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Marina Welker/Provided Workers hand roll kretek in a "living factory" at House of Sampoerna, a kretek museum in the East Javanese port city of Surabaya. Kretek museums present the history of the commodity in a nostalgic and flattering light and frame kretek manufacturers as benevolent patrons.
Anthropology

Why kretek – ‘no ordinary cigarette’ – thrives in Indonesia

Cornell Chronicle

In a new book, anthropologist Marina Welker examines the staggering success of clove-laced tobacco cigarettes called “kretek” in Indonesia, the world’s second-largest cigarette market.

Anna Esaki-Smith
Anna Esaki-Smith
Alumni

What my winding career path taught me about college

Cornellians

Asian Studies alum Anna Esaki-Smith ’83, who struggled with what to do after graduation is author of 'Make College Your Superpower: It’s Not Where You Go, It’s What You Know'

Azahara Oliva with long brown hair, a smile, and piercings on her nose and below her lip.
Honors

Suffrage Science Award given to neuroscientist Azahara Oliva

A&S Communications

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

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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Provided Tobian
Literatures in English

McEneaney Memorial Reading features Irish author Cólm Tóibín

A&S Communications

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,

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Florida Supreme Court building
Religion

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

A&S Communications

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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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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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.

A book cover with the title "Dissident Writers — A Conversation" that is actually a cover for a box of matches.
Dissident Writers — A Conversation
Freedom of Expression Theme Year

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

A&S Communications

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

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

A&S Communications

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