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Alumni engagement

Register now for Reunion 2023

5/23/2023 A&S Communications

The College of Arts & Sciences will welcome alumni to campus June 8-11 with a host of events for Cornell Reunion 2023, celebrating the classes of 3s and 8s.

Digital image of purple building-like shapes emerging from a blue floor — Google DeepMind/Unsplash Generative AI

Technology

Kreps: Generative AI holds promise, peril for democracies

5/23/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Popularized in 2022 by Open AI’s ChatGPT, generative artificial intelligence threatens to undermine trust in democracies when misused, but may also be harnessed for public good.

Graduate student research

Student Spotlight: Nic Vigilante

5/23/2023 Cornell University Graduate School

A doctoral student in music with a concentration in music and sound studies, Vigilante studies how music, sound, and performance are used to create “unreality."

Two people stand with crossed arms in front of a large, complicated machine — Savan DeSouza/Provided Graduate student Sam Levenson, left, and CLASSE Research Associate Matt Andorf show off the HERACLES beamline in Newman Lab.

Physics

HERACLES beamline to accelerate cathode research

5/24/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell is breaking new ground in electron beam research with the HERACLES beamline, a state-of-the-art electron gun that mimics the harsh environments of the world’s largest particle colliders.

book cover: The Consciousness Revolutions

Psychology

Book catalogues consciousness from amoeba to human and beyond

5/25/2023 A&S Communications

In "The Consciousness Revolutions," Shimon Edelman traces the evolution of consciousness, from the most basic phenomenal awareness of bacteria to the pleasures and pains of human self-consciousness to the political possibilities of social consciousness.

Two whales swim in a dark blue underwater scene

Atkinson Center

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.6M in seed grants

5/25/2023 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability’s Academic Venture Fund will support 11 new projects across nine colleges; three include Arts & Sciences investigators.

person speaks into a microphone — Dave Burbank for Cornell University Abraham Sinfort ’23 speaks May 23 at the 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony.

Student honors

Merrill Scholars honor mentors at 35th annual ceremony

5/26/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Forty-three student scholars, including nine from Arts and Sciences, were honored at this year’s 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony on May 23.