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Humanities

‘Dramatic’ plaster casts installed in the Groos Atrium of Klarman Hall

Once, she soared above the heads of Cornell greats like A.A. Ammons and Roald Hoffmann as they debated the great questions of their time in the Cast Gallery of Goldwin Smith, later turned into the Temple of Zeus café. Then for years she lay forgotten, abandoned to dust and mold and neglect.

Breakthrough Discovery

Cornell theorists affirm gravitational wave detection

Cornell Chronicle

Professor Saul Teukolsky and senior research scientist Lawrence Kidder in the physics and astronomy departments contributed to the historic discovery about gravitational waves that proved Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Humanities

Society for the Humanities Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Arts & Sciences Communications

For 50 years, the Society for the Humanities has fostered path-breaking scholarship in the humanities. It has sponsored numerous internal grants, workshops and funding opportunities for Cornell faculty and graduate students in the humanities, as well as hosting over 100 annual lectures, workshops, colloquia and conferences organized by Cornell’s distinguished humanities faculty.

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

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.

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.

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.