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Government & American Studies

Student works for global change through Fulbright program

Cornell Chronicle

Nine Cornell students and new alumni received Fulbrights this year.

Music

Experimental band Henry Cow challenged itself, audiences

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell professor Benjamin Piekut’s latest book is an exhaustive study of an experimental British group that blurred the lines between genres as it created captivating music.​

Astronomy

Cornell partners in NSF grant for astrophysics institute

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) is among 10 collaborators awarded a $2.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop the concept for a Scalable Cyberinfrastructure Institute for Multi-Messenger Astrophysics.Adam Brazier, a computational scientist with CAC, is the technical lead on the project, which is being led by the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Music

How I discovered a dozen new Lou Reed songs

The Washington Post

In this Washington Post opinion piece, Judith Peraino, music professor, describes her amazing discovery of unknown Lou Reed songs at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.

Romance Studies

MacArthur Fellow to speak on American border crisis

A&S Communications

In Valeria Luiselli’s new novel, Lost Children Archive, a family crosses the United States by car. They’re en route to Apacheria, Arizona, the place where the Apaches – the last free indigenous tribe in the United States – once called home. News of an immigration crisis at the border chases the family via radio.

In Memoriam

Writer, emeritus professor James McConkey dies at 98

Cornell Chronicle

Acclaimed writer James McConkey, the Goldwin Smith Professor of English Literature Emeritus and mentor to young writers at Cornell for nearly four decades, died Oct. 24, 2019 at his home in Enfield. He was 98.

What Makes Us Human?

Unequal Parenting

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.

Music

Musicologist discovers tape of unreleased Lou Reed music

Cornell Chronicle

"The import of the discovery didn’t hit me until...a curator of the archive said, ‘I think you’ve just discovered a lost Lou Reed album.’”

Psychology

Economic scarcity shifts perception, leads to discrimination

Cornell Chronicle

“Scarcity mindsets can really exacerbate discrimination,” said Amy Krosch, assistant professor of psychology

A father and a mother smiling at a baby she is holding
What Makes Us Human?

New podcast episode examines parenting inequities

A&S Communications

“Unequal Parenting,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series, examines persistent inequalities in parenting and the earnings penalties that go along with them. The podcast’s fifth season –  “What Do We Know about Inequality?” – showcases the newest thinking across academic disciplines about inequality.