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A crowd of about 75 people stands behind a low box full of dirt; six people in the front hold shovels with red handles during a ceremonial "groundbreaking" event
Provided Members of the Cornell community break ground on the McGraw Hall renovation project on Sept. 19.
McGraw Hall renovation

Celebration kicks off McGraw Hall project

Cornell Chronicle

More than 75 people, including university leaders, donors and members of the College of Arts & Sciences Advisory Council, celebrated the start of the $110 million McGraw Hall renovation project Sept. 19 with a “groundbreaking” ceremony.

Claudia Sheinbaum standing at a podium
Ernesto Toboa/Creative Commons license 2.0 Claudia Sheinbaum during her press conference as Mexico's president-elect during the transition period.
Government

Will Mexico’s first female president take a different line on security, economy?

A&S Communications

Claudia Sheinbaum, being sworn in as Mexico's first female president today, faces several major challenges, says Gustavo Flores-Macías.

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Judy Heiblum Thrall
Near Eastern Studies

Pulitzer Prize-winning author from Jerusalem to speak Oct. 10

A&S Communications

Nathan Thrall will talk about his most recent book, “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy.”

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Middle East

A weakened Hezbollah could open the door for a two-state solution

A&S Communications

A Cornell government scholar says that the reality of a severely diminished Hezbollah in Lebanon may provide an opportunity for a path toward peace.

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Economics

Kids don’t need to love salads to maintain healthy weight

Cornell Chronicle

Serving children more nutritious meals didn't reduce their taste for sweets, but promoted healthier weight over time by reducing added sugar and fat consumption, a Cornell-led study found.

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Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz PMA professor Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz (center) and NAKA Dance Theater co-founders José Ome Navarrete Mazatl (left) and Debby Kajiyama will team up again this month to create a new work at Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography in Florida. They are pictured here at Ithaca’s Kitchen Theatre during a spring 2024 collaboration
Performing and Media Arts

Professor creates new work at national choreography center

A&S Communications

Playing two roles during a prestigious residency, Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz will both choreograph a new dance work and document the process.

Pedro Conceição
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Economics

World at a Turning Point interview

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

UNDP's Dr. Pedro Conceição speaks with the Einaudi Center during the Oct. 3–5 CRADLE conference on the state of the global economy.

Ling Ma
Provided Ling Ma
Creative Writing Program

Novelist Ling Ma, MFA ’16, among 2024 MacArthur recipients

Cornell Chronicle

Novelist Ling Ma, MFA ’16, and Nicola Dell, associate professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, have been awarded 2024 “genius grants.”

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Simon Wheeler for Cornell University Actor Daveed Diggs, left, speaks with Samantha Sheppard, chair and associate professor of performing and media arts, Sept. 25 at the Schwartz Center.
Performing and Media Arts

‘Hamilton’ star Daveed Diggs speaks on campus to sold-out crowd

Cornell Chronicle

Tony- and Grammy-award winner Daveed Diggs advises aspiring artists to “stop sweating the timeline” on their creative projects.

Ling Ma
Alumni authors

Author alum wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’

Cornellians

Ling Ma, MFA ’16, has earned raves for her fiction; a Cornell Tech prof also received one of the coveted fellowships.