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Music

Chorus, Glee Club realize dream of Latin American tour

A&S Communications

After two years of planning and lots of help from alumni, 96 members of the Glee Club and Chorus spent three weeks singing and teaching in Guatemala and Mexico.

Environmental Humanities

Feb. 26 symposium to explore oil's impact on humanity

A&S Communications

… of energy – considered beyond technology and policy. A Feb. 26 symposium, “Oil and the Human: Views From the East and … of energy – considered beyond technology and policy. A Feb. 26 symposium, “Oil and the Human: Views From the East and … Feb. 26 symposium to explore oil's impact on humanity …

Winter Break in Peru: The Chance of a Lifetime

By: Matthew Donnelly '18

China

Roundtable weighs Chinese political developments

Cornell Chronicle

A panel of professors including Jessica Chen Weiss in government weighed in recently on China's civil rights crackdowns.

Astronomy

Saturn’s enormous B-ring: Great vista, less filling

Cornell Chronicle

After examining hidden density waves from Saturn’s B-ring – the largest of the planet’s awe-inspiring, cosmic bands – astronomers confirm that this circular object is as lightweight as it is opaque. Their findings are published online in the journal Icarus.

Faculty

Panelists review Paris climate summit at Ithaca event

Cornell Chronicle

Six panelists, including Cornell faculty members, who attended the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris last fall recalled the historic proceedings for a spirited audience that spilled into the hallway of the Tompkins County Public Library’s BorgWarner Room Feb. 3.

Alumni

Alumnus cooks with food rather than polymers

Ezra Update

Tony Brown's deep understanding of the scientific method has served him well as he's pursued careers in chemistry, consulting and cooking.Brown '86, executive chef and proprietor of Macon Bistro and Larder in northwest Washington, D.C., said he's used the following method in everything from recipe creation to parenting.

Alumni

WWII-era spy Stephanie Czech Rader '37 dies at age 100

Ezra Update

Stephanie Czech Rader '37, a chemistry graduate who became a U.S. spy in Europe at the end of World War II, died Jan. 21 at the age of 100 at her home in Alexandria, Virginia.

Science

Cornellians share scientific studies at AAAS meeting

Cornell Chronicle

Stephanie Wisner ’16 presented her research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting and exposition last week in Washington, D.C.

History

The Black Power movement and its schools

A&S Communications

History assistant professor Russell Rickford's new book looks at the Black Power movement of the 1960s and '70s.

Biology

Aquadro, Harrington, Nicholson win Weiss fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

Biology professor "Chip" Aquadro was honored for teaching and mentoring undergrads.

Research

Database of classical works now freely searchable

Cornell Library

Students and scholars can now freely search a new database of Latin and Greek authors that provides links to online versions of their works.The database, the Classical Works Knowledge Base (CWKB), contains metadata about 5,200 works by 1,500 ancient authors, allowing users with a limited knowledge of the classics’ canonical citation system to simply link to passages of digital texts.

PHYSICS

First self-assembled superconductor structure created

Cornell Chronicle

A team of chemistry, physics and engineering researchers has created a self-assembled, three-dimensional gyroidal superconductor.

GOVT 3434: Chinese Empire and the Cambodian Experience

By: Austin McLaughlin '18 Arriving back in chilly, cloudy Ithaca for the spring semester was in stark contrast to the 95-degree sunny days in Cambodia. Altogether, I spent 14 days in Siem Reap and 5 in Phnom Penh. I didn't get a tan, but I did leave with an enriching experience.

Soup & Hope

First Soup & Hope speaker raps with authenticity

Cornell Chronicle

“How many of you have cried today? How many of you cried yesterday? … How many of you haven’t cried in a year?”