Ava Ramsundar and Travis Ghirdharie

Seven first-generation graduates join Teach For America

<p>Ava Ramsundar ’17 will follow the passion that prompted her to minor in education and join Teach For America (TFA) after graduation. Ramsundar, who majored in psychology and hopes to become a psychiatrist, will teach in Paterson, New Jersey, this fall.</p><p>Travis Ghirdharie ’17, who majored in government and anthropology, also has joined TFA and will teach social studies at the Math, Engineering and Science Academy in Brooklyn, New York.</p>

Goldwin Smith Hall

Awards honor Cornell advisers, social scientists, humanists

<p>College of Arts and Sciences faculty members <a href="http://music.cornell.edu/people/faculty/profile/roger-moseley/">Roger Moseley</a> and <a href="http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/lori-khatchadourian">Lori Khatchadourian</a> received the Robert and Helen Appel Fellowship for Humanists and Social Scientists, and <a href="http://english.cornell.edu/margo-natalie-crawford">Margo Crawford </a>received the Robert A. and Donna B.</p>

Dried up and cracking river bed

Atkinson Center names 2017-18 SSHA faculty fellows

<p>Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has named eight social sciences, humanities and arts (SSHA) fellows for the 2017-18 academic year. The fellows, who come from across the university, will add distinctive perspectives to the arena of sustainability by reshaping behaviors, imaginations and minds through their research, said David Lodge, the Atkinson Center’s Francis J. DiSalvo Director.</p>

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Working group: Give citizens say in nuclear accident plans

<p>As nations search for ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, the long-simmering debate over nuclear power has heated up. Nuclear advocates, opponents and governments argue over nearly every aspect of the technology, from the cost of construction to the challenge of waste storage to the industry’s relationship with nuclear weapons programs.</p>

The native archaeology of the Finger Lakes

<p>Through his writing, archaeology, and outreach, <a href="http://anthropology.cornell.edu/kurt-jordan">Kurt Jordan</a>, associate professor of anthropology, works alongside Native partners to better understand the indigenous history of the Finger Lakes region.</p>

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Courses address recent events and national climate

Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences are exploring questions about recent events in their research and scholarship, and students have the opportunity to engage with their expertise through numerous courses this Fall relevant to our current national climate.

Beekeeping

Three projects awarded 2017 digitization grants

<p>Since its inception in 2010, the <a href="https://dcaps.library.cornell.edu/grants/as">Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences</a> has helped to digitize items in Cornell’s collections, from <a href="https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog?f%5Bcollection_tesim%5D%5B%5D=Punk+Flyers">punk music flyers</a> to <a href="https://digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/tarr">historic glacial images of Alaska and Greenland</a> to <a href="http://japaneseworld.library.cornell.e</body></html>"></a></p>

Saurabh Mehta

International faculty fellows make global impact

<p>When Saurabh Mehta started working as a physician in India, he concentrated on treating sick patients. Now he takes a broader approach to such infectious diseases as tuberculosis and HIV.</p>

Hirokazu Miyazaki

For anthropologist, doll exchange is not child's play

<div><div><p><a href="http://anthropology.cornell.edu/hirokazu-miyazaki">Hirokazu Miyazaki</a> doesn’t usually get his research ideas from his son. But last year, after reading a children’s book about an exchange of dolls among Japanese and American schoolchildren in the 1920s, then-10-year-old Xavier asked his father to investigate.</p></div></div>

Cornell Arts Quad

Anthropology grad students receive Fulbright-Hays fellowships

<p>Two Cornell anthropology graduate students will conduct their fieldwork overseas with support from the <a href="https://einaudi.cornell.edu/fulbright-hays-doctoral-dissertation-research-abroad-fellowships">Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad</a> program. Alexandra G. Dalferro and Rebekah M. Cirbassi are among 91 students nationwide who received the prestigious award this year.</p>

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Grants fund 22 Cornell teams, community partners

<div><div><p>Connecting researchers to federal and state policymakers. Supporting children affected by the opioid epidemic. Sending students to the United Nations climate conference. Offering disaster workshops to regional animal shelters. Collaborating with cooperative businesses for experiential learning.</p><p>These are among the 22 projects that received fall 2017 Engaged Opportunity Grants.</p></div></div>

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Edited volume explores the 'Economy of Hope'

<p>When we experience losses that seem insurmountable, how do we once again plant the seeds of hope?  Hope is an integral part of social life. Yet, hope has not been studied systematically in the social sciences.  </p>

McGraw Hall

ISS grants jump-start new social science research

<p>Are supporters of President Donald Trump increasing in prejudice? What’s the best way to end violence in Liberia during elections? Is Colombia ready for a sustainable boom in cocoa production?</p><p><a href="http://socialsciences.cornell.edu/fall-2017-small-grant-awards/">These are a few of the questions Cornell social science faculty are answering,</a> thanks to small grants from the <a href="http://socialsciences.cornell.edu/">Institute for the Social Sciences</a>.</p>

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Museum course dives into artistic, literary connections

<div><div><p>Graduate students explored texts and artworks with themes of movement, escape and water and curated a related gallery installation as part of a fall course at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.</p></div></div>

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