Adam Seth Levine '03, assistant professor government, will receive the 2011 E.E. Schattschneider Award from the American Political Science Association. (Aug. 17, 2011)
The professor of mathematics was named a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics during an Aug. 1 induction ceremony at the Joint Statistical Meetings/IMS Annual Meeting in Miami. (Aug. 16, 2011)
Alexander Kazimirov, a senior research associate, died of a heart attack Aug. 12 while hiking Algonquin Mountain in the Adirondacks. He was 59. (Aug. 16, 2011)
Anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and Margaret McFall-Ngai, a biologist and ecologist, will enliven Cornell's intellectual and cultural life as newly appointed A.D. White Professors-at-Large. (Aug. 15, 2011)
'To reflect on arXiv is to reflect on a research world transformed by a two-decade revolution in information technology,' says Paul Ginsparg in a Nature commentary piece published Aug. 11. (Aug. 12, 2011)
Cornell Arabic literature professor Shawkat M. Toorawa has received a $50,000 post-fellowship award to continue his work on several literary projects. (Aug. 9, 2011)
Five finalists, including two Cornellians, performed an hour of music each on historic keyboard instruments Aug. 6 at the Schwartz Center for the first Westfield International Fortepiano Competition. (Aug. 8, 2011)
