2024 A&S grads report stellar career outcomes
Jen Maclaughlin credits the College’s first-year advising seminars for at least part of the success for 2024 graduates.
Language House opens to students learning ASL
Students who want an immersive on-campus experience with American Sign Language (ASL) can now sign up to live in the Language House.
Book plumbs AI’s potential to reinvigorate the humanities
In his new book, “Humanities in the Time of AI,” professor Laurent Dubreuil argues that the arrival of AI may present an opportunity to “re-create scholarship.”
Chinese military drills send ominous message to Taiwan
The drills, in the waters and airspace around Taiwan, serve three military purposes, says professor David Silbey.
Fulbright funds research on early Egyptian radio
With the award, Ziad Fahmy is working on the first critical history of early Egyptian radio.
Le Pen conviction could ‘backfire’ on French political establishment
Le Pen’s sentence for embezzling $3 million is going to push French politics into even more tumult, says sociology professor Mabel Berezin.
New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak
The first major component of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) has arrived at its final home: the Cerro Chajnantor mountaintop, more than 18,000 feet above sea level.
Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science
Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv, Sheon Han writes in a Wired feature about arXiv's creator Paul Ginsparg, professor of physics.
Putting the brakes on bacterial mobility: A new approach to fighting disease
Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria’s ‘motor,’ preventing it from spreading through the body.
Admitted Class of 2029 channels passions into knowledge
Through volunteer work, research and advocacy, the 5,824 students admitted to the Class of 2029 reflect Cornell’s commitment to changing lives through public engagement.
Ecologist Jed Sparks elected AAAS Fellow
Sparks was honored for his distinguished contributions to the fields of ecology and environmental science.
Five early-career professors win NSF development awards
Researchers studying novel traits in organisms and the fundamental understanding of extreme weather are among the five Cornell assistant professors who've received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
Day-long conference celebrates Cornell Atkinson at 15
The evening panel will be moderated by Anne Thompson, NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent and the spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist.
Cornell Cinema to screen ‘The Accelerator,’ film on physicist Wilson
Producer David Raubach will attend the free screening of the documentary April 8 and participate in a discussion following the film.
French university honors Jonathan Culler for literary contributions
On March 26, the University of Paris 8 on March 26 recognized Culler for his contributions to literary and theoretical studies and his close ties with French intellectual movements.
Quantum mechanics with a twist: spring 2025 Bethe lecture
Physicist Shahal Ilani will introduce the emerging field of twistronics, which is revolutionizing our ability to harness quantum phenomena, during a public lecture April 9.
Professor’s book probes afterlife of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela
The works ponders how “ghosts” can help a state secure its survival and ground its authority in moments of crisis, such as the one Venezuela is experiencing now.
PMA brings musical to Edinburgh Fringe Festival
“The Family Copoli," a “post-apocalyptic burlesque and re-population play,” is the brainchild of playwright Andy Colpitts ’26, a doctoral candidate in PMA, and composer Michael Wookey and the production involves more than a dozen Cornell alumni and students.
Book calls social scientists to robust ‘multiverse’ analysis
To cut through misinformation, noise and fragile claims, sociologist Cristobal Young calls social science researchers to adopt a new approach.
Cook-Gray Lecture will examine transformative labor movement
Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth College, will deliver the 2025 Alice Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture on April 15: “Poverty Wages, 'We're Not Lovin' It': Gender, Race and Inequality Rising in the 21st Century.”
Student creates company focused on luxury African bags
The newest episode of Startup Cornell, a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, features Cornell senior Micere Mugweru ’25, the founder of Mizoma Africa.
Share and hear poetry in many languages at this April 9 event
The event celebrates April as National Poetry Month.
Historian Barry Strauss wins 2025 Bradley Prize
The award carries a stipend of $300,000; Strauss will receive the award at a ceremony on May 29 in Washington, D.C.
‘Collaborative creativity’ of Gamelan inspires student band
The Cornell Gamelan Ensemble and a collection of antique instruments sparked the formation of Twin Court – a band that melds rock and traditional Indonesian music.
Canadian ‘snap’ election all about President Trump, says Cornell historian
Professor Jon Parmenter says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to call the election looks like a smart decision.
Rosenberg named Poet Laureate of Tompkins County
“I believe poetry offers us valuable opportunities to slow down, to reflect, and to extend our empathy, and I’m excited to share these gifts with our whole community,” Rosenberg said.
