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"The College instills a life-long dedication to learning in its students."

Jeffrey Breuer '16 Major: GovernmentHometown: Essex Junction, VT How did you decide on your major? Have your plans changed since you started Cornell?

Performing & Media Arts

PMA expands international opportunities for students

A&S Communications

Chinese resident artists and visiting lecturers on global performance traditions brought international insights to the Schwartz Center this fall.  

Latina/o Studies

Alumna Karen Jaime returns to teach at Cornell

A&S Communications

When Karen Jaime graduated from Cornell in 1997, she never thought she’d be back. But now she’s an assistant professor with a joint appointment in performing and media arts and Latino studies, and her former adviser and mentors are colleagues and friends.

music

Ariana Kim records ‘powerful’ works by women composers

A&S Communications

Ariana Kim’s solo album, “Routes of Evanescence,” showcases works by pioneering American women composers.

Neurotechnology

Zebrafish brains open doors to all brains

Cornell Chronicle

Neurobiologist Joe Fetcho's research helps us understand how brain circuits produce behaviors.

Linguistics

‘Alice in Wonderland’ leads researchers into the brain

A&S Communications

John Hale, Associate Professor of Linguistics, used MRI technology and 'Alice in Wonderland' in his research to study language comprehension.

ASTRO 1195: Observational Astronomy

By: Isabel Caro '18 As a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, I am expected to take some math/science courses to fulfill certain requirements. I decided to choose these courses wisely and have some fun – so I enrolled in Astronomy 1195: Observational Astronomy. ASTRO 1195 is an introductory course that gives students (like me!) the opportunity to learn about the intricacies of outer space.

"I was—and continue to be—marveled by the intricate systems that make our day to day actions possible."

Salem Argaw '17 Major: Biological SciencesHometown: Parker, COHow did you decide on your major? Have your plans changed since you started Cornell?

"Things that you never thought you would do reshape your mindset about the world."

Mingkun Ding '16Major: Math and Philosophy (Minor: Music)Hometown: ShanghaiHow did you decide on your major? Have your plans changed since you started Cornell?

Exhibit

'Gods and Scholars' brings religious artifacts to light

Cornell Chronicle

Just because Cornell University is nonsectarian doesn’t mean its founders objected to the discussion, practice or study of religion.

In Memoriam

Anthropologist Terence Turner dies at 79

Arts & Sciences Communications

Visiting Professor of Anthropology Terence Sheldon Turner, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago, died Nov. 7 at Cayuga Medical Center of a brain hemorrhage. He was 79.

Genocide Archives

Lecture launches Shoah Foundation archives at Cornell

Cornell Chronicle

In the 1994 Rwandan genocide, neighbors killed lifelong neighbors, husbands killed wives and parents killed children. It was an intimate conflict, according to Philip Gourevitch ’86, staff writer for The New Yorker and an experienced reporter on the Rwandan genocide.

A&S Student Ambassador

How Cornell has changed me

An A&S senior says her classes, professors, and friends have taught her to welcome challenges and to think critically.

Spotlight on Balch Hall: The Freshman Women's Dorm

By: Solveig van der Vegt '18

Academic Life

'PhDivas' discourse across disciplines and differences

Cornell Chronicle

A podcast bridging the STEM-humanities divide launched by two grad students has found listeners in six countries.