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Classics

Frederick Ahl, innovative classics scholar, dies at 83

Cornell Chronicle

… A scholar of Greek and Roman epic and drama and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, Ahl was a … Ahl, professor of classics emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), died on Jan. 27 in Rochester, New York. … meter for Greek and Latin epics – a feat difficult to bring off in English. Ahl’s 2007 translation and commentary is …

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Distinguished Visiting Journalist

NBC News’ Anne Thompson named Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Cornell Chronicle

… renowned journalists like Anne to campus, for which we are very grateful.” Thompson will meet with students in a … Thompson. “To solve these problems that make headlines every day, we need to hear from all interested parties to …

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Sgt. Corban Lundborg/U.S. Air Force Photo USAID workers in Beira, Mozambique in 2019
Government

Dismantling of USAID will have “clear costs at home and abroad”

A&S Communications

… U.S. commitments dangerously disrupts protections to life and liberty, says Rachel Beatty Riedl, professor of government and director of Cornell University’s Center on Global … agency down.  Rachel Beatty Riedl, professor of government and director of Cornell University’s Center on Global …

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History of Art and Visual Studies

Dadi leads Climate Congress symposium with Getty Foundation grant

A&S Communications

The conference, in Lahore, Pakistan, featured more than thirty guest scholars, curators, artists, and other practitioners and twenty-seven emerging scholars.

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Psychology

Short and sweet: Supportive texts give partners a boost

Cornell Chronicle

Supportive texts from a significant other can help people cope with stressful events in their daily lives, Cornell psychology research finds.

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History

U.S.-Canada relationship entering ‘sad chapter’

A&S Communications

… subsidies, and that country should become the 51st state in order to get lower tax rates.  Jon Parmenter, a professor of …

Benjamin Widom
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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Benjamin Widom, influential physical chemist, dies at 97

Cornell Chronicle

Benjamin Widom, Ph.D. ’53, Goldwin Smith Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Jan. 23 in Ithaca. He was 97.

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Klarman Fellows

New Klarman Fellows to join the College of Arts and Sciences

A&S Communications

Fellows will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

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Alumni authors

Your January 2025 reads

Cornellians

This month’s featured titles – most by A&S authors – include a work of nonfiction about honeybees, a kids’ picture book, and a novel set in rural Nova Scotia.

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Science and Technology Studies

Student spins spreadsheet into online hub for wildfire relief

Cornell Chronicle

A doctoral student in the field of information science developed an interactive map that has become an online hub for thousands of people in the greater Los Angeles area who need provisions, are looking to donate supplies or want to get involved.

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Eleanor Willard

Executive Assistant to the Senior Associate Deans

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Durable plastic gets a sustainability makeover

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell chemist has created an alternative to the unrecyclable, plastic-based material used for durable items such as car tires, replacement hip joints and bowling balls.

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Computer Science

Bowers student explores privacy, healthcare, satellite imagery

A&S Communications

Vipin Gunda ’25 is excited about projects that apply his computer science knowledge to real-world challenges.

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Sociology

New research project investigates U.S./U.K. LGBTQ data

A&S Communications

Researchers from Cornell and the University of Edinburgh are investigating how data about LGBTQ communities is used (and misused) by governments, companies and community organizations.

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Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

A&S Communications

Awards and honors received by faculty, postdocs and graduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences.