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The Klezmatics to play in Cornell Concert Series April 13

4/10/2024 A&S Communications

The Klezmatics’ music is steeped in Eastern European Jewish tradition and spirituality, while also incorporating contemporary themes such as human rights and antifundamentalism, and eclectic musical influences — from jazz and punk to Arab, African, Latin and Balkan rhythms.

Several soldiers cluster near a tank; a blue and yellow Ukraine flag flies nearby — Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/Creative Commons license 2.0 Anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine

History

Ukraine’s mobilization bill sign of ‘desperation’ and ‘rationalization’

4/11/2024 A&S Communications

Scholar David Silbey: “Large industrial wars like this one are as much about organization as they are about fighting, and this is a sign that Ukraine takes that lesson seriously.”

Five people perform a dance, creating a V formation with their bodies — Patrick Shanahan for Cornell University Student dancers rehearse an ensemble piece that will be part of the "This table has been a house in the rain" performance April 25-27 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts: (from left) Isabel Padilla, doctoral candidate in performing and media arts; Irene Kim ’24; Taylor Pryor, doctoral candidate in literatures in English; Molly Hudson ’25; and Eliza Salamon ’24.

Performing and Media Arts

'A place at the table': Exploring free expression through dance

4/11/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Student-artists will reimagine the Kiplinger Theater in a work titled “This table has been a house in the rain,” through choreography and improvisation, innovative staging and ties to other art forms.

People choosing food from tables; a shopping cart full of milk and vegetables — Architecture students volunteer at the Enfield Food Distribution Center. The visit served as participatory research for their speculative design projects.

Community engagement

Community-engaged research gets boost from new grants

4/11/2024 Cornell Chronicle

A multidisciplinary project to design a new facility and community garden for the Enfield Food Distribution Center – which has seen demand skyrocket since 2020 – is among eight teams of Cornell faculty, students and community partners to receive Engaged Research Grants from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.

Physics

Hubble Fellow chooses Cornell for postdoc

4/12/2024 A&S Communications

Physicist Keefe Mitman will work with Nils Deppe, assistant professor of physics, on the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) Collaboration on improving gravitational wave models to aid with the LIGO-Virgo-Kagra Collaboration’s detection and characterization of compact binary encounters.

Alumni authors

Bestselling children’s author weaves tales of wonder

4/12/2024 Cornellians

The latest by Michelle Knudsen ’95, of Library Lion fame: the story of a sensitive spider who yearns to be a pet kitten

Ambassadors on Goldwin Smith Hall portico jumping — Welcome Class of 2028

Student accomplishments

April 25 event celebrates class of 2024

4/15/2024 A&S Communications

Arts & Sciences Career Development staff want to help mark the next steps in your journey.

Cover showing Alien Earths title and cosmic dust fingers against a background of stars

Astronomy

New book gives insider’s view of cosmic search for life

4/15/2024 Cornell Chronicle

The clues we find on exoplanets could be as strange as a bioluminescent glow or a rainbow hue, as astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger describes in “Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos.”

Missile heading up into the sky — Photo by Maciej Ruminkiewicz on Unsplash