Arts and Sciences faculty featured on Academic Minute

Five faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences will be featured on a “Cornell week” on The Academic Minute radio program from May 1-5.

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Milstein first-years take advantage of community, opportunity

The first-year class of students in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity are finishing up their community projects and looking forward to their summer in New York City.

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‘Heroic’ physicist Toichiro Kinoshita dies at 98

Toichiro Kinoshita, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, died March 23. He was 98.

New research sheds light on how circadian rhythms work

New research from a multidisciplinary team helps to illuminate the mechanisms behind circadian rhythms, offering new hope for dealing with jet lag, insomnia and other sleep disorders.

Vaccine campaign research highlights the power of individual self-interest

People who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 had low levels of social trust, weak attachments to the rule of law, and were less willing to honor collective commitments to the greater good, according to Cornell research published today.

Panelists: Good journalism can help combat divisions

While media outlets have done their part to amplify polarization across the U.S., journalists also have the resources to mend rifts and build community, alumni media professionals and faculty experts said in a panel discussion.

MacArthur Fellow to give Krieger Lecture on 19th-Century Black political organizing

May 2, MacArthur Fellow P. Gabrielle Foreman will give a talk, “Why Didn’t We Know?!: The Forgotten History of the Colored Conventions and 19th-Century Black Political Organizing,” on the history of 19th century Black activism.

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Klarman Fellow studies vocal learning in parrots

By studying the brain mechanisms of vocal learning in budgies, Zhilei Zhao explores how social learning is implemented in the brain.

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Professors’ documentary short 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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