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Physics

Understanding Quantum Matter Data

Cornell Research

Eun-Ah Kim, professor of physics, has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create new data science approaches to meet the data-driven challenges of strongly correlated quantum matter (SCQM), Cornell Research reports. This project, undertaken with Kilian Q.

Physics

Physicist Paul Ginsparg awarded Compton Medal

A&S Communications

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has awarded the 2020 Karl Taylor Compton Medal for Leadership in Physics to Paul Ginsparg, professor of physics and information science and founder of arXiv. The medal and $10,000 prize is presented by AIP every four years to “highly distinguished physicists who have made outstanding contributions through exceptional statesmanship in physics.”

Center for the Study of Inequality

Anti-LGBT discrimination has a huge human toll. Research proves it.

Washington Post

Nathaniel Frank, founder and editor of the "What We Know" Research Portal, an initiative of Cornell University's Center for the Study of Inequality, argues in the Was

Music

Joy Zhang ’21 wins Cornell Concerto Competition

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Symphony Orchestra's principal flautist performed Georges Hüe’s Fantaisie for Flute and Piano.

Sociology

Research Portal Presents Link between Discrimination and Health Harms for LGBT Population

A&S Communications

In a review of thousands of peer-reviewed studies, the What We Know Project (WWKP), an initiative of Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality, has found a strong link between anti-LGBT discrimination and harms to the health and well-being of LGBT people.

College Scholar Program

New College Scholars study death, food, migration

A&S Communications

Students in the program design a plan for their own interdisciplinary curriculum around a topic that doesn’t fit into a traditional major.

Classics

Professor publishes Placentius’ pugnacious pig poem

Classics professor Michael Fontaine explores the poem’s possible influence on George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”

What Makes Us Human?

New podcast episode explains inequalities of place

A&S Communications

“ZIP Codes Matter,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series, shows how inequality can be tracked across America simply by looking at ZIP codes. The podcast’s fifth season – “What Do We Know about Inequality?” – showcases the newest thinking across academic disciplines about inequality.

English, Comparative Literature

The Magic of Poetry

Cornell Research

Jonathan D. Culler, the Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, wants to restore the magic of literary text for ordinary readers.

What Makes Us Human?

Zip Codes Matter

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.