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History

Love and the Athenian Mercury: 1600s advice column still resonates

Cornell Chronicle

Historian Mary Beth Norton found the perfect confluence of interests in a London periodical published from 1691-97 that answered readers’ questions about love and marriage.

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Religion

If parents can opt out of LGBTQ themes, can others opt out of traditional ones?

A&S Communications

Hearing arguments on whether religious parents should be permitted to opt out their children from public school story time that includes LGBTQ themes, U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to favor the idea that parents can remove their children from these lessons, which 'prompts reflection on the boundaries of religious liberty in a pluralistic society,' says a Cornell sociologist.

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Cornell-Ithaca Collaborations

“We are La Voz” event highlights Latine artists

A&S Communications

A collaboration between Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca community members is bringing together a monthlong event in downtown Ithaca, focused on Latine artists.

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New Frontier Grant

Conference explores post-Covid-19 global health biopolitics

A&S Communications

A conference May 5-7, “The Biopolitics of Global Health After Covid-19,” will combine biopolitical and anthropological inquiry to spark a cross-disciplinary dialogue about (post-) pandemic discourses and practices of global health.

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Student experiences

Ask an Ambassador: Get off campus to explore Ithaca

A&S Student Ambassador

The streets of Collegetown and of Ithaca have become filled with memories for me.

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Psychology

Brain’s ‘blue spot’ key to healthy aging, early Alzheimer’s detection

Cornell Chronicle

Specialized MRI scans revealed dramatic changes over the human lifespan in the locus coeruleus, a finding that helps characterize healthy aging patterns.

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Joe Wilensky/Cornellians The hexagonal living room features cypress walls, a huge stone fireplace, and natural light.
Alumni

Alum still lives in the house Frank Lloyd Wright designed for him

Cornellians

Centenarian Roland Reisley ’46, BA ’45, an A&S physics alum, has resided in the Hudson Valley home for more than seven decades.

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Simon Wheeler for Cornell University Cornell’s 2025 Bouchet Society inductees. Back row (left to right): Don Long, Andrea Robinson, Salma Rebhi and her son, Zhuang Han, and Aspen Omapang. Front row (left to right): Jamila Walida Simon, Marguerite Pacheco, Libby Indermaur, and Belen Sotomayor
Graduate student honors

Nine inducted into Bouchet Honor Society

Cornell University Graduate School

Salma Rebhi, doctoral candidate in Romance studies, is among Cornell’s Bouchet scholars inducted at the annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Graduate Education.

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Provided A portion of this year’s Expanding Your Horizons volunteers
Graduate student research

Hundreds of grad student volunteers host conference for budding scientists

Cornell University Graduate School

Over 300 graduate students came together to offer this year’s annual Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) conference, putting in countless hours of volunteer work to host middle and high school students from across the state for a day of hands-on learning experiences on April 5.

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Oleksandr Zhabin/Unsplash Kyiv, Ukraine
International politics

Even if a ‘peace’ deal is reached, Russia won’t give up on Ukraine

A&S Communications

Cornell experts Bryn Rosenfeld and David Silbey comment on a 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine starting May 8, declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin to mark the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II.