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Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Economic Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/pfs_3776.jpg?h=576fed90\u0026itok=f_muAIeQ","image_alt":"person showing off a drone to a student at a career fair"},{"id":"333864","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/professors-defend-their-disciplines-apocalypse-debate","title":"Professors defend their disciplines in apocalypse debate","content_text":"Five professors from across campus will advocate that their discipline is the most important to save in the annual\u0026nbsp;Apocalypse Debate, sponsored by\u0026nbsp;Logos, the undergraduate philosophy journal and club.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/miguel-henriques-rfibk6y_upq-unsplash.jpg?h=a0ed8313\u0026itok=QmFoSjFK","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/miguel-henriques-rfibk6y_upq-unsplash.jpg?h=68ef5d0e\u0026itok=fko1nvAI","date_published":"Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:10:04 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/miguel-henriques-rfibk6y_upq-unsplash.jpg?h=a0ed8313\u0026itok=x84xLZGx","image_alt":"speaker talking to a crowd of people"},{"id":"333861","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/new-johnson-museum-exhibit-playful-homage","title":"New Johnson Museum exhibit a \u2018playful homage\u2019","content_text":"\u201cGarden Invaders,\u0022 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.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/dadi-garden-invaders-1-johnson-museum-2026-front-view-overall-square-crop1000px3.jpg?h=5ba88ee9\u0026itok=bLq4Of5P","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/dadi-garden-invaders-1-johnson-museum-2026-front-view-overall-square-crop1000px3.jpg?itok=Kp7VFjgn","date_published":"Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:10:10 EDT","byline":"Linda B. 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Classes run Jan. 4\u201322, giving students the opportunity to explore an interest, fulfill a requirement, or earn credits before the spring semester.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/2025_1371_039.jpg?itok=7pVTNVPg","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/2025_1371_039.jpg?itok=O-3QP6FY","date_published":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:10:31 EDT","byline":"Shelley Preston","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","School of Continuing Education","Student Life"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/2025_1371_039.jpg?itok=7HSZosFE"},{"id":"333812","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/annetta-alexandridis-commemorated-through-installation-oct-31-memorial","title":"Annetta Alexandridis commemorated through installation, Oct. 31 memorial","content_text":"The College of Arts \u0026amp; Sciences will honor Annetta Alexandridis Oct. 31 with a memorial, concert and reception celebrating her contributions to classical art, archaeology and teaching.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/0143_10_062_select_1000px.jpg?h=8eb76705\u0026itok=u5AP6orA","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/0143_10_062_select_1000px.jpg?itok=qwl7njVy","date_published":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:10:01 EDT","byline":"Kate Blackwood","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/0143_10_062_select_1000px.jpg?h=8eb76705\u0026itok=1YU-UN22","image_alt":"Person wearing a red scarf among several large paster casts, some of them broken"},{"id":"333811","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/shakespeares-twelfth-night-cornell-mad-love-mad-music","title":"Shakespeare\u2019s \u0027Twelfth Night\u0027 at Cornell: Mad Love, Mad Music","content_text":"A new production of \u0022Twelfth Night,\u0022 adapted and directed by Professor David Feldshuh, melds the traditional play with music from the Roaring 1920s Jazz Age.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/12th-night-ticketing-sitelarger.jpg?h=9ee54b2c\u0026itok=xNZccn8p","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/12th-night-ticketing-sitelarger.jpg?h=c9d002e5\u0026itok=vHktzx31","date_published":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:10:01 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/12th-night-ticketing-sitelarger.jpg?h=9ee54b2c\u0026itok=3L1dZktB","image_alt":"clouds with words \u0022Shakespeare\u0027s Twelfth Night\u0022"},{"id":"333807","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/john-mcwhorter-consider-america-failed-experiment","title":"John McWhorter to consider \u2018Is America a Failed Experiment?\u2019","content_text":"McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, will offer a talk Nov. 2 as part of the College of Arts \u0026amp; Science\u0027s America250 events.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/john-mcwhorter-columbia-eileen-barroso_1.jpg?itok=2JSGSXC6","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/john-mcwhorter-columbia-eileen-barroso_1.jpg?itok=4-IdjjgT","date_published":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:10:08 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/john-mcwhorter-columbia-eileen-barroso_1.jpg?itok=4PVBM6XC"},{"id":"333804","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/who-elias-lighthouse-keeper-ai-fiction-tells-same-old-story","title":"Who is Elias the lighthouse keeper? AI fiction tells the same old story ","content_text":"For AI agents instructed to write fiction, that tale usually involves lighthouses and a keeper named Elias, according to new Cornell research.