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Lenora Warren, assistant professor of literatures in English in the College of Arts and Sciences, is an expert in Early American and Early African American literature with a focus on the literatures of abolition, insurrection and the politics of resistance.
In 1829, abolitionist David Walker’s “Appeal to the Colored People of the World” went viral, enabling enslaved people to imagine freedom and why they deserved it.
Small, simple forms of social connection can lessen the negative feelings and thoughts that come with being excluded, according to Cornell psychology researchers.
The 5,139 admitted students will bring with them a variety of lived experiences that will enrich the vitality and innovation of Cornell’s intellectual community.
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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.
“This is a tool that students are using already, and it’s probably not going away,” said doctoral candidate Amelia C. Arsenault, M.A. ’23, a teaching assistant in the government department.
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Michell Chresfield is a scholar of the history of racial formation and identity-making in 20th century America. She is assistant professor of Africana studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
A Cornell historian says one of the most important aspects of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy was his insistence on speaking up against social and economic injustice.
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Misha Inniss-Thompson ’16, assistant research professor of psychology, gave the keynote address at the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives’ annual Honors Award Ceremony on May 5 in the Statler Hotel.
At a May 5 ceremony, Misha Inniss-Thompson ’16, assistant research professor of psychology in the College of Human Ecology urged students to prioritize their passions and interests.
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Taylan Özgür Ercan ’25, left, president and founder of the Turkish Students Association and an economics major, and Majd Aldaye ’25, a computer science major
With about 70 students on campus from Syria and Turkey affected by the devastation in their countries, students, faculty and administrators have mobilized to create relief efforts.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and colleagues stand outside Anabel Taylor Hall on Nov. 13, 1960, during King’s first visit to Ithaca. Left to right: Kenneth Hagood ’60, a Cornell student organizer; Martin Luther King Jr.; the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a co-founder with King of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Dr. Edward Hart, an Ithaca ophthalmologist and chair of the Cornell Committee Against Segregation.
King’s historic visit on Nov. 13, 1960, and a second, on April 14, 1961, came during a period when he was honing ideas that would take center stage at the March on Washington in 1963
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A farmer holds multiple varieties of wheat and barley from his field in Kutabir District, Amhara, Ethiopia.
A paper by Cornell researchers suggests maslins have the unique capacity to adapt in real time to extreme weather.
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Cornell Votes members Dana Karami ’23, center, vice president of operations; Patrick Mehler ’23, founding member and president; and Lauren Sherman ’24, incoming vice president of external operations, gather in Willard Straight Hall.
Four A&S faculty members have been honored for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.
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Authors Michelle Cronin, left, and Tyler Hill are among the 14 authors from upstate New York participating in the Oñgwaga•ä’ Writers Workshop
“These professors have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to teaching and mentoring their students.”
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Kofi Acree, director of the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library and curator of Africana Collections in Cornell University Library, speaks with gardeners outside the installation at the Cornell Botanic Gardens.
Arts & Sciences student Jakara Zellner ’23, co-leader on the Garden Ambassador team, who served on the advisory committee and narrated the audio tour of a Cornell Botanic Gardens featuring 21 plants significant to the Black experience in the Americas.
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Fernando Santiago ’86 received the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award on June 22, at a ceremony at the Genesee Valley Club in Rochester.
The holiday reminds professor Riché Richardson of exciting celebrations of her youth, but also of obstacles that stand in the way of fully achieving Black freedom.
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Marie Dorvilne, standing, helps Yanick Pierre-Louis, as her home care worker.
The researchers' finding has implications for the 2022 midterm elections.
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Students and faculty engaged with the new Cornell Center for Cultural Humility are, left to right: Sanvi Bhardwaj ’24, event coordinator; Natalie Gosnell ’23, community outreach coordinator; Iman Alsmadi, first-year doctoral student, cultural humility trainer; Jerel Ezell, assistant professor of Africana studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, director; and Ru Liu, first-year doctoral student, cultural humility trainer.
Andrés Quijano ’22 will compete at 7:30 p.m. on “Jeopardy!” and Catherine Zhang ’22 will compete at 8 p.m. on the “Jeopardy!” National College Championship, on ABC and Hulu.
The nine undergrads will be arriving on campus through December, thanks to robust international and cross-campus collaborations. Cornell has pledged support until they graduate.
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Lillie Steen ’23, an undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in archaeology and art history, sifts through excavated soil at St. James A.M.E. Zion Church in Ithaca.
Church members and a multidisciplinary team of Cornell faculty and students are learning more about St. James A.M.E. Zion Church by doing an archaeological dig.
A newly launched, major fundraising campaign aims to shape Cornell as the model university for the 21st century and beyond, building on its foundation of world-class academics, research and engagement.
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St. James A.M.E. Zion Church is believed to be the oldest religious structure in Ithaca and one of the first A.M.E. Zion churches in the country.
A multidisciplinary team of Cornell students and faculty and local schoolchildren began an archeological dig Sept. 18 at St. James AME Zion church in Ithaca.
