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Student Exhibitions

Costume, photo collections inspire first-year seminars

Cornell Chronicle

… critical thinking and writing skills in a pair of fall first-year writing seminars. … critical thinking and writing skills in a pair of fall first-year writing seminars. Their course work culminated in … Costume, photo collections inspire first-year seminars …

Seniors

"I love the phrase, 'Any person, any study.'"

Belan Antensaye '18Major: Biology & Society – Pre-MedMinor: Global HealthHometown: Essex, VTWhy did you choose Cornell?

Near Eastern Studies

"Honestly, I have enjoyed every class I have taken"

Xinyi Chen '17Major: Near Eastern StudiesMinor: Jewish StudiesHometown: Shanghai, ChinaWhy did you choose Cornell?

New Century for the Humanities

Simultaneously critical and creative, timeless and timely, global and individual, the humanities embrace the complexity of a rapidly changing world and inspire us to seek to understand it. 

Advancing Science

Cornellians illuminate world's scientific strides

Cornell Chronicle

A platoon of Cornell faculty, alumni and students contributed to the mix of eminent global researchers at the 2016 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11-15. They offered fresh thought on the world’s scientific strides.

English

Elisha Cohn publishes book on theories of the aesthetic in Victorian literature

A&S Communications

This past December, Assistant Professor of English Elisha Cohn published her new book Still Life: Suspended Development in the Victorian Novel (Oxford University Press), an extension of her research on Victorian novels and theories of the aesthetic.

Music

Composer, emeritus professor Steven Stucky dies at 66

Cornell Chronicle

Faculty remember the "gentle yet powerful influence" of Steven Stucky, emeritus professor of music and Pulitzer Prize winner, who died this month at his home in Ithaca.

Big Ideas in the Humanities

Humanities faculty tackle timely issues in ‘Big Ideas’ panels

A&S Communications

… and Olufemi Taiwo, Africana Studies and Research Center  Visit our "New Century for the Humanities" page for …

Environment

Humanists offer critical perspective on climate change

A&S Communications

… research the impacts of climate change beyond the numbers. … and classics are good partners and relevant ones for the current and future world.” Manning has published numerous … aa university-wide environment and sustainability major is currently being explored.) Some of the minor’s required core …

Student ambassadors

The beauty of Cornell: "In the middle of nowhere but in the middle of everything"

A&S Student Ambassador

One of our Arts & Sciences student ambassadors shares her favorite spots on campus, including one you may not know about.

Theatre

Roasting Shakespeare with 'The Complete Works'

Performing & Media Arts

Director Jeff Guyton can’t remember the first time he heard the saying, but believes it’s the perfect way to describe his upcoming production, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (Feb. 25-March 5). “If you love Shakespeare, you will love this play. If you hate Shakespeare, you will love this play.”

Latin American Studies

Conference highlights work in Latin American studies

Cornell Chronicle

 Cornell faculty, staff and graduate students from a variety of disciplines will share their research and work on Latin America at the inaugural conference of the Latin American Studies Program (LASP), Feb. 19 at the A.D. White House.

Chemistry

Center for Materials Research grants aid New York companies

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Center for Materials Research JumpStart program, funded by Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), has helped 71 New York state small businesses develop and improve their products through university collaborations.

Humanities

NEH chair to deliver Society for the Humanities lecture

Cornell Chronicle

 William D. Adams, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), will deliver the Society for the Humanities’ annual Future of the Humanities Lecture Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 5 p.m. in Klarman Hall Auditorium. His topic: “The Common Good and the NEH at 50.”

Economics

Kaushik Basu's immersion in Indian politics

Cornell Chronicle

At the jam-packed first installment of Cornell University Library’s Chats in the Stacks series for the spring semester Feb. 4 in Mann Library, World Bank chief economist and Cornell professor Kaushik Basu spoke about his new book, “An Economist in the Real World: The Art of Policymaking in India.”