Einaudi seed grants finding fertile soil
Faculty from six colleges across Cornell tackle issues ranging from the health of endangered wild dogs to the spread of misinformation through social media.
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Linking archaeology and material studies through multidisciplinary collaboration
Archaeology Program
Cornell is one of the few universities in the United States that offers a separate archaeology major in addition to its graduate program. The program also offers a new post doc in archaeology. Our faculty's specialties range from studies of early peoples to the historic 19th century, within the following departments and programs: American Indian studies, anthropology, classics, earth and atmospheric sciences, historic preservation, history of art and visual studies, landscape architecture, and Near Eastern studies. Archaeology at Cornell is particularly strong in the eastern Mediterranean area, and in the Americas (both pre- and post-Columbian)
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$2.5M in A&S New Frontier Grants supports bold projects
A&S faculty members will delve into questions ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.
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Nexus Scholars Program expands research opportunities to 101 students
This 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.
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'Don't be afraid to radically change direction'
Charlee Mandy is an archaeology and classics major.
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'I got to hold a million-year-old rock'
Hannah Master is an archaeology and Near Eastern studies major.
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A movement brings community, visibility to neurodiversity at Cornell
Students and staff are finding support, community, visibility and a voice through Neurodiversity @ Cornell.
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Rare drought coincided with Hittite Empire collapse
An interdisciplinary collaboration used tree ring and isotope records to pinpoint a likely culprit: three straight years of severe drought in an already dry period.
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The unexpected importance of the sea sponge in classical history
In 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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RadioCIAMS: The Cornell Archaeology Podcast
RadioCIAMS is our podcast series, wherein we probe critical debates in archaeology in conversation between leading practitioners and the next generation of researchers. Our most recent episode is embedded below. Click here to browse previous RadioCIAMS episodes archived on our website, or visit our soundcloud page to hear more. RadioCIAMS is also available wherever you get your podcasts.