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Kenneth Atsenhaienton Deer
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Asian American Studies Program

Mohawk community newspaper founder to give Kops Lecture

Cornell Chronicle

Kenneth Atsenhaienton Deer, founder and former editor of The Eastern Door newspaper, will be the featured speaker at the 2024 Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture, Sept. 10.

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Jan Burzlaff

Post Doctoral Fellow
Jewish Studies Program

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Lindsay France/Cornell University In a 2019 evolution course, Michelle Smith, now the Ann S. Bowers Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and associate dean for undergraduate education in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) observes students in a hands-on activity. Smith and other DBER researchers study how to improve teaching in STEM courses.
Discipline-Based Education Research

NSF-funded postdocs to research education across disciplines

A&S Communications

Engaging with a whole set of mentors will allow the CIDER postdocs to approach questions about student learning and experiences across disciplinary boundaries and use techniques from multiple fields.

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Heather Ainsworth
College leadership

New A&S dean relishes ‘life in a university’

A&S Communications

Peter John Loewen says he's excited to support faculty in their research, meet students and showcase the value of a liberal arts education.

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John Carruthers

Director of Graduate Studies, Regional Science Associate Professor, AAP-City and Regional Planning
Carl Sagan Institute

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Government

Mexican judiciary reforms represent ‘high stakes gamble’

A&S Communications

The United States and Canada voiced concerns over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s sweeping plans to overhaul the judiciary in ways that critics claim could undermine the independence of the courts.

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Government

Hubs grant launches AI collaboration, new proposals due Oct. 4

Cornell Chronicle

What are the options for limiting harm to workers as AI use grows? This is one of the questions government professor Isabel Perera and a network of international colleagues are tackling in a research collaboration launched with a seed grant from Global Cornell’s Global Hubs initiative. This year’s cycle of Global Hubs seed grants recently opened.

Verity Platt
Verity Platt
Humanities Scholars Program

Verity Platt appointed director of Humanities Scholars Program

A&S Communications

The Humanities Scholars Program welcomes Verity Platt, professor of classics and history of art in the College of Arts & Sciences, as the program’s incoming director

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Physics

Sound drives ‘quantum jumps’ between electron orbits

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers have demonstrated that acoustic sound waves can be used to control the motion of an electron as it orbits a lattice defect in a diamond, a technique that can potentially improve the sensitivity of quantum sensors and be used in other quantum devices.

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Global Cornell

Upcoming International Fair to spark global curiosity

Cornell Chronicle

The upcoming International Fair is poised to spark students’ interest in the world on Aug. 28.

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Government

How Bangladesh can become a true democracy

Time Magazine

“To ensure that Bangladesh 2.0 is successful, key reforms must not wait for a democratically elected government,”

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Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Washington Post’s Ann Marimow ’97 named A&S Distinguished Visiting Journalist

A&S Communications

While Marimow is on campus, she will meet with faculty, students, staff and the Cornell Daily Sun, as well as visit classes.

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NASA Earth
Cornell Climate Impact Speaker Series

2030 Project plans climate-themed speaker series

Cornell Chronicle

A policy influencer, an entrepreneur, an academic and a journalist will offer their perspectives on how to make a difference in addressing climate change in the Cornell Climate Impact Speaker Series. The first installment is scheduled for Sept. 5.

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Provided Yuanxue Jing at the Youyan Archives in Beijing
Graduate student research

Exploring games’ influence at archives in Beijing

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell’s graduate students may be based in Ithaca, but every summer they make discoveries in unique study sites around the globe. Asian literature, religion and culture Ph.D. student Yuanxue Jing did research at the Youyan Archives in Beijing.

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Mona Azzam

Lecturer, Arabic language
Near Eastern Studies