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Student spotlight: Meagan Sundstrom

4/30/2024 Cornell University Graduate School

Meagan Sundstrom, doctoral candidate in physics from Walpole, Massachusetts, studies the role of gender in physics education.

person sitting with guitar — Provided Paul Jensen

Alumni careers

Musical alumnus: Pivoting to a new career was worth the wait

4/30/2024 A&S Communications

Paul Jensen ’85 had a successful career in public relations, but when he left his job at a big agency four years ago, he was longing to get back to something he loved and missed: his music.

Classics

Exploring the remains of ancient daily life

4/30/2024 A&S Communications

The collection “Households in Context: Dwelling in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt” shifts the archaeological perspective from public and elite spaces such as temples, tombs and palaces to everyday dwellings and interactions of families.

A black and white image of a Gothic mansion, Cornell's A. D. White House — Provided Historical photo of the A. D. White House

Society for the Humanities

Society for the Humanities celebrates 50th year in AD White House

5/1/2024 A&S Communications

To honor the anniversary, the Society has produced a booklet chronicling the history of the A.D. White House as president’s home, art museum and locus for the humanities at Cornell.

Two people sitting side by side for an interview: Mendi and Keith Obadike — College of Architecture, Art, and Planning Mendi and Keith Obadike

Performing and Media Arts

An endless conversation: The art and practice of Mendi + Keith Obadike

5/1/2024 College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

The creative team have worked for decades across music, text and visual art to explore complex histories and social tensions.

Pencil drawing: a woman wearing a blue head scarf against a bright red background — Elja Sharifi/Provided “Hopeful Eyes” detail

History of Art and Visual Studies

Defying the Odds: Elja Sharifi’s Voice for the Powerless

5/1/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Afghan visual artist Elja Sharifi, currently a visiting scholar at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, sees her escape from the Taliban as a call to action. She will enter Cornell’s PhD program in art history next fall.

Four rocky objects against a black background — Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab for the original images/Brian May/Claudia Manzoni for stereo processing of the images A pair of stereoscopic images of the asteroid Dinkinesh and Selam created with data collected by the L’LORRI camera on NASA's Lucy spacecraft in the minutes around closest approach on Nov. 1, 2023.

Astronomy

Novel calculations peg age of ‘baby’ asteroid

5/1/2024 Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell-led research team derived the age of Selam, a “moonlet” orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt, based only on the pair’s dynamics.