National Humanities Center National Humanities Center selects two A&S professors as 2024-25 Fellows 5/16/2024 A&S Communications
Society for the Humanities Ghosh to lead Cornell’s Society for the Humanities 5/15/2024 A&S Communications
Illustration by Laura Chichisan/Cornell University Will artificial intelligence aid or hurt the United Nations? A New Frontier Grant project aims to find out New Frontier Grants Projects funded by 2024 New Frontier Grants look toward the future 5/15/2024 A&S Communications
Patrick Shanahan for Cornell University Valzhyna Mort, center, discusses the risks writers take to speak out in many countries, with Suzanne Nossel, left, and David Folkenflik ’91. Patrick Shanahan for Cornell University Valzhyna Mort, center, discusses the risks writers take to speak out in many countries, with Suzanne Nossel, left, and David Folkenflik ’91. Freedom of Expression Paying a price to speak out, dissident writers help preserve freedoms 4/24/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Provided Pietro Pucci in Athens, June 2017 Provided Pietro Pucci in Athens, June 2017 Classics ‘Adventurous’ classical scholar Pietro Pucci dies at 96 4/23/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Chris Kitchen Wenbo Tang studies memory to help develop therapies for memory-related diseases, and also to improve AI systems Chris Kitchen Wenbo Tang studies memory to help develop therapies for memory-related diseases, and also to improve AI systems Neurobiology & Behavior Klarman Fellow: AI has a lot to learn from 'flexible and reliable' human memory 4/23/2024 A&S Communications
Patrick Shanahan for Cornell University 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. Patrick Shanahan for Cornell University 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. Performing and Media Arts 'A place at the table': Exploring free expression through dance 4/11/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Simon Wheeler/Cornell University 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 Simon Wheeler/Cornell University 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 Performing and Media Arts Film set in Schwartz Center: A pop-up laboratory for building worlds 4/10/2024 A&S Communications
Theda Skocpol Theda Skocpol Democracy A.D. White professor addresses threats to democracy 3/28/2024 A&S Communications
Chris Kitchen 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. Chris Kitchen 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. Klarman Fellows Klarman Fellow: Digital media connects people in a polarized world 3/26/2024 A&S Communications
Tapan Mitra Tapan Mitra Economics Economics department receives $500K gift honoring Tapan Mitra 3/19/2024 A&S Communications
Anna Shechtman Media studies ‘Queen of crosswords’ recovers the puzzle’s feminist side 3/5/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Latin American studies On climate change, artists ‘imagine the world otherwise’ 2/29/2024 A&S Communications
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gift, 2005 Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Mont Blanc Seen from the Massif, Les Aiguilles Rouges, 1874. Watercolor heightened with gouache over traces of graphite on two sheets of blue-gray wove paper (glued together in a vertical seam at left), 11 7/16 × 26 1/8 in. (29 × 66.4 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gift, 2005 Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Mont Blanc Seen from the Massif, Les Aiguilles Rouges, 1874. Watercolor heightened with gouache over traces of graphite on two sheets of blue-gray wove paper (glued together in a vertical seam at left), 11 7/16 × 26 1/8 in. (29 × 66.4 cm). History of Art and Visual Studies Grant to enhance art history book 2/29/2024 A&S Communications
Lenka Zdeborová Lenka Zdeborová Physics Spring 2024 Bethe Lecture bridges physics and computer science 2/26/2024 A&S Communications
Ryan Young/Cornell University Jake Turner, NASA Hubble/Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow in astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences and part of the Carl Sagan Institute, is a science adviser on a radio telescope made of four antennas that each extend to eight feet long and are packed into an eight-inch canister for launch. Ryan Young/Cornell University Jake Turner, NASA Hubble/Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow in astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences and part of the Carl Sagan Institute, is a science adviser on a radio telescope made of four antennas that each extend to eight feet long and are packed into an eight-inch canister for launch. Astronomy Earth to be exhibit A for lunar exoplanet research 2/14/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Creative Writing Program Book-length poem narrates struggle of young Black fighters in WWI 2/13/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Language study Book shines light on teaching ‘Less Commonly Taught Languages’ 2/9/2024 A&S Communications
Provided Crystal structure of pure ErTe3 Provided Crystal structure of pure ErTe3 Physics Physicists detect elusive ‘Bragg glass’ phase with machine learning tool 2/9/2024 A&S Communications
Chris Kitchen Jacob Anbinder Chris Kitchen Jacob Anbinder Klarman Fellows How did our housing get so expensive? Klarman Fellow dives into the history 2/8/2024 A&S Communications
Lindsay France/Cornell University Klarman Postdoctoral Fellows pursue research on a wide variety of topics in the social sciences, sciences and humanities. Lindsay France/Cornell University Klarman Postdoctoral Fellows pursue research on a wide variety of topics in the social sciences, sciences and humanities. Klarman Fellows Twelve new Klarman Fellows to pursue innovative, timely research in A&S 2/1/2024 A&S Communications
Sangharsh Lohakare/Unsplash Sangharsh Lohakare/Unsplash Chemistry and Chemical Biology ‘Shredding’ cancer cells: Study of CRISPR-Cas3 brings us a step closer 1/19/2024 A&S Communications
