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Astronomy

Yervant Terzian, who explored matter between stars, dies at 80

Yervant Terzian, the Tisch Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy, who studied the physical matter between stars, dedicated his career to education and chaired the department for two decades, died Nov. 25 in Ithaca. Terzian was 80.

Creative Writing

Benjamin Garcia, MFA ’11, wins National Poetry Series award

Cornell Chronicle

Garcia is a 2019 Lambda Literary fellow and has also won the 2018 Puerto Del Sol Poetry Contest.

Physics

Five faculty members elected AAAS fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Five Cornell faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.

What Makes Us Human?

New podcast episode examines an impact of incarceration

A&S Communications

“Climate of Fear” explores the impact of incarcerated parents on their children’s education.

What Makes Us Human?

Climate of Fear

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.

Comparative Literature

Book provides a map for reading boundary-challenging author

Cornell Chronicle

Spanish-language writer Roberto Bolaño is, at heart, “a novelist who began as a poet and never ceased wanting to be one.”

Astronomy

Looking for exoplanet life in all the right spectra

A Cornell senior has come up with a way to discern life on exoplanets: a spectral field guide.

Jewish studies

Jewish Studies Program presents reading of 'Enough to Go'

Jewish Studies Program

The Jewish Studies Program will present a staged-reading of the new-old play "Enough to Go" by former Ithaca resident Fred Peretz Cohn on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Barnes Hall on the Cornell Campus. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited, and while tickets are not required, reservations can be made at www.tinyurl.com/enough-to-go.

College Scholar Program

Alumnus turns College Scholar honors thesis into debut novel

A&S Communications

"Pricked" chronicles the adventures of 22-year-old Briar Pryce in a magical, fairy-tale world hidden within modern-day Manhattan.

History & American Studies

Study reframes the history of LGBT mental health care

Cornell Chronicle

"Clinical activists" in Philadelphia improvised new therapeutic approaches, guided by their own ethics and experiences.