Architecture students volunteer at the Enfield Food Distribution Center. The visit served as participatory research for their speculative design projects.
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Student dancers rehearse an ensemble piece that will be part of the "This table has been a house in the rain" performance April 25-27 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts: (from left) Isabel Padilla, doctoral candidate in performing and media arts; Irene Kim ’24; Taylor Pryor, doctoral candidate in literatures in English; Molly Hudson ’25; and Eliza Salamon ’24.
“The world begins at a kitchen table,” poet laureate Joy Harjo wrote.
Inspired by this line, a kitchen table appears at the center of a live dance performance – which is paired with an exhibition of dance-related visual art – April 25-27 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. Student-artists will reimagine the Kiplinger Theater in the evening-length work, titled “This table has…
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Anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine parliament passed a bill on Thursday overhauling mobilization rules. It must be signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky before it becomes law.
David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis.
Silbey says: “Ukraine’s recent bill changing the rules of mobilization is both a sign…
The Klezmatics, world-renowned klezmer performers from New York City’s East Village, are coming to the Cornell Concert Series. Their concert takes place Sat., April 13 at 7:30 pm in Bailey Hall.
The Klezmatics’ music is steeped in Eastern European Jewish tradition and spirituality, while also incorporating contemporary themes such as human rights and antifundamentalism, and…
Richlove Nkansah ’26 was buzzing with excitement the week before spring break – she had just launched her business and was headed to California to pitch it to a group of Silicon Valley Cornell alumni and entrepreneurs.
Nkansah is the co-founder, with Harmony Prado ’24, of CultureCare, a digital platform for BIPOC (Black, indigenous, and people of color) therapists to manage their practice and…
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Crew members prepare to film on the set of "Remembering Colin Stall," which took over the Kiplinger Theatre stage for much of the spring 2024 semester: (l-r) Jamen Meistrich, assistant director; Indeana Underhill, director of photography; and script supervisor/on set prop master Victoria Serafini, Ph.D. candidate in Performing & Media Arts
The room on the Kiplinger Theatre stage is paneled in wood and faded yellow-green floral wallpaper. The lamps, beige and dim, barely disturb the shadows dominating every corner. Old family photos march up the wall. A taxidermy deer head gazes down upon a mustard yellow couch draped with a crocheted color-block throw. The stairs, carpeted in gray shag, look as though they might creak under the…
The newly assembled Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), nearly the size of a five-story building, was unveiled April 4 at an event in Xanten, Germany, attended by numerous German municipal officials – as well as Fred Young, himself.
“It is especially pleasing to participate in what is a celebration of the result of 20-some years of involvement in the creation of this significant…
Two Cornell seniors have been selected as junior fellows of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and will spend next year conducting research with the organization in Washington, D.C.
McKenzie Carrier ’24, a government and Spanish major in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Margot Treadwell, ’24, a student in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, will both be assigned to…
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More than 400 students rode in eight charter buses filled with Cornellians to Rochester, New York, to witness the total solar eclipse.
The April 8 solar eclipse was “definitely life-changing,” said Emma Linscomb ’27, a member of Cornell’s Society of Physics Students.
“Experiencing it with a bunch of other people was such a special thing,” she said, “especially people you go to school with.”
Linscomb was one of more than 400 students who rode in eight charter buses filled with Cornellians to Rochester, New York, to…
There are two more opportunities this semester to delve deeply into science through the art of film at Cornell Cinema in the College of Arts & Sciences.
The last two showings of the cinema’s “Science on Screen” initiative will include:
Worlds Collide – "Particle Fever," CLASSE, and the Future of Particle Physics, with post-doc Xuan Chen, Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based…
“Any poem, any language” is the theme of “Sweet Poetry,” the Language Resource Center’s (LRC) second annual celebration of National Poetry Month. Sweet Poetry will be on Wed., April 17, from 5-7 p.m. in the Groos Family Atrium in Klarman Hall.
During the event, tasty treats will be served while Cornell community members offer live poetry recitations in multiple languages. The event booklet,…
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On April 11, 2004, Maj. Richard J. Gannon II '95 addressed Marines under his command during a memorial service for Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Wasser of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, at Camp Husaybah, Iraq, near the Syrian border. Gannon was killed days later while trying to help a wounded Marine. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star.
