
‘Trevor-Fest’ to honor the late Prof. Trevor Pinch
A symposium Sept. 21-23 will celebrate the legacy of a pioneer who helped found three areas of study related to science, technology and sound.
/news/trevor-fest-honor-late-prof-trevor-pinchA symposium Sept. 21-23 will celebrate the legacy of a pioneer who helped found three areas of study related to science, technology and sound.
/news/trevor-fest-honor-late-prof-trevor-pinchClimate justice will be a priority across the Einaudi Center this year.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/08/einaudi-center-welcomes-new-and-returning-program-directorsThe grants helped 108 A&S students afford unpaid or minimally-paid summer positions.
/news/students-head-across-globe-thanks-summer-experience-grant-funding"This hands-on experience and research is great preparation for future projects."
/news/serve-place-grants-offer-international-experiencesRachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/dean-jayawardhana-named-provost-johns-hopkinsThirteen doctoral students were awarded grants for 2023, with destinations including France, Indonesia, Jordan, and more.
/news/funding-fluency-grants-support-summer-language-study“Teaching is at the center of what we do,” said Jackson, who has a with a dual appointment in the Department of Science and Technology Studies.
/news/steven-jackson-named-vice-provost-academic-innovationThe professorships are possible because of generous gifts from alumni, parents and friends.
/news/honors-23-faculty-endowed-professorshipsA doctoral candidate in science and technology studies with a focus on the anthropology of science, Domingues studies how investigators use scientific methods and humanities theories to reconstruct the lives of past humans.
/news/student-spotlight-amanda-dominguesThis summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
/news/nexus-scholars-program-expands-research-opportunities-101-studentsThe end-of-year HSP research conference May 5 featured presentations by 45 senior undergraduates.
/news/poetry-philosophy-politics-humanities-scholars-share-researchOlivia Snyder is a biology and society major.
/news/i-realized-anything-was-possible-if-i-put-time-and-effortPeter Terrazas is a science and technology studies major.
/news/challenge-yourself-think-differently-explore-broadly-and-connect-whollyHer three-volume work, “Women Scientists in America,” sheds light on the many ways women were involved in the advancement of science, as well as how they were pushed out of the field.
/news/how-margaret-rossiter-uncovered-hidden-women-science“We are thrilled that study abroad opportunities around the world are once again available to our students."
/news/study-abroad-travel-opportunities-ramping-backA paper by Cornell researchers suggests maslins have the unique capacity to adapt in real time to extreme weather.
/news/ancient-farming-strategy-holds-promise-climate-resilienceAnthropologist Noah Tamarkin has received the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies in the category of social science, anthropology, and folklore.
/news/genetic-afterlives-receives-book-prizeProfessional Development Grants are available thanks to generous alumni donations.
/news/grants-help-students-conferences-job-hunting-expensesA&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
/news/wondering-what-read-2023-faculty-offer-ideasThe awards celebrate cooperation between the university and the greater Ithaca community.
/news/town-gown-awards-honor-food-related-community-partnershipsSmall communities struggle with infrastructure ill-suited to rural life. Phoebe Sengers is improving design processes for better outcomes.
/news/designed-rural-livingThe number of undergraduate veterans enrolled at Cornell has nearly quadrupled over the past five years, thanks in part to outreach by a team of student veteran peer counselors.
/news/breaking-barriers-peer-outreach-boosts-student-veteransThe minor is distinctive in including courses from many disciplines, from across Cornell’s schools and colleges.
/news/students-can-now-choose-new-minor-data-scienceThe program matches undergraduate students with summer opportunities to work side by side with faculty from across the College.
/news/nexus-scholar-applications-open-summer-2023A new group provides female athletes of color at Cornell with a community of women who understand their challenges.
/news/student-group-women-color-athletics-creates-spaceCornell's president highlighted recent achievements of Arts and Sciences faculty.
/news/pollack-lauds-amazing-cornellians-state-university-speech-0Four A&S faculty members have been honored for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.
