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Latina/o Studies

Lunches bring Latina/o Studies community together

Cornell Chronicle

Lunch talks hosted by the Latina/o Studies Program brings students together with Cornell faculty and administrators to discuss important topics.

Foreign policy

Legacy of Cornell-led diplomacy detailed at Carnegie Hall

Cornell Chronicle

A panel of Cornell professors and alumni explored Cornell's involvement in shaping U.S. foreign policy during a New York City event,

Taking a Break from Work...By Working!

By: Eric Reinhard '18 Does the title confuse you? I don’t blame you if it does. Why would someone take a break from work only to work more? Well, I’m here to tell you that I do just that (I promise I’m not crazy).

Music

Students produce rarely staged 1606 opera 'Eumelio'

A&S Communications

Resurrecting a 17th-century Italian opera whose sole musical source was incompletely notated was a challenge musicologist Neal Zaslaw and a group of students were happy to accept.What started as a spring 2015 seminar project was unveiled March 19-20 as an opera complete with Baroque instruments, Arcadian shepherds, hellish demons and classical statuary in the auditorium of Klarman Hall.

Music Release

Roberto Sierra releases musical works in Spain

A&S Communications

Congratulations to Roberto Sierra, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities and professor of music, on the international release of his new CD “Boleros & Montunos” in Madrid, Spain.

Drawn out microscope images of different biochemical structures
Chemical Biology

'Sticky waves': Molecular interactions at the nanoscale

Cornell Chronicle

Like the gravitational forces that are responsible for the attraction between the Earth and the moon, as well as the dynamics of the entire solar system, there exist attractive forces between objects at the nanoscale.

Runway Fashion

Runway role-play becomes a luminous reality

Cornell Chronicle

Think “Game of Thrones” meets “Hunger Games.” For the annual Cornell Fashion Collective show on March 12, warriors, rangers and magicians – models draped in LED lights and electroluminescent tape – will role-play on the runway.

Study Abroad

Cornell in Turin cited for study of 'model' community center

Cornell Chronicle

Students and faculty in the Cornell in Turin program were recognized recently for their work in Turin’s San Salvario neighborhood as part of their research studies of migration and services for immigrants in Italy.

Humanities

Lucinda Ramberg awarded Michelle Z. Rosaldo Book Prize

Lucinda Ramberg has been awarded the first Michelle Z. Rosaldo Book Prize by the Association for Feminist Anthropology (AFA) for her book Given to the Goddess: South Indian Devadasis and the Sexuality of Religion (Duke University Press).

In Memoriam

Cornell gathers to honor President Garrett

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell community gathered to remember President Elizabeth Garrett during a memorial service on March 17 at Bailey Hall. 

Physics

Alum wins physics prize named for Cornell Nobelists

Cornell Chronicle

Mohammad Hamidian, Ph.D. ’11, has been named the 2016 winner of the prestigious Lee-Osheroff-Richardson Prize for his discoveries of new forms of electronic matter at the nanoscale and at extreme low temperatures.

Research

On slavery and literature in Cuba

Cornell Chronicle

Cuban poet and slave Juan Francisco Manzano (1797–1854) and his 1839 “Autobiografía de un esclavo,” the only slave narrative to surface in the Spanish-speaking world, are the starting point of an examination of 19th-century Cuban literature and social politics in Gerard Aching’s recent book, “Freedom from Liberation: Slavery, Sentiment, and Literature in Cuba.”

Africana Studies

Aching examines black bodies, Black Lives Matter

A&S Communications

Gerard Aching, director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, sees connections between the messages in two popular books and the Black Lives Matter movement. 

Working on West Campus: A Student Assistant's Perspective

As the semester heats up (figuratively and literally - it's 65 degrees here in Ithaca!), we've asked Ambassadors to take a break from classwork and share their experiences with "Work and Community Service" on campus during the month of March. Senior Sarah Marie Bruno starts us off with a post about her experience as a Student Assistant in Hans Bethe House. Enjoy! By: Sarah Marie Bruno '16

Philosophy of Mind

Understanding the mind

Arts & Sciences Communications

The mind that thinks our thoughts is a pretty special place. But is it distinct from the brain? Is there, in fact, a soul directing our thoughts or are they determined entirely by the output of our biology? Could that mouse scampering through your garden be thinking deep thoughts, or are humans really special?