Arts and Sciences

Astronomer paints vivid history of Arecibo Observatory

In a new book, Donald Campbell, Ph.D. ’71, professor emeritus of astronomy, recounts the history of Arecibo from construction to its last days under Cornell’s management in 2011.

In lab mice rehomed to fields, anxiety is reversed

When researchers "rewilded" lab mice to large, enclosed fields, even well-established anxieties in the mice disappeared. 

The mystery of the Seneca Drums persists

Researchers are plumbing the depths of the largest and deepest of New York’s Finger Lakes to explain the source of its famous booming sounds.

Nick Salvatore, ‘one of our foremost historians,’ dies at 82

Nick Salvatore, a professor emeritus in the ILR School, an award-winning historian and teacher and lifelong champion for working people, died on Nov. 29 in Ithaca. He was 82.

Brain stimulation during sleep boosts weak memories in mice

Manipulating mouse brains during sleep improved their ability to remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten – a finding with important implications for treating Alzheimer’s disease.

Cake-pan telescope searches the sky for fast radio bursts

The Global Radio Explorer telescope is a series of eight terminals being built and tested at Cornell and the California Institute of Technology, and installed at locations around the world.

Undergrads launch magazine featuring in-depth stories

A new student-run magazine focuses on long-form journalism that reflects the culture of Cornell and Ithaca.

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Cornell-China trip celebrates 20 years of Levinson Program

Leaders from the College of Arts & Sciences recently traveled to China and Asia to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Brittany and Adam J. Levinson Program in China and Asia-Pacific Studies.

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Campana wins MLA’s Scaglione Prize for book on Japanese poetry

“Expanding Verse: Japanese Poetry at the Edge of Media" is study of work by poets who push the genre in unexpected directions. 

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