Trevor Pinch, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Science and Technology Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, who helped found multiple areas of study related to science, technology and sound, died Dec. 16.

Malte Ziewitz and Ranjit Singh (PhD ’20) discuss the methodological challenges of studying data subjects over time, drawing on materials from a yearlong investigation of people’s credit score repair practices in Upstate New York.

Lissette Lorenz is a doctoral candidate in science and technology studies from Miami, Florida. After attending Oberlin College in Ohio as an undergraduate, she chose to pursue further study at Cornell due to the field of science and technology studies’ alignment with her research style and themes.

Using Aadhaar, India’s biometrics-based individual identification system, as a test case, Ranjit Singh, Ph.D. ’20, and his collaborator, Steven Jackson, associate professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, examined how the system works for the country’s nearly 1.4 billion people.