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Faculty honors

History prof. wins award for book

A&S Communications

Associate Professor of history Russell Rickford’s book, “We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination,” has received the 2017 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians, given to the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle.  

Performing & Media Arts

Parent gift supports productions at Performing & Media Arts

Alumni Affairs & Development

Mabel Lawrence '19 grew up in a home filled with musical theater. It wasn't unusual, when she was 8 or 9, to get home from elementary school near Los Angeles to find her parents, film and television composer David Lawrence and lyricist Faye Greenberg, working with original cast members, such as those in the Disney Channel’s hit show, "High School Musical."

Alumni

Fannie Mae CEO sees his career interests come full circle

A&S Communications

Tim Mayopoulos didn't take a single class in economics, but says his liberal arts education prepared him perfectly for today's challenges.

Alumni

Honored by Forbes '30 Under 30' list, alumna says she's just getting started

A&S Communications

Caitlin Strandberg '10 says her best professors were the ones who pushed her to always give 100 percent.

History of Art & Visual Studies

Images of cosmos inform study of medieval cultures

Cornell Chronicle

Astronomical imagery, a motif central to the study of art history, took on a variety of different meanings and functions among the dominant cultures of the early medieval period.

A habitable planet in the volcanic Hydrogen habitable Zone picture
Astronomy

Volcanic hydrogen spurs chances of finding exoplanet life

Cornell Chronicle

The research adds many more planets to the "search here" target list.

Diversity & Inclusion

Posse members explore theme of 'Us vs. Them' at annual retreat

A&S Communications

The conversation focused on the ways our various identities shape us, from race to sexuality to eating preferences to musical tastes to politics.

Interdisciplinary

Humanities proposal springs from 'radical collaboration' effort

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell’s “radical collaboration” initiatives – launched last fall as a series of provost’s task forces targeting faculty hiring and retention across a slew of interdisciplinary areas and fields – already are generating momentum and success stories.

Alumni

Alumna shares career path with pre-vet students

A&S Communications

“I had no idea what I wanted to do as a career when I first came to college, and began taking a variety of classes,”  Elizabeth Bodner ‘80 explained when she spoke with students during a  Feb. 3 visit to campus as part of a Career Conversations event hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences Career Development Center. 

In Memoriam

Alain Seznec, former dean and university librarian, dies at 86

Cornell Chronicle

By Linda B. GlaserAlain Seznec, emeritus professor of Romance studies, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and former University Librarian, died at home in Ithaca on Feb. 21 after a lingering illness. He was 86.

Sociology

Commentary: The Futility of a Mexico-United States Wall

Reuters

Professor of sociology Filiz Garip writes in Reuters op-ed that Trump's wall is simply a symbolic gesture and will have no significant policy impact in reducing illegal immigration. 

Music

Students re-create music, vibe from jazz's earliest days

Cornell Chronicle

Five student musicians, calling themselves The Original Cornell Syncopators, are celebrating the centennial of the first jazz record's release by recreating the historic recording session. 

Mathematics

Steve Strogatz tackles Albert Einstein

Cornell Chronicle

Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell, was selected for the 2016 volume of Princeton University Press’ The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016.

Sociology

Sociologist discusses links between breastfeeding, fertility

Cornell Chronicle

The Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies (FGSS) Program launched its lunch series Feb. 14 in Rockefeller Hall with a talk by sociologist Vida Maralani.

Chemistry

Polymer additive could revolutionize plastics recycling

Cornell Chronicle

The discovery also could spawn a whole new class of mechanically tough polymer blends.