Black people in early America used July Fourth to argue that they should be freed from enslavement and had as much right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as white people.
The holiday celebrates the day enslaved people gained their freedom. But they lacked political power then, as Black people too often do today, says associate professor Jamila Michener.
The university’s acknowledgment states that the Ithaca campus is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ, also known as the Cayuga Nation.
<p> Jeff Palmer grew up taking long walks with his father in the Wichita Mountains of southwestern Oklahoma. Palmer’s father, a linguist and a native Kiowa speaker, told him ancient Kiowa stories about the granite-capped peaks and rolling hills around them.</p>
<p> Nicholas Sturgeon, Susan Linn Sage Professor Emeritus in the Sage School of Philosophy and an expert in the foundations of ethics, died Aug. 24 of complications from Parkinson’s disease at a local hospice. He was 77.</p><p> Sturgeon was a professor in the Department of Philosophy, in the College of Arts and Sciences, from 1967 until his retirement in 2013. </p>
<p> This summer was going to be crucial for Areion Allmond ’21.</p><p> With a major in biology and society, she had planned to live on campus in student housing to continue her <a href="https://www.human.cornell.edu/dns/research/profiles/groups/choline-cognition">research on the effect of the nutrient choline on children’s cognitive development</a>. This kind of research can make or break a student’s chances of getting accepted into a M.D./Ph.D. program – which is Allmond’s goal.</p>
<p> Navy Ensign Emily Ortwein ’20 had “one of the most special and exciting experiences of her life” May 22, the culmination of four years of rigorous military training.</p>
<p> Historian <a href="https://history.cornell.edu/barry-stuart-strauss">Barry Strauss</a>, who specializes in ancient and military history, notes that plagues and epidemics have often been linked to wars. The current pandemic will accelerate the use of computer models and big data in the field of history; however, he says, COVID-19 has taught us that models are only as good as the assumptions on which they’re based.</p>
<p> In February, Longsha Liu ’21 was well aware that COVID-19 was coursing through China and around the world.</p><p> His mother had been giving him regular updates about the virus’s spread in China, where most of his immediate family live – including his 77-year old grandmother, who continued to practice as a physician.</p>
<p><a href="https://government.cornell.edu/rachel-beatty-riedl">Rachel Beatty Riedl</a>, an expert in international studies, says Africa is the first place to look for an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, given Africa’s success in dealing with the Ebola virus.</p>
<p>Historian <a href="https://history.cornell.edu/lawrence-b-glickman">Lawrence Glickman</a> says the simultaneous public health disaster and economic meltdown may lead us to rethink the country’s values. However, “given … how rare it is for fundamental transformations to happen, my money would be on this pandemic not fundamentally altering our basic structures of society,” he says.</p>
<p>Political scientist <a href="https://government.cornell.edu/gustavo-flores-mac%C3%ADas">Gustavo A. Flores-Macías </a>compares the economic consequences of COVID-19 to the 2008-09 recession. The pandemic, he says, will result in a poorer and more unequal U.S. society, and it highlights the importance of solutions that require collaboration across borders.</p>
<p>Interdisciplinary scholar <a href="https://africana.cornell.edu/noliwe-rooks">Noliwe Rooks</a> discusses how people curate their home spaces, now that much of work and school is conducted from home via video conferencing. The pandemic has also underlined our need for human contact, she says. Rooks is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Literature in the College of Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p><a href="https://government.cornell.edu/jamila-michener">Jamila Michener</a>, assistant professor of government in the College of Arts and Sciences, discusses COVID-19 and potential changes in the role of the federal government. The pandemic may prompt people to re-examine investments in institutions, such as the public health system, on which we now rely, she says. Disinvestments in these institutions include the steady closure of rural hospitals for the past five years, she says.</p>
<p>Cornell leaders have announced changes to the academic calendar (see below) and to policies related to <a href="https://www.cornell.edu/coronavirus/teaching-learning/students.cfm">drop deadlines and grading options</a>.</p><p>Below is the latest information; for the <a href="https://www.cornell.edu/coronavirus/faq.cfm">full list of frequently asked questions</a>, visit the university’s <a href="https://www.cornell.edu/coronavirus/">coronavirus resources and updates webpage</a>.</p>
<p>Fresh off winning a Guggenheim fellowship, democracy scholar <a href="https://government.cornell.edu/suzanne-mettler">Suzanne Mettler</a>, Ph.D. ’94, has just received another honor: a Radcliffe Institute fellowship.</p>
Suzanne Mettler, Ph.D. ’94, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in the Department of Government, has been awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
An engineer-turned-sociologist whose career has been defined by interdisciplinary thinking is now leading a Cornell center that brings together economists and sociologists, from across campus and around the world.
<p>Chinese Communist Party officials often invoke the outrage of the Chinese people when disputing a foreign government’s actions or demands. International observers are often skeptical of these claims about the overarching feelings of 1.3 billion people.</p><p>But not much is known about what citizens of the People’s Republic of China actually think about their country’s foreign policy. A Cornell scholar of Chinese politics and foreign relations is among the first to ask that question.</p>
