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Two women with long hair and wearing Native American-patterned clothing and hairpiece.

American Studies

Alum’s Nonprofit Promotes Indigenous Sisterhood

8/2/2024 Cornellians

Michelle Schenandoah ’99 founded Rematriation to empower Indigenous people and raise global awareness about Indigenous knowledge as viable ways to address global challenges.

Cover of "The Witchstone" by Henry H. Neff, showing the silhouette of a demon with horns drinking a martini and smoking

Research and Creative Works

Your August 2024 Reads

8/2/2024 Cornellians

The featured titles include Joe Fassler ’06's novel drawn from the Icarus myth and former dean Philip Lewis' book on the public humanities.

A bag with a dollar sign on it — Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay

Economics

Economists uncover hidden influence of top campaign donors

8/1/2024 Cornell Chronicle

The death of a top donor during an electoral cycle decreases the likelihood that a candidate will be elected by more than three percentage points, according to an innovative new study.

Lou Salvatore

Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Credit and Insurance

Peter John Loewen

Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Government
Government

two people working behind a computer — Chris Kitchen Students Sneah Singhi ’26, left, and David Behdad ’25 work in the observation room at the B.A.B.Y Lab, which studies infant language acquisition.

Nexus Scholars

Nexus Scholars study climate change inequality and infant language learning

7/29/2024 A&S Communications

The program provides undergraduates with summer opportunities to conduct research with and be mentored by faculty from across the college.

Government

Cornell democracy expert: Trump’s election comments ‘reject democratic principles’

7/29/2024 A&S Communications

Political scientist Rachel Riedl, director of the Center on Global Democracy and an expert on democracy and authoritarianism globally, comments on Donald Trump’s rhetoric about voting.

Government

Voting gender gap expected to factor heavily in 2024 election

7/29/2024 A&S Communications

Prof. Sabrina Karim comments on how the gender gap between female and male voters in the U.S. is likely to become starker during the 2024 election cycle.

Krystyna Golovakova

Lecturer of Ukrainian and Russian
Comparative Literature

College students with hats and scarves covering their hair and Saxbys t-shirts make coffee. — Saxbys at the Community College of Philadelphia.

Government

A decaf soy latte, with a shot of entrepreneurship

7/25/2024 Cornellians

Government alum's Saxbys coffee chain operates on a unique model: its employees—and managers—are all college students.

Hannsjörg Weber

Assistant Research Professor
Physics

Cristina Schlesier

Lecturer
Physics

Molly Womack

Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

boys outside a school — Gillian Harrill Actors from "Ghosts" walk around the schoolhouse during filming in Oklahoma.

Faculty creative works

PMA profs’ film earns spot in PBS film festival

7/24/2024 A&S Communications

“Ghosts” tells the story of three Kiowa children who escaped a government boarding school in the winter of 1891.

Kamala Harris at a podium with the seal of the vice president on it and an American flag in the background — Maryland GovPics Kamala Harris

Current Events

What a Harris candidacy means: Cornell experts weigh in.

7/23/2024 A&S Communications

As Vice President Kamala Harris garners crucial support for her presidential campaign, Cornell University experts discuss the potential implications and challenges she might face.