Former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley '69 will explore “U.S. National Security Policymaking and the Future of U.S.-China Relations” in a fireside chat on Wednesday, April 17, with Jessica Chen Weiss, the Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies in the government department in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is also a faculty member in the Cornell Jeb E…
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KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley
Today, Kiss announced that it has sold its catalog, name and likeness to Pophouse Entertainment Group. Specific plans for Kiss’ avatars has not yet been revealed, but Pophouse teased that fans can look forward to a variety of entertainment.
Benjamin Piekut, professor of music at Cornell University, says the recordings can be endlessly reconfigured to bring Kiss to life for new audiences.
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NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik ’91 will lead a panel discussion on the role of dissenting writers in Russia, China, Belarus and elsewhere in a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Visiting Journalist program on April 17.
“Dissident Writers: A Conversation" will feature Folkenflik in conversation with Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America; and Belarusian poet Valzhyna Mort,…
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Knibb in a World Triathlon test event in Paris in 2023
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Magnus Fiskesjö, associate professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently updated the Uyghur bibliography he began in 2017. The bibliography is hosted by the Uyghur Human Rights Project, "one of the most active and well-known organizations dedicated to the issue," he says.
Since 2017, the Chinese government has imprisoned more than one million Uyghurs in China's far…
While Florida’s Supreme Court ruling on Monday allowed the state to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, in a separate decision released on the same day, the justices said that a proposed constitutional amendment that would guarantee the right to an abortion could go on the November ballot.
Landon Schnabel, a professor at Cornell University, studies inequality, how it changes…
Cólm Tóibín, the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University, will visit campus April 11 to deliver the Eamon McEneaney Memorial Reading, part of the Spring 2024 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series in the Department of Literatures in English in the College of Arts & Sciences. The reading will feature works by Irish and Irish American writers.
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The video game industry is grappling with existential questions — how will AI affect game production and creation? Will massive consolidation (and layoffs) alter the work culture? How can the industry handle an exponential growth in audience base, and what will be the effects of industry regulations?
With a lifelong love of video games and a decades-long career in tech, business, and gaming,…
Azahara Oliva, assistant professor of neurobiology and behavior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the international Suffrage Science Award for Life Sciences in 2024. Launched on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, the award aims to “create a self-perpetuating cohort of talent that can encourage others to enter science and reach senior leadership roles,” said…
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Workers hand roll kretek in a "living factory" at House of Sampoerna, a kretek museum in the East Javanese port city of Surabaya. Kretek museums present the history of the commodity in a nostalgic and flattering light and frame kretek manufacturers as benevolent patrons.
Two early-career scientists at Cornell have been awarded Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellowships: Lígia Fonseca Coelho, a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences; and Zach Ulibarri, a postdoc in mechanical and aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering. The three-year postdoctoral fellowship provides recipients with resources,…
Nora Brown, Ph.D. ’23, is an alumna of the genetics, genomics, and development doctoral program at Cornell, during which she was co-advised by Mariana Wolfner and Andrew Clark. She is now a postdoc at MIT.
What was your research focus at Cornell?
My thesis work was focused on understanding the function and evolution of a major class of male reproductive proteins called seminal fluid…
Sarah Morris, Steinmetz Professor of Classical Archaeology and Material Culture in the Department of Classics and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, will deliver the Townsend Lectures in the Department of Classics at Cornell on April 10, 12 and 15.
Since 1985, the Prescott W. Townsend Memorial Fund has supported annual lectures given by scholars of international reputation…
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Henley Schulz ‘22 spent the summer in Washington D.C., working in the office of U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio.
Applications for the Cornell Summer Experience Grant are open and students should apply here by April 15.
“We provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions,” said Jennifer Maclaughlin, director of career development for the College of Arts & Sciences, adding that a total of $500,000 is available for A&S…
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David Folkenflik '91, spoke with Cornell faculty members Mabel Berezin, center, and Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, right, during a March 26 event in New York City.
Cornell faculty and alumni took part in a wide-ranging discussion focused on nationalism around the world during a March 26 New York City event featuring NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik ’91, the Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts & Sciences.
The event, held at Cornell’s ILR Conference Center on Lexington Avenue, featured Mabel Berezin, the…
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Rowhomes on Pennington Avenue in Curtis Bay, Baltimore.
In the wake of the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the port city’s role as the second largest exporter of American coal has come into clear focus. With coal exports expected to be snarled for more than a month, coal shipping executives are eager for a return to business as usual.
