Two juniors receive Harry Caplan Travel Fellowships

<p>This spring marks the 100th anniversary of Harry Caplan’s graduation from Cornell. After receiving his doctorate, Caplan, Class of 1916, M.A. ’17, Ph.D. ’21, joined the faculty and over a nearly 50-year career as a professor of classics became one of Cornell’s most beloved and inspiring teachers.</p>

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New interdisciplinary initiative explores capitalism

<p>The College, the ILR school and other partners at Cornell will examine the nature of capitalism through conferences, digital archives, a proposed minor and other<span style="line-height: 20.8px;"> new initiatives.</span></p>

Database of classical works now freely searchable

<p>Students and scholars can now freely search a new database of Latin and Greek authors that provides links to online versions of their works.</p><p>The database, <a href="http://cwkb.org/">the Classical Works Knowledge Base (CWKB)</a>, contains metadata about 5,200 works by 1,500 ancient authors, allowing users with a limited knowledge of the classics’ canonical citation system to simply link to passages of digital texts.</p>

Russell Rickford

The Black Power movement and its schools

<p><span style="line-height: 27.7333px;">History assistant professor Russell Rickford's new book looks at the Black Power movement of the 1960s and '70s.</span></p>

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Conference highlights work in Latin American studies

<p> </p><p>Cornell faculty, staff and graduate students from a variety of disciplines will share their research and work on Latin America at the inaugural conference of the <a href="https://lasp.einaudi.cornell.edu/">Latin American Studies Program</a> (LASP), Feb. 19 at the A.D. White House.</p>

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Runaway slave ads portray grim period of U.S. history

<p>Runaway slave advertisements – a common sight in North American newspapers in the 18th and 19th centuries – are frankly disturbing. They describe people as property, listing their physical attributes and family connections in chilling terms.</p>

Beverly Gage

Prof Beverly Gage Recasts Legacy of FBI Founder in Carl Becker Lecture Series

<p>Prof. Beverly Gage, director of undergraduate studies in history at Yale University, shared insights into the life of J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in the Carl Becker lecture series last week sponsored by Cornell's Department of History. </p><p>Gage focused on elements of Hoover’s character and accomplishments that she said are often overlooked. </p>

Sean Cosgrove

Engaged Cornell graduate grants fund 4 A&S graduate students

<p> Ten Cornell doctoral students will work with community partners in New York state and around the world on individual research projects supported by Engaged Cornell. The first <a href="http://engaged.cornell.edu/funding/graduate-student-grants/rfp-2016/">Engaged Graduate Student Grants</a> were announced by Vice Provost Judith Appleton.</p>

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Internationalization grants awarded to faculty

<p><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Twelve faculty-led projects, including six in Arts & Sciences, have been awarded approximately $213,000 under the Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum (ICC) grant program.</span></p>

Mary Beth Norton

Mary Beth Norton nominated for president of American Historical Association

<p>Historian Mary Beth Norton has been nominated for president-elect of the <a href="http://historians.org/">American Historical Association</a>, the principal umbrella organization for the profession. If elected, she would serve as president beginning in January 2018, for one year. The results of the on-line election are expected in July.</p>

Maria Cristina Garcia

María Cristina García wins 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

<p><a href="http://history.arts.cornell.edu/faculty-department-garcia.php">María Cristina García</a>, the Howard A. Newman Professor in American Studies at Cornell, is the recipient of a 2016 <a href="https://www.carnegie.org/programs/andrew-carnegie-fellows/">Andrew Carnegie Fellowship</a>, the Carnegie Corporation of New York has announced.</p>

Chris Garces

Social Science institute supports nine A&S faculty projects

<p>Highly educated, high-income immigrants to the United States are changing the look and feel of American suburbs by tearing down older homes built just after World War II and building sprawling new houses, pejoratively called “McMansions.” But the changes are not always welcome by long-time neighborhood residents, said <a href="https://aap.cornell.edu/people/suzanne-lanyi-charles">Suzanne Lanyi Charles</a>, assistant professor in city and regional planning.</p>

Isabel Hull

Historian Isabel Hull receives award for book ‘A Scrap of Paper’

<p>Isabel Hull has received a Certificate of Merit from the American Society of International Law for her book, “A Scrap of Paper: Breaking and Making International Law During the Great War” (Cornell, 2014). The award, for “a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship,” was presented at the ASIL’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. in March. </p>

Rosa Acosta

Rosa Acosta: 'The story of the Nicaraguan people deserves to be heard.'

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