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1434_aihallucinationslight_final_n.jpg?itok=GT5MFFDa","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1434_aihallucinationslight_final_n.jpg?itok=WH2AkUMW","date_published":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:10:34 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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White Professor-at-Large","content_text":"Upshaw, winner of five Grammys and a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, will present \u201cSalon Sol\u00e8y: Inhabiting Text \u0026amp; Music in Contemporary American Art Song,\u201d at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in Barnes Hall.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/02-24_dawn_upshaw_brooke-irish.jpg?h=427e4d62\u0026itok=KWSkud7s","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/02-24_dawn_upshaw_brooke-irish.jpg?h=b0d2a25a\u0026itok=j7HZLAgh","date_published":"Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:10:07 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/02-24_dawn_upshaw_brooke-irish.jpg?h=427e4d62\u0026itok=xkY9decd","image_alt":"person smiling"},{"id":"333749","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/jazz-master-chucho-valdes-birthday-celebration-opens-concert-series-oct-23","title":"Jazz master Chucho Vald\u00e9s birthday celebration opens concert series Oct. 23","content_text":"The 2026-27 Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series begins at Bailey Hall celebrating Chucho Vald\u00e9s and featuring Joe Lovano and Etienne Charles.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-07\/chucho_valdes_credit_martin_espino_garcia_4.jpg?h=5f925470\u0026itok=g81ODYdd","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-07\/chucho_valdes_credit_martin_espino_garcia_4.jpg?itok=ITO39caZ","date_published":"Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:10:24 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-07\/chucho_valdes_credit_martin_espino_garcia_4.jpg?h=5f925470\u0026itok=IUyMgrjw","image_alt":"Person wearing a tuxedo and black cap smiles amidst a shower of sheet music"},{"id":"333735","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/critic-and-art-historian-speaks-art-architecture-and-democracy","title":"Critic and art historian speaks on art, architecture and democracy","content_text":"At a talk hosted by Cornell University\u2019s Program on Freedom and Free Societies on Oct. 19, Brian T. Allen will discuss how democracies judge art and architecture.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/allen-2-cropped.jpg?h=51e549a3\u0026itok=ZMC8lMta","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/allen-2-cropped.jpg?itok=NK-gJxXo","date_published":"Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:09:20 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/allen-2-cropped.jpg?h=51e549a3\u0026itok=bCuW88w7","image_alt":"Brian T. Allen"},{"id":"333733","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/reeve-parker-professor-emeritus-literatures-english-dies-89","title":"Reeve Parker, professor emeritus of literatures in English, dies at 89","content_text":"A. Reeve Parker, professor emeritus of literatures in English in the College of Arts and Sciences and a scholar of British Romanticism, died Sept. 16 in Ithaca, New York, at age 89.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0930_parker_tnd.jpg?itok=9bwJ0R4F","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0930_parker_tnd.jpg?itok=eyMVIazu","date_published":"Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:09:25 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","Staff News","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0930_parker_tnd.jpg?itok=TafPeCZ0"},{"id":"333730","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/ad-white-professors-large-program-opens-2026-27-call-nominations","title":"A.D. White Professors-at-Large Program opens 2026-27 call for nominations","content_text":"Cornell faculty members, academic departments and groups of departments are invited to submit nominations for the A.D. White Professors-at-Large Program in the fields of arts, humanities, life sciences and physical sciences.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/0306_white_tnd_0.jpg?itok=5pcGVfVs","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/0306_white_tnd_0.jpg?itok=__WUmgfJ","date_published":"Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:09:40 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/0306_white_tnd_0.jpg?itok=3r7_-Cj0","image_alt":"AD White statue"},{"id":"333729","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/films-watch-orange-shirt-day-sept-30","title":"Films to watch for Orange Shirt Day, Sept. 30","content_text":"Cornell Cinema and the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program suggest films for the Cornell community to watch and reflect on for Orange Shirt Day.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/orange-shirt-image-smaller.jpg?h=f30a3440\u0026itok=DbRrciV5","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/orange-shirt-image-smaller.jpg?itok=7OLW9cqX","date_published":"Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:09:15 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/orange-shirt-image-smaller.jpg?h=f30a3440\u0026itok=pGtdWBDd","image_alt":"About 20 people stand on the stone steps of a building, wearing orange shirts and holding signs that say \u0022every child matters\u0022"},{"id":"333728","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/ancient-texts-offer-timely-lessons-speaking-freely","title":"Ancient texts offer timely lessons on speaking freely","content_text":"In his new book, \u201cHow to Speak Freely,\u201d classicist Michael Fontaine of the College of Arts and Sciences shows that thousands of years ago, Athenians were struggling with the same topics societies struggle with today.