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"I have become tenacious in pursuit of my dreams, most of which I didn't even know I had until coming here."

Jasmine Edison '15 Major: MusicHometown: Warner Robins, GAWhy did you choose Cornell?

Digital Collections

Hidden Cornell treasures to be digitized

A&S Communications

Some hidden Cornell treasures soon will be available to scholars around the world, thanks to the Cornell University Library and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Grants Program for Digital Collections, which this year awarded four grants.

Classics

Fontaine plays Sherlock Holmes with book on rare play

A&S Communications

Like many good mysteries, it began with innocent curiosity. Michael Fontaine was on paternity leave and, wanting “a small project” to occupy him between baby duties, thought he’d write about “Mater-Virgo,” a 17th-century play by Lutheran pastor Joannes Burmeister, based on a work by the Roman playwright Plautus.

History

New book examines 'I' vs. 'us' in late antiquity

A&S Communications

To understand the past – and, often, the present – we group people together, attributing the same characteristics to individuals in a group as we do to the group as a whole, especially when it comes to religion.Éric Rebillard challenges this approach in a new book, co-edited with Jörg Rüpke, titled “Group Identity and Religious Individuality in Late Antiquity.”

Performance

Students stage dance, drama and comedy at the Schwartz Center

A&S Communications

Following last year’s successful 150 Events series, the Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) will continue its new tradition of student-led theater, film and dance performances in its 2015-16 season.

"I have become a more caring and aware citizen."

Gabriela Walters '15 Majors: Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies & EconomicsHometown: Acton, MAWhy did you choose Cornell?As a high school senior I knew I needed to be in large and diverse school with a lot of different opportunities, academic and extra-curricular. Cornell University, with its many, many departments and student groups, was the place to find that.

RESEARCH

Why ISIS wants to erase Palmyra's history

CNN

Sturt Manning, professor of Classics, writes in this piece for CNN about efforts to erase the rich history of Palmyra.

CARL SAGAN INSTITUTE

A Guide to Detecting an Alien Apocalypse

This story in National Geographic tells of researchers at Cornell and other universities who recently published a guide to help astronomers detect alien apocalypses — whether it’s the chemical signature of a world filled with rotting corpses, the radioactive aftermath of nuclear warfare, or the debris left over from a Death Star scenario where an entire planet gets blown to bits.

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Government incompetence is the real threat to China

Arts & Sciences Communications

Cornell government professors commented on the market volatility in China and the Chinese government’s response.Jeremy Wallace, associate professor of government and faculty member of Cornell’s China and Asia Pacific Studies Program, is the author of “Cities and Stability: Urbanization, Redistribution, and Regime Survival in China.”Wallace says:“Don’t worry about the Chinese stock market collapse, worry about government incompetence.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Cornell spinoff Novomer receives national award

Cornell Chronicle

The three co-founders of Novomer, a startup company based on Cornell research, have received the 2016 Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success from the American Chemical Society (ACS), the society has announced.