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Historian Daniel Immerwahr will re-establish the central importance of forests and fire to the settlement of the American West in the nineteenth century during this year's LaFeber-Silbey Lecture.
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In a Time Magazine op-ed, professor Cristina Florea writes that today’s world is arguably very different from the world of the 1930s, but current events in Europe have disturbing parallels in the 1930s.
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Gifts allow the College to fulfill its mission: preparing students to do the greatest good in the world.
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The fourth season of “Antiquitas: Leaders and Legends of the Ancient World,” a podcast from professor Barry Strauss, premieres Feb. 23.
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The Cornell Center for Social Sciences grant program, which supports social science research by Cornell faculty members, has awarded $85,000 to 10 professors for their 2022-23 CCSS Faculty Fellows program.
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Seven exceptional early-career scholars will be awarded three-year fellowships to pursue independent research in the arts and humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.
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The talk “Reframing Boobie Miles: Racial Iconicity and the Transmedia Black Athlete,” by Dr. Samantha N. Sheppard, will explore the meaning of the black athlete, using Boobie Miles, as portrayed in the multimedia franchise “Friday Night Lights,” as her case study.
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Prof. Barry Strauss comments on Russian President Vladimir Putin's demands about Ukraine.
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Faculty experts comment on the evolving situation between Russia and Ukraine.
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