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ANTHROPOLOGY

Growing global: Cornell expands opportunities for international experiences

Andrew Willford, associate professor of anthropology, is a faculty member who led a group of seven Cornell students who studied and worked at the Nilgiris Field Learning Center in Tamil Nadu in southern India as part of a brand-new semester abroad program, which includes indigenous communities in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

Cornell Neurotech

Cornell Neurotech launched with generous gift

A&S Communications

Engineering-A&S collaboration will lead to new technology to fight Alzheimers, autism and other brain diseases.

A Night at the Museum: Masquerade at the Johnson!

By: Kathy Qingyu Xu '16  

Awards

Anthropology professor receives Boyer Prize

A&S Communications

Anthropology professor P. Steven Sangren has been awarded the Boyer Prize from the Society for Psychological Anthropology (SPA). The award, which includes a $500 cash prize, will be announced at the AAA’s Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, on November 20.

Immigration Crisis

Professor: Good outcome unlikely at European weekend summit on migration crisis

With tens of thousands of migrants entering Slovenia this last week, Europe is scrambling for a solution. The European Commission called for a mini-summit on Sunday, but Cornell University sociologist Mabel Berezin says that despite the effort to bring states together, the crisis might be the last nail in the European Union’s coffin. 

Awards

Malcolm Bilson receives medal in Hungary

Cornell Chronicle

On a recent trip to Budapest, Malcolm Bilson, the Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music Emeritus, received The Order of the Hungarian Gold Cross, an award given each year to seven or eight foreigners who are distinguished artists, scientists, writers and others for their contribution to Hungarian intellectual and cultural life.

PERFORMING AND MEDIA ARTS

Discovering and exposing a treasure trove of film history

A&S Communications

When Samantha Sheppard, assistant professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts, contemplated the movies she would include in a fall film and speaker series on Black cinema, she had a tough time choosing only five.

RESEARCH

Cornell expert: study on disadvantaged boys challenges U.S. to pay attention to suffering children

Travis Gosa is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Cornell University, and is affiliated with the Cornell Center for the Study of Inequality.

In Memoriam

Emeritus professor, director of bands Marice Stith dies

Cornell Chronicle

Professor Emeritus of Music Marice Wilbur Stith, who as director of bands conducted the Cornell University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band over his 23-year Cornell career, died Oct. 7 at Cayuga Medical Center after a long illness. He was 89.

An arts career

An A&S alumnus on working in the capital

Arvind Manocha '94, leads the Wolf Trap Foundation, a D.C. hub of music, theater and education, and lives in Virginia.

Alumni

Chief of Staff to NYC deputy mayor says liberal arts made him a 'critical thinker'

A&S Communications

During his time at Cornell, Udai Tambar '97 conducted research on nutritional science, played intramural sports and majored in both chemistry and Asian studies.  Today, he plays an instrumental role in shaping New York City’s public policies as chief of staff to the deputy mayor for health and human services.

Folk History

Prof. Emeritus Richard Polenberg publishes book on American folk music

 In January of 2016, Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History Emeritus Richard Polenberg will be releasing his book Hear My Sad Story: The True Tales That Inspired "Stagolee," "John Henry," and Other Traditional American Folk Songs.

Chronology

Society for the Humanities celebrates 50 years

A&S Communications

International conference marks anniversary and exploration of 'Time' as the Society's annual theme. 

Continuing Education

Man completes his sociology Ph.D. at age 90

A&S Communications

A 90-year-old sociologist who was born in Bolivia is honored on campus for completing his dissertation.

Undergrad research

Undergrads from across country visit for summer research

A&S Communications

Among them was Naomi Gendler, a senior at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. In a few minutes, Gendler summarized her project, “Analysis of Methods to Excite Head-Tail Motion of Bunches within the Cornell Electron Storage Ring.” Her research could help improve the stability of electron beams in particle accelerators.