The College welcomes new faculty for 2023-24
Our 34 new faculty will enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics.
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From breaking to Beyoncé: Hip Hop Collection empowers students
Cornell's collection is the largest hip-hop collection in the world.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/08/breaking-beyonce-hip-hop-collection-empowers-students
Undergrads relish challenging Nexus Scholar projects
Nexus Scholars spent eight weeks this summer working with researchers on campus on projects in the humanities, social sciences and physical sciences.
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A comic takes on little-known histories
Andy Warner '06 is the New York Times best-selling author of "Brief Histories of Everyday Objects,” “This Land is My Land,” “Pests and Pets” and “Spring Rain.”
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A&S dean Jayawardhana named provost at Johns Hopkins
Rachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/dean-jayawardhana-named-provost-johns-hopkins
Student spotlight: Elias Beltrán
Beltrán is a doctoral candidate in comparative literature from the Bronx, N.Y.
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Translating racial stories
PhD candidate Kun Huang considers how Chinese writers have imported and repurposed portrayals of Blackness.
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Nexus Scholars Program expands research opportunities to 101 students
This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
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Multi-college scholars think deeply about cities
Part of Cornell's Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities, Cornell students explored creative ways to understand urban landscapes during two cross-disciplinary courses this year.
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'My thesis gave me the chance to connect with my own heritage'
Aditi Hukerikar is a government and comparative literature major.
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Cornell Center for Social Sciences names spring grantees
These awards include funding for a conference, a superdepartment grant supporting collaboration in psychology, and 17 grants that will jump-start research across campus.
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Recent alumna awarded Bernheimer Prize
Hannah Cole, Ph.D. '20, has been awarded this year’s Bernheimer Prize for her dissertation, “A Thorny Way of Thinking: Botanical Afterlives of Caribbean Plantation Slavery.”
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Film co-produced by Natalie Melas wins award
The Award for Film and Video from the Society of Architectural Historians has been given to the film “We Love We Self Up Here.”
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Book goes underground to find how climate change shapes stories
Prof. Karen Pinkus confronts the global threat of climate change by using select literary works from the 19th century.
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ChatGPT and humanities forum is March 24
An open forum will address how the OpenAI large-language model ChatGPT will improve research productivity in the humanities.
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Wondering what to read in 2023? A&S faculty offer ideas
A&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
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Cornell, global partners discuss the next ‘grand challenge’
Global Cornell will host a town hall in December for additional feedback and announce the new Global Grand Challenge theme in the coming year.
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Students can now choose new minor in data science
The minor is distinctive in including courses from many disciplines, from across Cornell’s schools and colleges.
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Nexus Scholar applications open for summer 2023
The program matches undergraduate students with summer opportunities to work side by side with faculty from across the College.
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From fabric arts to human waste: Student Biennial projects transcend
More than a dozen students are taking part in the Cornell Biennial, which aims to serve as an anchor for the arts at Cornell.
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Conference considers the Art & Science of Thinking Oct. 21-22
“We want to open a robust dialogue between humanists and scientists around the very notion of ‘thought’ and ‘thinking,."
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Alumni return to celebrate theatre troupe’s 30th anniversary
A series of special events, including visits from alumni involved in theatre, film and television, is being planned to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Teatrotaller, a theatre troupe formed to promote Spanish, Latin American and Latino culture.
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Community read launches Society for the Humanities’ ‘Repair’ theme
"The Society for the Humanities thought there is no better way to kick off the year of Repair, than to begin at home."
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A&S opens application portal for Klarman postdoc fellowships
Klarman Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the creative arts as well as cross-disciplinary fields. The application deadline is October 14.
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Book views virtual, real world through a new media artist’s eyes
In a new book, Prof. Timothy Murray illuminates technological improvisation at the intersection of art and politics.
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Einaudi awards fund global research and activities
Seed grants, student travel grants and internships totaling $355,000 in the 2021–22 academic year supported international work done by many A&S faculty and students.
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Congratulations to this year's Graduate Prize Winners!