But residents who have experienced effects of the transport and storage of coal in…
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Nancy Wang ’24 used the AI DALL-E3 and the prompt “create a schematic of one layer of flexible battery, one layer of woven conductive thread, and one layer of textile” to create this image.
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Members of the Ithaca Community visited campus for the March 15 event, creating butterflies under the guidance of entomologist/artist/Cornell doctoral student Annika Salzberg.
The “butterfly effect” was in full bloom on March 14-15 as campus and community members celebrated the environmental and literary legacies of former Cornell professor Vladimir Nabokov.
The celebrations began with a packed crowd listening to a March 14 talk celebrating the opening of Cornell University Library’s “From Nabokov’s Net” exhibit in Mann Library. Events continued on March 15 with a…
Neuroscientist Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz has been awarded a MIND Prize (Maximizing Innovation in Neuroscience Discovery) from the Pershing Square Foundation. The Foundation’s announcement said that the prize aims to “change the paradigm of neuroscience research by creating a community of next-frontier thinkers who can uncover a deeper understanding of the brain and cognition.” The seven 2024…
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Shiqi Lin next to a poster in her office depicting 25 years of covers from the Chinese culture magazine Neweekly, which reflect China's social changes during the past quarter century.
Every time Shiqi Lin traveled back home to China on breaks from college in the U.S., she was sure to pack two things: her phone and a sound recorder.
Armed with these digital tools, she would walk through teeming neighborhoods bustling with new construction to archive disappearing landscapes and interview people whose lives had been upended by China’s massive drive toward urbanization.
“I…
The Cornell and Ithaca communities can see a unique blend of mime and mathematics during two days of events planned by the Cornell Department of Mathematics to celebrate April as Mathematics Awareness Month (MAM). The math-themed events and speakers are scheduled on April 19 and 20.
The MAM Public Lecture will feature Tim Chartier, the Joseph R. Morton Professor of Mathematics and…
As a government and Africana studies double major, Alec Giufurta ’21 pursued a wide range of coursework as a Cornell student, but his passions always focused on public service. This passion still motivates him as a first-year student at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. A great deal of what he loved about his time at Cornell matches what he loves about Berkeley Law.
“The…
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Meagan Sundstrom presents her winning Three Minute Thesis.
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Cornell University Graduate School
“I want you to remember a time when you were in a setting where you felt like you didn’t belong. I want you to remember how you felt in that setting, maybe isolated or out of place, and how much you felt like you wanted to continue going back to that setting—probably not much. These feelings are all too familiar for undergraduate women pursuing their studies in science, and in physics…
Mary Mulvanerton, long-time department manager for the Department of Astronomy and associate director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science (CCAPS), passed away on March 6 at the age of 64, after an extended illness. She’s being remembered by friends and colleagues as a mentor, advisor, friend and fierce advocate for the work of the department.
"Mary was a…
The second in a series of lectures, “Unmasking the CCP: History, Politics, and Society in Post-1949 China," is scheduled for April 10 and will feature Rana Mitter, the S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Mitter will speak about “Money, Morale and Mayhem: Economic and Emotional Landscapes in the Formation of Revolutionary China, 1946-1949,”at 4:45 p.m…
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Book cover image with graffiti on Block 1221 Senior's Club designed by Álvaro Siza for IBA-1984/87, Kreuzberg, Berlin.
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Esra Akcan, Michael A. McCarthy Professor of Architectural Theory (AAP), and Iftikhar Dadi, John H. Burris Professor of Art History and Visual Studies (A&S), recently published Art and Architecture of Migration and Discrimination: Turkey, Pakistan, and their European Diasporas (Routledge, 2024), a collection of essays on art and architecture that reveal both distinct and convergent histories,…
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Ying Lin Zhao ’26, center, works with Amy LeViere ’95, left, chief philanthropic services and systems officer, and CEO George Ferrari ’84 at the Tompkins County Community Foundation.
The Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has received a $500,000 gift in support of conferences and other activities centered around economic theory.
Named in honor of the late Tapan Mitra, longtime professor of economics at Cornell and two-time chair of the department, the Dr. Tapan Mitra Economics Fund continues his passion for top-level collaboration…
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NASA’s Perseverance rover exploring Jezero Crater
Clues about our planet’s ability to support life might come from Mars, writes Jonathan Lunine, the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences, in a CNN op-ed.
“Since 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover, designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has been collecting samples to be returned to Earth in a technologically daring mission called Mars Sample Return (MSR)…
