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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?

Astronomy

In D.C., Lunine backs seafaring trips to other worlds

Cornell Chronicle

In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies March 3, Jonathan Lunine, the David Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences, discussed the rationale for scientific, seafaring journeys to Jupiter’s moon Europa, and to Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Titan – trips that may take place in the 2020s.

Honor Society

Phi Beta Kappa’s 134th induction: the Cornell chapter’s renaissance

Arts & Sciences Communications

Phi Beta Kappa recently inducted a new group of students, who will work on the group's faculty lecture series and raise funds for scholarships.

English

Schwarz writes new book

Arts & Sciences Communications

Dan Schwarz, the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English and a Stephen H. Weiss  Presidential Fellow, recently released a new book on undergraduate education, “How to Succeed in College and Beyond: The Art of Learning.”

New Century for the Humanities

Transformative Humanities: Faculty reveal life-changing creative works

A&S Communications

From Virginia Woolf to Debussy, faculty share the works that have impacted their careers and their lives during this series of lunchtime talks with students.

Humanities

Festschrift to Alice Colby-Hall

A tribute to Alice Colby-Hall, emeritus professor of Romance Studies, will be released this May and includes essays by colleagues, some of whom are also former students. The volume will be presented to her on May 14 at a banquet at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at the University of Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Molecular Biology

Study explores new tool for genome editing

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell discovery could lead to more specific and accurate gene editing.

Humanities

NEH chair calls for the restructuring of academic humanities

Cornell Chronicle

We are living through an “extended moment of making fun of philosophers” in America, according to National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chair William D. Adams, who spoke on the past and future of the humanities in Klarman Hall auditorium Feb. 24.

Social Sciences

Swedberg receives honorary doctorate

Richard Swedberg, professor of sociology recently received an honorary doctorate from the Social Science Faculty of Upsala University in Sweden for his contributions to economic sociology and sociological theory.

Physics

Quantum dot solids: This generation's silicon wafer?

Cornell Chronicle

Just as the single-crystal silicon wafer forever changed the nature of electronics 60 years ago, a group of Cornell researchers is hoping its work with quantum dot solids – crystals made out of crystals – can help usher in a new era in electronics.

Media Studies

Asking questions of culture: media studies at Cornell

Arts & Sciences Communications

Media studies research and teaching at Cornell elaborates on traditional techniques of scholarship, bringing in new objects of analysis and combining disciplines. 

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Researcher's chiral graphene stacks break new ground

Hands and feet are two examples of chiral objects – non-superimposable mirror images of each other. One image is distinctly “left-handed,” while the other is “right-handed.” A simple drinking glass and a ball are achiral, meaning the object and its mirror image look exactly the same.

Awards

Aye, Mimno receive Sloan Foundation Fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell assistant professors Yimon Aye and David Mimno have been named recipients of fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which supports early career faculty members’ original research and broad-based education related to science, technology and economic performance.