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Faculty from six colleges across Cornell tackle issues ranging from the health of endangered wild dogs to the spread of misinformation through social media.
/news/einaudi-seed-grants-finding-fertile-soilFaculty from six colleges across Cornell tackle issues ranging from the health of endangered wild dogs to the spread of misinformation through social media.
/news/einaudi-seed-grants-finding-fertile-soilA&S faculty members will delve into questions ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.
/news/25m-new-frontier-grants-supports-bold-projectsThis 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-studentsCharlee Mandy is an archaeology and classics major.
/news/dont-be-afraid-radically-change-directionFour Cornell students (Evan Allen, Olivia Graves, Rodrigo Guzman Serrano, Hannah Master) have been deeply involved in the organization of the Johnson Museum’s current exhibit, Wonder and Wakefulness: The Nature of Pliny the Elder.
/news/students-wonder-and-wakefulnessOpen now through June 11, “Wonder and Wakefulness: The Nature of Pliny the Elder” marks the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of the celebrated Roman author, natural philosopher and statesman.
/news/museum-exhibit-illuminates-plinys-study-art-natureThe Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate.
/news/ten-inducted-bouchet-graduate-honor-societyKlarman Fellow Toni Alimi identifies three features of so-called modern religious views in “Divine Institutes” by the 4th century scholar Lactantius.
/news/classicist-modern-view-religion-dates-303-ad“True to Cornell’s founding vision, these extraordinary students will bring a diverse range of ideas and experiences to enrich campus life together.”
/news/cornell-admits-extraordinary-class-2027The finding helps clarify the historical record for the Indigenous communities devastated by the 1918-19 pandemic.
/news/radar-ai-identify-alaska-native-spanish-flu-victims-burial-siteThe destruction of replicated European sculpture collections can tell us as much as their creation.
/news/destroy-copy-essay-collection-rethinks-history-plaster-castsKim Montpelier ‘24, Austin Manning ‘24 and Shanzai Ikhlas ‘24 won fellowships through the classics department.
/news/juniors-selected-caplan-travel-fellowshipsAn interdisciplinary collaboration used tree ring and isotope records to pinpoint a likely culprit: three straight years of severe drought in an already dry period.
/news/rare-drought-coincided-hittite-empire-collapseIn the Society for the Humanities Invitational Lecture Feb. 15, art historian Verity Platt will present her research on the humble sea sponge.
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The Society for the Humanities has recently awarded Caitlín Barrett a Humanities Impact Grant to support the 3D and virtual modeling of the Casa della Regina Carolina Project at Pompeii.
Thanks to additional significant support from Seth Klarman ’79 and Beth Schultz Klarman, the Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowship program has been expanded to support 10 fellows per cohort.
/news/klarman-fellows-program-renewed-and-expandedA&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
/news/wondering-what-read-2023-faculty-offer-ideasRuth Portes, a fourth-year archaeology PhD student, has recently returned from two months of field work in Georgia (August 1- October 3)
/news/expanding-boundaries-classics-abroad-ruth-portes-journey-georgiaClassics student Charlee Mandy '23 writes about the Marzuolo Archaeological Project. Originally published in the Cornell Daily Sun, August 29, 2022.
/news/what-i-found-earthIsraeli archaeologist Mordechai Aviam and his colleagues made headlines by finding possible evidence, near the Sea of Galilee, of the house of St. Peter.
/news/noted-archaeologist-speak-new-discoveries-israel-cornell-lectureFour A&S faculty members have been honored for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.
/news/weiss-teaching-award-honors-eight-exceptional-facultyAre you a current junior interested in getting funding to travel to Europe or the Near East to study Greek, Roman, and/or Jewish cultures? Apply for the 2023 Harry Caplan Travel Fellowship! Applications due November 1.
/news/apply-2023-harry-caplan-travel-fellowshipDiscover some of the exciting courses the Department of Classics is offering next semester.
/news/spring-2023-featured-coursesThe initiative has supported classes in the humanities, the social and natural sciences, mathematics, information science and engineering.
/news/active-learning-initiative-10-elevates-teaching-and-belongingSturt Manning has zeroed in on a much narrower range of dates, approximately 1609–1560 BCE, for the eruption on Santorini, a pivotal event in the prehistory of the region.
/news/statistical-analysis-aims-solve-greek-volcano-mystery'We saw this conference as a way to expand the conversation beyond Cornell.'
/news/archaeological-conference-expands-discussion-beyond-colonial-rootsOxford scholar Constanze Güthenke will bring to light untold stories of classical scholarship during the 2022 Townsend Lectures Sept. 7, 9, and 12.
