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Student excellence

Two seniors chosen as fellows by Carnegie Endowment

A&S Communications

McKenzie Carrier ’24 and Margot Treadwell, ’24 will spend next year conducting research with the organization in Washington, D.C.

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Gillis Lowry More than 400 students rode in eight charter buses filled with Cornellians to Rochester, New York, to witness the total solar eclipse.
Student experiences

Totality awesome: 400 students travel north for rare eclipse

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The April 8 solar eclipse was “definitely life-changing,” said Emma Linscomb ’27, a member of Cornell’s Society of Physics Students.

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Cornell Cinema

Cornell Cinema offers tasty, mind-stretching Science on Screen showings

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Science on Screen® supports creative pairings of current, classic, cult, and documentary films with introductions by figures from the world of science, technology and medicine.

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Linda Glaser Reading a poem in Quechua
Language Resource Center

Treats and poems featured at LRC’s “Sweet Poetry” event

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“Any poem, any language” is the theme of the Language Resource Center’s second annual celebration of National Poetry Month, April 17

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Andrew Cutraro/Provided On April 11, 2004, Maj. Richard J. Gannon II '95 addressed Marines under his command during a memorial service for Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Wasser of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, at Camp Husaybah, Iraq, near the Syrian border. Gannon was killed days later while trying to help a wounded Marine. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star.
Cornell Veterans

5K run, remembrances to honor fallen Cornell war hero

Cornell Chronicle

On April 13, the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps will celebrate the legacy of U.S. Marine Maj. Richard J. Gannon II '95, nearly 20 years after he was killed in Iraq.

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Psychology

Accuracy ‘nudges’ decrease misinformation-sharing on left, right

Cornell Chronicle

A collaboration between two research teams with opposing views found that, despite claims to the contrary, simply reminding people about the concept of accuracy improves the quality of information-sharing on both sides of the political aisle.

Stephen J. Hadley '69
Stephen J. Hadley '69
US-China relations

Former national security adviser to speak on US-China relations

Cornell Chronicle

Former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley ‘69 will explore “U.S. National Security Policymaking and the Future of U.S.-China Relations” in a fireside chat on Wednesday, April 17.

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Aca2001/Creative Commons license 4.0 KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley
Music

Kiss-Pophouse deal shows recording ‘promises a certain immortality’

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The recordings can be endlessly reconfigured to bring Kiss to life for new audiences, says Benjamin Piekut, professor of music.

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Dissident Writers — A Conversation
Freedom of Expression Theme Year

NPR’s David Folkenflik ’91 to host ‘Dissident Writers’ event

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The April 17 event, part of the Freedom of Expression series, features Folkenflik in conversation with Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, and Belarusian poet and Cornell faculty member Valzhyna Mort.

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World Triathlon/Janos Schmidt Knibb in a World Triathlon test event in Paris in 2023
Alumni

Racing toward her second Olympics, Taylor Knibb ’20 preps for Paris

Cornellians

The Arts & Sciences alum (psychology) and Big Red four-sport standout is set to compete in the women’s triathlon for Team USA.

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Human rights

Uyghur Human Rights Project bibliography

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

Magnus Fiskesjö recently updated the Uyghur bibliography he began in 2017. The bibliography is hosted by the Uyghur Human Rights Project, "one of the most active and well-known organizations dedicated to the issue," he says.

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Florida Supreme Court building
Religion

Florida ruling ‘deviates from the more moderate views’ held by most Americans

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Professor Landon Schnabel: “The Florida Supreme Court's seemingly contradictory abortion rulings—allowing a six-week ban while permitting voters to decide on a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights up to viability—reveal the tension between conservative courts and the popular will in determining reproductive rights."

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Provided Tobian
Literatures in English

McEneaney Memorial Reading features Irish author Cólm Tóibín

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Cólm Tóibín, the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University, will visit campus April 11 to deliver the Eamon McEneaney Memorial Reading,

Alejandro Marin Vidal
Upcoming events

Cornell alum to discuss future of video games

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Alejandro Marin Vidal, ’06, will talk about AI and game creation, industry layoffs and other topics during his talk April 8 at 5 p.m. in Milstein Auditorium in Milstein Hall.

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Honors

Suffrage Science Award given to neuroscientist Azahara Oliva

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The award aims to “create a self-perpetuating cohort of talent that can encourage others to enter science and reach senior leadership roles.”