New book details history of sound’s claim on our attention

An essay collection about auditory attention studies in the long 19th century, co-edited by College of Arts and Sciences scholars, connects music, technology and cognition to modern attention. 

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City of Asylum writer to give reading Nov. 10

Ukrainian poet Olena Boryspholets will present a Nov. 10 reading at Cornell University featuring her work “Orpheus and Eurydice in New York.” 

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Laura Donaldson, professor emerita of English, dies at 79

Donaldson, whose research focused on religion, Native American culture and gender studies, died Oct. 18.

Journalist Graeme Wood to discuss al-Qaeda’s fate and origins Nov. 16

Organized by Cornell's Program on Freedom and Free Societies, the talk by Wood will examine al-Qaeda’s successes and failures alongside U.S. counterterrorism efforts since 9/11. 

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Hundreds of students attend new startup career fair

The expo brought together companies in fields from robotics to defense to health tech to food.

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Professors defend their disciplines in apocalypse debate

Five professors from across campus will advocate that their discipline is the most important to save in the annual Apocalypse Debate, sponsored by Logos, the undergraduate philosophy journal and club.

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New Johnson Museum exhibit a ‘playful homage’

“Garden Invaders," an exhibit by history of art and visual studies professor Iftikhar Dadi and Elizabeth Dadi, features pixelated alien sculptures inspired by Japanese aesthetics and technology.

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New initiative will explore AI’s role in society, humanities

With AI transforming how societies function, a new program in the College of Arts and Sciences aims to meet the urgent need to understand AI’s implications for culture, governance, ethics, communication, creativity, labor and social organization.

CTI announces 2026 Active Learning Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients

Beginning in Fall 2026, a new round of ALI postdoctoral fellows are supporting three Cornell departments to transform courses using active learning approaches. 

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