club president. “This isn’t something that you would write for a class.”

Alumni gifts

Arts & Sciences plans campaigns for Giving Day

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Giving Day 2017 is March 14, one 24-hour period for alumni, parents and friends to come together to support the university. “Now in its third year, Giving Day is a special moment for Cornell,” said Fred Van Sickle, vice president for alumni affairs and development. “For one day, we reconnect with one another as Cornellians. Our alumni, friends and parents show their deep commitment through their support for the university’s vital work in a myriad of important areas.”

Student research

Catching the research bug

A&S Communications

… Exposing undergraduates to research across the spectrum of fields has long been a hallmark of the university. … freshmen and sophomores join faculty projects as soon as they can As a precocious high school junior, Arthur Campello … Catching the research bug …

Anthropology

Bulletin immerses readers in Southeast Asian cultures

Cornell Chronicle

The perspectives learned and connections made through cross-cultural exchange are critical to creating a society of global citizens.

Interdisciplinary

New environment and sustainability major approved

Arts & Sciences Communications

The new major offer students additional ways to combine the study of physical and biological sciences with social science and humanities fields.

Music

Musicologist revives dance in French Baroque opera

Cornell Chronicle

When the Boston Early Music Festival needed advice on how to revive a French baroque opera, they turned to Cornell musicologist Rebecca Harris-Warrick, author of “Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera: A History.”

Cornell libraries

Library study honors Interim President Hunter Rawlings

Cornell Chronicle

The Hunter R. Rawlings III Research Study, a bright office space overlooking the Arts Quad and Goldwin Smith Hall on the sixth floor of Olin Library, was dedicated March 3.

Science and Technology Studies

'Radical collaboration' through machine learning

Cornell Chronicle

An Ithaca-Cornell Tech partnership explores machine learning possibilities using visual recognition, crossing the humanities with technology.