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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.

N'Dri T. Assié-Lumumba
African Development

Prof. releases edited volume on impact of Millennium Development Goals on Africa

A&S Communications

 N'Dri T. Assié-Lumumba, professor of Africana Studies, together with Nathan Andrews (University of Alberta, Canada) and Nene Ernest Khalema (Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa), has released the edited volume "Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Retrospect: Africa's Development Beyond 2015" (Springer, 2015).

Academic Advising

Pre-enrollment Tips

A&S Communications

… degree requirements, and monitor your progress on your DUST report. Regardless of whether you are a freshman or a …

Outreach

Cornell Splash! holds day of learning for local youth

A&S Communications

Cornell students hosted more than 180 middle schoolers and high schoolers for a recent day of classes.

Formative Experiences

McClane looks at friendship in Phi Beta Kappa lecture

Cornell Chronicle

… the Civil Rights movement, with a family friend named Bill Preston – a white, twice-divorced WWII veteran who taught … under the tutelage of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell.” Preston was the best friend of McClane’s father, a physician … Davis and Bill Evans.” Throughout his life, McClane said, Preston stood as a constant presence, an emotional “midwife” …

Why I Love the Distribution Requirements!

As we move into November, our weekly blog posts will shift in focus. This month, our theme is "Academic and Residential Life at Cornell." Samantha Briggs '16 starts us off by explaining how the College of Arts and Sciences' unique set of distribution requirements allows students to explore subjects they never would have considered otherwise! By: Samantha Briggs '16

Science Fiction

Anindita Banerjee kickstarts Russian sci-fi

A&S Communications

“India has 26 official languages, but when I teach Indian literature, students can only access a very few works in English translation,” laments Anindita Banerjee, associate professor of comparative literature in the College of Arts and Sciences. “There are reams of other excellent literature I haven’t been able to teach because it’s not translated.

Faculty Publications

Cornell professor to release new edited work on hip pop and politics

Travis Gosa, assistant professor of Africana Studies, together with Erik Nielson (University of Richmond) will release their new edited volume “The Hip Hop & Obama Reader” (Oxford University

ANTHROPOLOGY

Growing global: Cornell expands opportunities for international experiences

Andrew Willford, associate professor of anthropology, is a faculty member who led a group of seven Cornell students who studied and worked at the Nilgiris Field Learning Center in Tamil Nadu in southern India as part of a brand-new semester abroad program, which includes indigenous communities in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

ALUMNI GIFTS

Alumna's bequest supports young female scientists

A&S Communications

Marilyn Jacox PhD ’56 mentored young women throughout her career; that legacy continues with a new scholarship.

Cornell Neurotech

Cornell Neurotech launched with generous gift

A&S Communications

Engineering-A&S collaboration will lead to new technology to fight Alzheimers, autism and other brain diseases.

A Night at the Museum: Masquerade at the Johnson!

By: Kathy Qingyu Xu '16  

Awards

Anthropology professor receives Boyer Prize

A&S Communications

Anthropology professor P. Steven Sangren has been awarded the Boyer Prize from the Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA). The award, which includes a $500 cash prize, will be announced at the AAA’s Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, on November 20.

Immigration Crisis

Professor: Good outcome unlikely at European weekend summit on migration crisis

With tens of thousands of migrants entering Slovenia this last week, Europe is scrambling for a solution. The European Commission called for a mini-summit on Sunday, but Cornell University sociologist Mabel Berezin says that despite the effort to bring states together, the crisis might be the last nail in the European Union’s coffin. 

Awards

Malcolm Bilson receives medal in Hungary

Cornell Chronicle

On a recent trip to Budapest, Malcolm Bilson, the Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music Emeritus, received The Order of the Hungarian Gold Cross, an award given each year to seven or eight foreigners who are distinguished artists, scientists, writers and others for their contribution to Hungarian intellectual and cultural life.