Frank Vassen/Creative Commons license 2.0 Białowieża forest in Poland Frank Vassen/Creative Commons license 2.0 Białowieża forest in Poland Comparative literature Pinkham wins British Journalism Award for feature on migrants 1/8/2024 A&S Communications
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Creative Commons license 2.0 Image from a satellite showing a portion of the Middle East NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Creative Commons license 2.0 Image from a satellite showing a portion of the Middle East Science and Technology Studies Maps have political power, sociologist says 1/4/2024 A&S Communications
Literatures in English Animals, disasters, love: Book traces nonhuman voices in literature 12/19/2023 A&S Communications
Comparative literature Tracing Indian Ocean slavery through Iranian cinema 12/18/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Natasha Raheja/Provided In Jodhpur, India, computer typists offer services to migrants from stalls at the kutchery, an administrative maze housing hundreds of private vendors and dozens of government offices, pictured here in October 2019. Natasha Raheja/Provided In Jodhpur, India, computer typists offer services to migrants from stalls at the kutchery, an administrative maze housing hundreds of private vendors and dozens of government offices, pictured here in October 2019. Anthropology In India, computer typists embody ‘fuzzy’ nature of state borders 12/15/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Chris Kitchen With new tools he develops, Li detects interacting electrons in specialized two-dimensional (2D) materials Chris Kitchen With new tools he develops, Li detects interacting electrons in specialized two-dimensional (2D) materials Physics Klarman Fellow: Studying electron interactions with ultrafast lasers and more 12/14/2023 A&S Communications
Ryan Young/Cornell University David Folkenflik ’91 (left) moderates the panel “Free Press in a Free Society: U.S. Newsrooms on the Front Lines” with Suzanne Mettler, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in government, and Sewell Chan, editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune. Ryan Young/Cornell University David Folkenflik ’91 (left) moderates the panel “Free Press in a Free Society: U.S. Newsrooms on the Front Lines” with Suzanne Mettler, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in government, and Sewell Chan, editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune. Free Expression Theme Year What’s worth protecting about a free press? NPR’s Folkenflik asks panelists 11/17/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Chris Kitchen Neil Cholli Chris Kitchen Neil Cholli often goes to the white board in his Uris Hall office to "think things through" while analyzing data on social mobility Klarman Fellows Klarman Fellow’s mission: Break cycles of poverty through fact-based policy 11/14/2023 A&S Communications
Chemistry and Chemical Biology Cornell chemists image basic blocks of synthetic polymers 11/10/2023 Cornell Chronicle
David O. Brown/Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University Works in 'Between Performance and Documentation' David O. Brown/Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University Works in 'Between Performance and Documentation' History of Art and Visual Studies Exhibit, symposium consider art ‘Between Performance and Documentation’ 11/9/2023 A&S Communications
Scholarship and teaching Book reexamines scholarship, teaching in the era of COVID-19 11/2/2023 A&S Communications
Provided James John Provided James John History James John, medieval historian, dies at 95 10/31/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Vlad Tchompalov/Unsplash Gas Works Park, Settle Vlad Tchompalov/Unsplash Gas Works Park, Settle Chemistry and Chemical Biology Metal organic frameworks turn greenhouse gas into ‘gold’ 10/11/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Widner Collection/National Gallery of Art 'Portrait of Elena Grimaldi Cattaneo’ by Anthony van Dyck Widner Collection/National Gallery of Art 'Portrait of Elena Grimaldi Cattaneo’ by Anthony van Dyck History of Art and Visual Studies Clothing is key: Van Dyck portrait captures ‘moment in the history of race-making’ 10/11/2023 A&S Communications
Provided The collaborators who created the concert "Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind": (seated l-r) playwright Virginia Grise, novelist Helena María Viramontes, and composer Martha Gonzalez. Standing is Kendra Ware, the production's director. Provided The collaborators who created the concert "Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind": (seated l-r) playwright Virginia Grise, novelist Helena María Viramontes, and composer Martha Gonzalez. Standing is Kendra Ware, the production's director. Creative Writing Program Performance and conference honor Viramontes 10/9/2023 A&S Communications
Dan Mao/Provided Leveraging the geometric thinking in a twisted bilayer graphene lattice to predict new effects Dan Mao/Provided Leveraging the geometric thinking in a twisted bilayer graphene lattice to predict new effects Physics Physicists realize fractionalization without a magnetic field 10/3/2023 A&S Communications
Performing and Media Arts Scholars spearhead anthology of women’s theater writing 10/3/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Stella Ocker, Ph.D. ’23 won a Brinson Prize fellowship, which she began Sept. 1 at the California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California Stella Ocker, Ph.D. ’23 won a Brinson Prize fellowship, which she began Sept. 1 at the California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California Astronomy Cornell astronomy to offer Brinson Prize 10/2/2023 A&S Communications
Provided The Cornell University Wind Symphony performs "A Place That Is Yours" by Catherine Likhuta Provided The Cornell University Wind Symphony performs "A Place That Is Yours" by Catherine Likhuta Humanities Cornell celebrates 15 years at the heart of CNY Humanities Corridor 9/28/2023 A&S Communications