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RESEARCH

Book on thought unites neuroscience, humanities

A&S Communications

A new book tackles questions of thought and meaning.

Entrepreneurship

Students spend summer incubating their business ideas

A&S Communications

While most Cornell students headed home for the summer – off to internships, work or play – a group of entrepreneurial undergrads and graduate students are staying in Ithaca for intensive business development as part of the new Life Changing Labs (LCL) summer incubator.

Liberal Arts

Senior uses double major to find meaning in small details

A&S Communications

Chinelo Onyilofor ’15 has found that her studies in chemistry and art history have taught her the art of looking for small details, whether she’s finding the hidden meaning in a painting or an answer to solve a chemical synthesis.After she graduates this weekend, Onyilofor, a double major in the College of Arts and Sciences from Annapolis, Maryland, plans to travel for a year before going to graduate school to pursue a doctorate in organic chemistry.

COLLEGE SCHOLARS

College Scholars study climate change, local food

A&S Communications

When Irene Li ’15 isn’t hunkered down surveying the latest research on the local food movement and social change, she’s in a Boston kitchen, meeting growers or dreaming up new items for her food truck and restaurant.Li, one of three sibling owners of Mei Mei Kitchen in Boston, is a College Scholar in the College of Arts and Sciences, who will return to her family business after graduating.This year’s class of College Scholars presented their final projects April 17.

COMMENTARY

Professor Pepinsky on Financial Scandals in Malaysia

New Mandala

Malaysia is once again in the midst of a serious political scandal, with the allegation that the government-run investment company 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has been used to funnel approximately US$ 700 million to a personal account of Prime Minister Najb Razak, writes Tom Pepinsky, associate professor of government, in this piece.

UNDERGRAD RESEARCH

Undergrad researches the desecration of cultures

A&S Communications

Anjum Malik ’16 used her undergraduate research award to explore the reasons for the destruction of museums and heritage sites in Iraq and Syria.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Grad student explores 'math culture' in Turkey

A&S Communications

… want to focus on,” she said of her graduate work, “but I’m very interested in education and pedagogy. And I love …

Education

Student 'senators' debate U.S. budget in government class

A&S Communications

… “We’re down one Democrat. It’s going to be a slaughter,” someone called out.The students in Suzanne Mettler’s Introduction to American Government and Politics class huddled in small groups in eight … “We’re down one Democrat. It’s going to be a slaughter,” someone called out. The students in …

Education

El Barrio artwork opens students' eyes to East Harlem stories

A&S Communications

For the 15 students in a new interdisciplinary class this semester, the murals common throughout East Harlem have deeper meanings than passersby might realize.

Archaeology

Class examines Cornell past and future

A&S Communications

… to Cornell Ruins National Park,” Adam T. Smith tells his students. “We’re lucky today. We have a cache of objects to examine discovered in the ruins of McGraw Hall.”This “Rise and Fall of ‘Civilization’” class examines … to Cornell Ruins National Park,” Adam T. Smith tells his students. “We’re lucky today. We have a cache of objects …

INNOVATION

New teaching model a 'game changer'

A&S Communications

Hundreds of students have just completed new courses in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Active Learning Initiative (ALI), part of a strategic effort by the college to embrace engaged learning models and emerging technologies. The ALI five-year pilot project is funded by Alex and Laura Hanson, both Class of 1987.

Education

Strogatz helps students find the magic in math

A&S Communications

… Math, to a mathematician, is an aesthetic, creative endeavor. But for too many high … that way, as Steven Strogatz aims to show the students in his new College of Arts and Sciences course, Mathematical Explorations. The course fulfills the math distribution requirement and has attracted seniors who put …

FIRST-YEARS

A&S alumni join in events to welcome new students

A&S Parent

LONDON — Alumni recalled snow-packed days when they transformed cookie trays into sleds and sun-filled days sailing on Cayuga Lake, while high school seniors listened carefully, during a recent admitted students reception hosted by the UK’s Cornell Alumni and Admissions Ambassador Network (CCAAAN) in London’s Soho district.

Internships

And we have lift-off

A&S Communications

… Physics major helps space tourism company get off the ground. … And we have lift-off …

STUDENT LIFE

Twenty Suggestions for Incoming College Freshmen

Huffington Post

English Prof. Daniel Schwarz offers his top suggestions for the new class.