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city brownstones in the foreground, skyscrapers in the distance under a blue sky — Linmiao Xu on Unsplash View from Brooklyn

Housing politics

NY’s fundamental need: New housing of every ‘shape, size and price’

3/14/2024 A&S Communications

Soaring rents and home prices have created a city of haves and have-nots, says Cornell history scholar Jacob Anbinder, who studies how America’s most progressive cities become unaffordable for a significant portion of the population.

Graduate student research

Student spotlight: Amber Bal

3/14/2024 Cornell University Graduate School

Amber Bal, a doctoral candidate in romance studies, studies the urban-rural divide in 20th and 21st century French and Francophone literature.

Person speaking at a podium in front of a screen illuminated with a scientific image — Provided Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Ph.D. ’21, presents during a Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

Graduate student research

Eight students advance to 3MT finals

3/14/2024 Cornell University Graduate School

Three A&S-affiliated graduate students are among the competitors advancing to the final round of the 2024 Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT), having competed in a pool of 22 students in the preliminary round.

Metal machine with wheels on a rocky landscape — NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance rover exploring Jezero Crater

Astronomy

Precious samples from Mars have been collected. Now it’s up to Congress to get them back.

3/18/2024 CNN

Clues about our planet’s ability to support life might come from Mars – yet political storms that have hit Washington, DC, threaten to leave valuable samples stranded on Mars.

Economics

Economics department receives $500K gift honoring Tapan Mitra

3/19/2024 A&S Communications

The Dr. Tapan Mitra Economics Fund continues the passion of the late professor for top-level collaboration in economic theory and his legacy of generosity.

Red flag against a white sky — Alejandro Luengo/Unsplash Chinese flag

Special events

April 10 lecture focuses on formation of revolutionary China

3/22/2024 A&S Communications

Mitter’s talk will re-examine the classic question, “Did the communists win or the nationalists lose the Chinese civil war?”

Three people sit at a table, conversing — Ryan Young/Cornell University Ying Lin Zhao ’26, center, works with Amy LeViere ’95, left, chief philanthropic services and systems officer, and CEO George Ferrari ’84 at the Tompkins County Community Foundation.

Einhorn Center

Community Work-Study Program celebrates 50 years

3/21/2024 Cornell Chronicle

The Community Work-Study Program enables Cornell undergraduates with federal work-study as part of their financial aid package to work for local nonprofits, schools and municipalities.

person with sunflower umbrella — Provided

In Memoriam

Astronomy mourns Mary Mulvanerton, ‘amazing problem-solver’

3/22/2024 A&S Communications

She’s being remembered by friends and colleagues as a mentor, advisor, friend and fierce advocate for the work of the department.

Romance Studies

Talk by Italian author on his writing and his papers donated to the library, March 26

3/21/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Alain Elkann discusses his literary and journalistic work at library-hosted event.

Astronomy

Mars Sample Return a top scientific priority, Lunine testifies

3/21/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Samples of Martian rock and soil could be stranded if Congress doesn't adequately fund a NASA mission to retrieve them, Astronomy Chair Jonathan Lunine told a U.S. House subcommittee on March 21.

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