Balancing various uncertainties in cyber threat intelligence
New Cornell research focuses on two types of uncertainty that play important roles in the cyber threat security industry – coordinative uncertainty and adversarial uncertainty – and analyzes the relationship between them.
Engaged Opportunity Grants fuel community-engaged learning for students
Seven projects are receiving a boost from the latest round of Engaged Opportunity Grants, awarded two times a year by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement to teams of faculty or staff and their community partners.
Student spotlight: Jingya Guo
Jingya Guo, a doctoral candidate in history, studies how historical actors contested and reconfigured the demarcation between pathology and health for female bodies in China.
Drug found ‘remarkably’ effective in treating common canine oral cancer
An FDA-approved drug used in humans has been found to inhibit the growth of oral squamous cell carcinomas in dogs - with one dog’s tumor nearly disappearing in a matter of weeks.
Legality unlikely to sway public opinion about executive actions
Don’t expect a broader backlash against President Donald Trump's flurry of executive orders simply because they may rest on shaky legal ground, new Cornell research suggests.
PMA presents work at National Shakespeare Conference
Members of Cornell's Department of Performing and Media Arts are participating in the Shakespeare Association of America conference this week.
Klarman Fellow headed to Yaddo residency
Eraldo Souza dos Santos will work on their next book project, “Everything Disappears,” a family memoir and meditation on the lived experience of Blackness and enslavement in modern Brazil.
Clearest images yet of 380,000-year-old baby universe released
The new results confirm a simple model of the universe and have ruled out a majority of competing alternatives, says the research team.
AI ring tracks spelled words in American Sign Language
A Cornell-led research team has developed an artificial intelligence-powered ring equipped with micro-sonar technology that can continuously and in real time track fingerspelling in American Sign Language.
A&S undergrad unearths miniature Hercules statue in Italy
Each summer, CIAMS helps many Cornell students experience the thrill of archeological discovery.
Reducing plastic’s environmental impact with machine learning
Chemistry researchers have found ways to reduce the environmental impact of high-density polyethylene by developing a model that enables manufacturers to customize and improve those materials.
Alumna’s book wrestles with society’s expectations of women
From Kate Chopin to Maya Angelou to Shakespeare, Nicole Lipson ’98 uses literature to grapple with gender roles.
History of art staff member publishes research on face pots
Danielle Vander Horst, M.A., '19 will continue her study of Romano-British face pots, pursuing a Ph.D. through Cornell's Employee Degree Program.
Cornell scholars address global threats to democratic institutions
The Brooks School Center on Global Democracy hosted “Democratic Mobilizing: Comparative Responses to Backsliding Threats,” a hybrid event that attracted 120 participants and was streamed live from Goldwin Smith Hall on Cornell’s Ithaca campus.
Your March 2025 reads
This month’s featured titles include a debut novel and a nonfiction book about the comedy troupe Firesign Theater, both by A&S authors.
Cornell expert: EPA regulations rollback will reduce quality of life
Rolling back these regulations will reduce the quality of life for everyday Americans, says Talbot Andrews, who studies policy design and the changing environment.
First Level 3 EV fast-charging station opens on campus
The station will serve as part of a real-world “living laboratory” for existing and emerging electric-vehicle technologies developed at Cornell and elsewhere.
eLab welcomes 13 Startups to Spring 2025 cohort
A&S student Max Bohun ’25 and the business he co-founded, GradeWiz, has been accepted into Y Combinator’s winter '25 batch.
Eight students advance to 3MT finals
Students from several graduate fields, including physics in A&S, will compete in the final round of the 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition (3MT) on March 19.
Jane Bennett to deliver Culler Lecture in Critical Theory
Bennett, a founding scholar of the field of new materialism, will talk about the limits of “data” as the unit of humanistic study.
Barrier-breaking astronomer graces a U.S. quarter
Immortalized in a series honoring notable women, Vera Cooper Rubin, MS ’51, is the first Cornellian ever featured on a coin.
Three A.D. White Professors-at-Large on campus this spring
This semester, visiting A.D. White Professors-at-Large will explore themes of democracy, reparatory justice and Latin American narratives during public talks.
Chemist Robert Fay, emeritus professor, dies at 88
Robert C. Fay, emeritus professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Feb. 6 in Fairfax, Virginia. He was 88.
Cutting CHIPS funding could be ‘politically challenging’ for some GOP lawmakers
Given its bipartisan support and national security implications, CHIPS funding will be difficult to cut, says professor Sarah Kreps.