/news/lectures-unearth-stories-dont-get-told-classical-scholarshipMegan McArdle, opinion columnist for the Washington Post, will discuss increasingly divided American life and politics in a Sept. 14 lecture.
/news/great-separation-why-american-politics-coming-apart-seamsKlarman Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the creative arts as well as cross-disciplinary fields. The application deadline is October 14.
/news/opens-application-portal-klarman-postdoc-fellowshipsProfessors in physics and classics contributed to the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) hosted at Cornell for military veterans July 23 to Aug. 6.
/news/academic-boot-camp-boosts-veterans-higher-ed-missionAltogether 88 footprints were documented, including both adults and children, offering insight into family life in the time of the Pleistocene.
/news/ice-age-human-footprints-discovered-utah-desertWith NATO formally inviting Finland and Sweden to join its alliance after Turkey dropped its objections, classics and history professor Barry Strauss comments that history is full of alliances that amounted to little.
/news/nato-decision-finland-sweden-strong-paper-future-unclearToni Alimi’s book project, “Slaves of God,” delves deep into the Augustine cannon, explaining the philosopher’s reasons for justifying slavery.
/news/klarman-fellow-traces-ideas-slavery-ancient-rome-upstate-nyA new Cornell study suggests that solving societal problems such as climate change could require dismantling rigid academic boundaries, so that researchers from varying disciplines could work together collaboratively.
/news/tear-down-academic-silos-take-undisciplinary-approachCornell’s Earth Source Heat borehole project already had a fitting English motto: “Onward and Downward.” Now, the project has Latin and Greek mottos courtesy of Prof. Daniel Gallagher: Energeia Geothermica: Perge deorsum!
/news/latin-and-greek-mottos-cornells-earth-source-heat-projectClasses of interest for first-year students.
/news/fall-2022-highlighted-coursesThe “Sculpture Shoppe” exhibition displays selections from Cornell’s plaster cast collection of Greco-Roman sculptures alongside – and sometimes within – contemporary artists’ responses to cast culture and classical art.
/news/contemporary-and-ancient-art-exhibit-enlivens-ithaca-mallStephen Sansom, a Postdoctoral Associate in Classics, took the stage with his bandmates on May 5 for “MUSE–AK: a Mall Performance of Ancient Greek Song.” This wonderful contribution to the Sculpture Shoppe exhibition made a fitting conclusion for Stephen's time at Cornell. He will begin his new position as an Assistant Professor of Classics at Florida State University this upcoming fall.
/news/stephen-sansom-concludes-his-time-cornell-muse-ak-performance"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-excellenceJingkai Liu is a Classics and Government major.
/news/i-had-complete-my-junior-year-china-because-pandemicThe Sculpture Shoppe, located in a former retail space in Ithaca Mall, will be open through the month of May.
/news/sculpture-shoppe-launches-ancient-greek-song-performanceCatalina Peñéñory is a classics and Italian major.
/news/i-learned-open-my-work-public-criticismWhile we might crave information, we are right to be suspicious of the sources that provide it, Barry Strauss, professor of history and classics, writes in Washington Post commentary.
/news/long-history-disinformation-during-warAs peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine appear to be proceeding in fits and starts, Barry Strauss, writes that history shows that such talks are a way station to the real arena: the battlefield.
/news/russia-and-ukraine-peace-talks-likely-have-nothing-do-peaceDuring the 2021-2022 academic school year, I have been incredibly fortunate to have participated in the Regular Program at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
/news/graduate-student-mary-danisi-reports-valley-musesIn the 1980s, Cornell University students ate lunch under the watchful eyes of several ancient Greek and Roman sculptures — the north wing portion of Cornell’s Plaster Cast Collection displayed in the Temple of Zeus Café inside Goldwin Smith Hall. Yet while alumni may remember the casts, few know about their history, their fate, or their future.
/news/secret-history-rediscovering-cornells-plaster-cast-collectionTwo Cornell Classics majors, Charlee Mandy and Lal Kosematoglu, share their experiences studying abroad in Rome this spring with the Centro Study Abroad program.
/news/cornell-students-reflect-living-and-learning-romeCornell Classics is excited to welcome its newest faculty member, Cat Lambert. Cat will join the Classics department as a post-doctoral fellow for the 2022-2023 academic year, and then as an assistant professor.
/news/cornell-classics-welcomes-new-faculty-member-cat-lambertThe Active Learning Initiative has announced its Phase IV grants. The winning proposals, from Classics, Government, History, the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, included collaborations that extend across Cornell.
/news/active-learning-initiative-awards-5-new-grantsOn 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.
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