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0929_ancienttexts_tnd.jpg?itok=Sz1gqMtS","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0929_ancienttexts_tnd.jpg?itok=WlCj3TyN","date_published":"Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:09:56 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0929_ancienttexts_tnd.jpg?itok=vbb0gJC3"},{"id":"333714","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/society-humanities-celebrates-60-years-incubator-innovative-research","title":"Society for the Humanities celebrates 60 years as incubator for innovative research","content_text":"Cornell\u2019s Society for the Humanities marked its 60th anniversary Sept. 18-19 with events celebrating six decades of humanities research and collaboration.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/20260918adwh60_3461.jpg?itok=-cQ-pnky","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/20260918adwh60_3461.jpg?itok=LNCZMbGY","date_published":"Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:09:38 EDT","byline":"Kate Blackwood","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/20260918adwh60_3461.jpg?itok=we8iWvfG","image_alt":"Person looking at a display of photographs that is set up in a sunny room of a house. 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Kotlikoff and classics professor Mike Fontaine will discuss free speech and leadership Oct. 6 opening the Program on Freedom and Free Societies series.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/latin460_0.jpg?h=6462b61d\u0026itok=-RRpMnzK","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/latin460_0.jpg?itok=I75EYSFR","date_published":"Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:09:50 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/latin460_0.jpg?h=6462b61d\u0026itok=B8EVU_BH","image_alt":"Person teaching a class"},{"id":"333706","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/military-historian-barry-strauss-receives-us-naval-war-college-hattendorf-prize","title":"Military historian Barry Strauss receives U.S. Naval War College Hattendorf Prize","content_text":"Strauss received the Hattendorf Prize for lifetime achievements in military history research and writing.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/barry-stuart-strauss.jpg?h=09e6faea\u0026itok=SJnCJfIq","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/barry-stuart-strauss.jpg?itok=dJ-nLOAb","date_published":"Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:09:39 EDT","byline":"Linda B. 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Pritchard describes a massive spike in the amount of artificial light in the 21st century, with light pollution increasing by nearly 10% annually between 2011 and 2022.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/global-night-sky.jpg-a.jpg?itok=PEop1q7S","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/global-night-sky.jpg-a.jpg?itok=loNO7BOP","date_published":"Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:09:08 EDT","byline":"Caitlin Hayes, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/global-night-sky.jpg-a.jpg?itok=Z1ObG7SU","image_alt":"Illustration of the Earth at 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painting.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0916_phtoographic_tnd.jpg?itok=3dafrgM4","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0916_phtoographic_tnd.jpg?itok=QW-bkgE6","date_published":"Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:09:09 EDT","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0916_phtoographic_tnd.jpg?itok=-jcULByN"},{"id":"333646","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/compassion-over-cruelty-call-empathy-incarceration","title":"Compassion over cruelty: a call for empathy in incarceration","content_text":"In his new book,\u0026nbsp;\u201cCast Out: A Call for a Forgiving Society in an Age of Incarceration,\u201d Joseph Margulies from the College of Arts and Sciences explores compassion and empathy, and the idea that \u201cthere is no them, there is only us.\u201d","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2020-12\/1214_prison_tnd.jpg?itok=xOul7Gzj","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2020-12\/1214_prison_tnd.jpg?itok=82sRE6FE","date_published":"Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:09:41 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2020-12\/1214_prison_tnd.jpg?itok=PxTt7_wY","image_alt":"Illustration of woman in prison"},{"id":"333644","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/when-worldbuilding-impulses-merge-real-world-politics","title":"When worldbuilding impulses merge with real world politics","content_text":"\u201cReactionary Worldbuilding,\u201d a book co-edited by comparative literature scholar Anindita Banerjee, explores how speculative fiction and worldbuilding have influenced extremist ideologies and political movements.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/templ-book-reactionaryworldbuilding_1000px.jpeg?h=ab94ba44\u0026itok=hONwnBy-","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/templ-book-reactionaryworldbuilding_1000px.jpeg?itok=f7jFxAqf","date_published":"Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:09:06 EDT","byline":"Kate Blackwood","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Around Cornell","College of Arts and 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Team wins $1.49M grant to find out","content_text":"A $1.49 million award from the John Templeton Foundation will enable Cornell researchers Gordon Pennycook and David Rand \u201904 to explore whether artificial intelligence can be used to understand and increase open-mindedness.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-08\/0825_ai_bubble.jpg?itok=Vm8wz1Hs","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-08\/0825_ai_bubble.jpg?itok=V4Tj4NB9","date_published":"Mon, 14 Sep 2026 09:09:02 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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