Media Objects podcast releases 'sonic essays' based at Cornell

Beginning Feb. 6 with the drop of the episode, “Extensions," the five-episode series features the voices and research of thirteen Cornell faculty members, more than half of them from A&S.

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Power of babble: Babies elicit simpler speech from adults

Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech in response to babies’ babbling and early speech, supporting language development, new Cornell research finds.

Frederick Ahl, innovative classics scholar, dies at 83

Frederick M. Ahl, professor of classics emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, died on Jan. 27 in Rochester, New York. He was 83.

NBC News’ Anne Thompson named Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Anne Thompson, NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent, has been named the spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Marine herbivores chomp eelgrass, making it susceptible to wasting

Cornell plant and computer science experts joined forces to show how herbivores like sea snails can promote the spread of seagrass wasting disease. Grazing by small herbivores was associated with a 29% increase in the prevalence of disease.

Dadi leads Climate Congress symposium with Getty Foundation grant

The conference, held in in Lahore, Pakistan, featured more than thirty guest scholars, curators, artists, and other practitioners and twenty-seven emerging scholars

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New Klarman Fellows to join Arts and Sciences

Pursuing research in sciences, social sciences, and humanities, the incoming Fellows will be the sixth cohort since the program was launched in 2019 with a major gift from Seth Klarman ’79 and Beth Schultz Klarman.

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Short and sweet: Supportive texts give partners a boost

Supportive texts from a significant other can help people cope with stressful events in their daily lives, Cornell psychology research finds.

Benjamin Widom, influential physical chemist, dies at 97

Benjamin Widom, Ph.D. ’53, Goldwin Smith Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Jan. 23 in Ithaca. He was 97.