/news/weiss-teaching-award-honors-eight-exceptional-facultyMatthew Garcia '25 was in the first cohort of student-veterans to move in to the university’s new Veteran Program House on University Avenue.
/news/student-veteran-finds-sense-community-cornellFriday’s concluding keynote will be delivered by Jonathan Flatley, a scholar of literature and the relationship between politics and aesthetics .
/news/conference-explores-theme-repair-multiple-humanities-disciplines-0“These efforts recognize the critical questions Jewishness raises and its place as part of a shared heritage.”
/news/new-jewish-studies-major-approved-college-arts-sciences"The Society for the Humanities thought there is no better way to kick off the year of Repair, than to begin at home."
/news/community-read-launches-society-humanities-repair-themeHer major work, “Women Scientists in America,” has redrawn the historical landscape of women in science.
/news/rossiter-honored-writing-women-back-history-scienceFrom Ithaca to Hawaii to Ecuador, students in the Robert S. Harrison College Scholars Program took advantage of the summer as a time to explore their research interests.
/news/harrison-college-scholars-explore-politics-wellness-environment-summer-workMadeline Sterling '08, an Arts & Sciences alum, is part of a team launching a research program to elevate the value of home care workers.
/news/overlooked-undervalued-cornell-research-seeks-elevate-home-care-workersA group of students, including some in the Nexus Scholars Program, completed field work and analysis this summer on soil coming from a long-term forest fertilization experiment.
/news/chasing-carbon-trees-soilsTheir map will visualize research about the spread of existing or known and new or emerging zoonotic diseases.
/news/studying-connections-between-animal-human-healthEnabling farmers to tinker with their own systems and involving them early in the design process could better translate technology from the lab to the field.
/news/researchers-consider-invisible-hurdles-digital-ag-design"These faculty members and graduate teaching assistants have made tremendous contributions for the benefit of our students, guiding their educational paths and molding their experiences."
/news/arts-and-sciences-faculty-honored-teaching-advising-excellenceKuunemuebari Donovan Mini is a Science and Technology Studies major.
/news/i-feel-sense-community-and-family-part-track-and-field-teamMedical statistics compiled and published by the British military played an important role in introducing “race” as a categorical reality, Suman Seth argues.
/news/victorian-medicine-shaped-modern-concepts-raceAbena Gyasi is a Biology & Society and Psychology major.
/news/education-privilege-and-can-be-used-goodStudents Against the Sexual Solicitation of Youth (SASSY), together with a Tompkins County team, targeted the local lodging industry for outreach efforts.
/news/students-county-agency-raise-awareness-commercial-sexual-exploitation-childrenScience & Technology Studies Fall 2022 Course Offerings
/news/science-technology-studies-fall-2022-course-offeringsBiology & Society Fall 2022 Course Offerings
/news/biology-society-fall-2022-course-offeringsJeffrey Mathias is a doctoral candidate in science and technology studies. He attended SUNY Purchase College as an undergraduate and chose to pursue further study at Cornell due to the interdisciplinary nature of the Science and Technology Studies Department.
/news/graduate-student-spotlight-jeffrey-mathiasFour doctoral students studying fields in the College of Arts & Sciences are the inaugural recipients of the Zhu Family Graduate Fellowships in the Humanities.
/news/first-group-zhu-fellows-namedThis year’s Proposal, Thesis, and Dissertation Writing Boot Camp, hosted by Cornell University Graduate School, went virtual and broke records, drawing 400 writers from 50 institutions.
/news/record-high-attendance-writing-boot-campOn Cornell’s eighth Giving Day, held March 16, 15,905 alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends from more than 80 countries made gifts totaling a record-breaking $12,268,629.
/news/more-12m-donated-support-students-24-hoursGifts allow the College to fulfill its mission: preparing students to do the greatest good in the world.
/news/support-arts-sciences-giving-day-march-16Bruce Lewenstein, professor of science communication in both the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed Cornell’s 13th university ombudsman.
/news/bruce-lewenstein-appointed-university-ombudsman