The Department of Comparative Literature has awarded Kun Huang the 2022 Graduate Student Teaching Award, and Praveen Tilakaratne the 2022 Graduate Student Essay Award.
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Migrations grants fund worldwide interdisciplinary projects
Cornell faculty and their community partners will tell the stories of local migrant farmworkers, use documentary film to better understand climate change and dispossession, learn how migratory birds are affected by drug trafficking and more.
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'I did not close myself off from my potential'
Jonathan Mercedes is a comparative literature major.
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How did Leymah Gbowee's protests lead to lasting peace?
Naminata Diabate outlines the movement's tactics and explains how womens' protests helped end the Liberian civil war.
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2022 Cornell Biennial artist preview
With the theme “Futurities, Uncertain," the fifth Cornell art biennial will feature artworks, installations, and performances.
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Comparative Literature Performances
Debra Castillo and Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, recently convened a new working group with support from the CNY Humanities corridor. Under the auspices of Teatrotaller, Debra Castillo is also directing a full length play on gender violence in Latin America.
Planning a Program of study - Eliana Rozinov
See how Eliana structured her Comparative Literature major.
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More than $12M donated to support students in 24 hours
On Cornell’s eighth Giving Day, held March 16, 15,905 alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends from more than 80 countries made gifts totaling a record-breaking $12,268,629.
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diacritics journal turns 50
The journal, which is a review of contemporary criticism, is celebrating with an anniversary blog.
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Support Arts & Sciences on Giving Day March 16
Gifts allow the College to fulfill its mission: preparing students to do the greatest good in the world.
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Applications For The Edgar Rosenberg Travel Grant Due March 31, 2022
Comparative Literature majors are invited to apply for the Edgar Rosenberg Travel Grant to support language study outside of the US during the 2022 calendar year. Professor Rosenberg was a devoted teacher who was passionate about foreign language study, and has generously provided the Department of Comparative Literature with an endowment that...
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Cornell Cinema receives grant, announces spring lineup
"These awardees represent the best of what New York's vibrant communities have to offer," said Governor Kathy Hochul.
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Professor named chair of state humanities organization
Timothy Murray, professor of comparative literature and literatures in English, has been elected chair of the board of directors of Humanities New York (HNY), a nonprofit humanities council founded in 1975 that supports and advocates for public humanities across the state.
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Naminata Diabate wins ASA book prize for ‘Naked Agency’
“It is my hope that ‘Naked Agency’ will reframe the terms of the conversation on defiant disrobing by inviting readers to take seriously the circulation of women’s grievances and hopes and the (mis)use of their bodies’ images in our hyper-visual world.”
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What to read in 2022? A&S faculty weigh in
A&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
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Alumni gift to A&S supports doctoral students in the humanities
A $5 million alumni gift will help to support doctoral students in humanities fields within the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Rural humanities projects explore NYS past and present
Five essays that explore how students created publicly-engaged projects are available online.
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Nisiotika: Music, Dances, and Bitter-Sweet Songs of the Aegean islands
Gail Holst-Warhaft, Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature and a member of the Graduate Field at Cornell's Department of Music, has recently published her book Nisiotika: Music, Dances, and Bitter-Sweet Songs of the Aegean Islands. The book focuses on the Greek tradition of nisiotika, the music and songs that are played and sung at festivals...
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Nexus Scholars Program applications now open
The program connects undergraduates in A&S with opportunities to work side by side on research with Cornell faculty from across the College.
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New A&S program expands undergrad research opportunities
The Nexus Scholars program will leverage the student-to-faculty ratio and the vibrant research enterprise in A&S to expand opportunities for students, while also enhancing the culture of collaborative scholarship at Cornell.
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Transdisciplinary film explores Trinidad and Tobago
“We Love We Self Up Here” is a new documentary focused on the complex histories of labor and migration in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Reshaping student experiences through new innovations in teaching
This fall, a new group of Innovative Teaching and Learning Award winners are beginning work on projects to enhance student learning environments across Cornell.
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Applications now open for Klarman postdoc fellowships in A&S
Applications are now being accepted for the third cohort of the Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowships program in the College of Arts and Sciences. The deadline for submission is Oct. 15.
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