CornellArts&Sciences

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The Cornell Rocketry Team was one of the most important activities (among many!) for Gabriella Best '26, a computer science major and @milsteinprogram scholar: "On our team, there is no such thing as failure, only another opportunity to learn."
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Experiences like travel and adventure are more satisfying than material purchases, shows research from @CornellCAS psychologist Thomas Gilovich.

But what makes for a trip you’ll remember? Here are five ingredients, according to Gilovich.
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Five ingredients for an unforgettable adventure: Experiences like travel are more satisfying than buying things, shows research from @CornellPsychDpt professor Thomas Gilovich. But what makes for a trip you'll remember? @WeCornellians shares his five tips.
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Congratulations to the members of Cornell's Herbert Gussman Jazz Septet! Their DownBeat 2026 Student Music Award, regarded as one of the most prestigious honors in jazz education, places them among the top collegiate jazz groups in the country 🎼🎶⭐️

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Cornell doctoral students worked on presenting the impact of their research to policymakers and the public through legislative advocacy this year. Among them: @CornellROMS and @CornellChem grad students.

"Advocacy takes time and effort."

@CornellGrad

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Cornell music department staff member Laurel Gilmer appeared on Jeopardy! May 12, where her background as an oboist helped out: "The more you practice, the easier it gets,” she says of TV game show preparation.
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[CornellArts&Sciences @CornellCAS]

Celebrating our graduates ✨ Jerónimo Martín Duque '26, a computer science, mathematics and @CornellEcon major, participated in multidisciplinary research and counts among favorite Cornell memories walks around Cornell's beautiful campus and surroundings.
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"GDP has played a phenomenal role from 1944 to roughly now, but it is beginning to backfire…to hide important things," @CornellEcon professor @kaushikcbasu says on @CNN "Trying to modify it, compliment it and bring in other things is extremely important.”
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@kate_manne @BBC “Once you have a term for the problem, you do begin to see this pattern everywhere,” said Manne, who had been researching misogyny – used to punish and control women – when she came to see its flip side in an outsized empathy towards men.

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Himpathy, an emphasis upon boys and their future instead of girls they've harmed, led a British judge to spare three boys jail over the rape of two girls, says Cornell philosophy professor @kate_manne, who coined the term, in @BBC coverage.

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[CornellArts&Sciences @CornellCAS]

Ellie Butkovich '26 is drawing on the interdisciplinary nature of A&S and the Environment & Sustainability major to work toward making tourism more sustainable: "I get to leave [Cornell] with a broadened perspective and knowledge."
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Polarization can be created by politicians, but it can also be caused by social conflicts rooted in extreme inequalities, according to a new book about Latin America politics co-authored by two @Cornell professors. @UChicagoPress @CornellCAS @cornellilr https://t.co/dbC5HnEZKl

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Cornell's liberal arts curriculum "refused to let me stay in one lane," says biological sciences grad Takunda Chikuvire '26, who took courses on Black feminist health theory, ecological physiology and more. "In time, I realized they were the education."
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Can #AI can talk people out of believing online #conspiracy theories? @CornellPsychDpt professor @DG_Rand and collaborators have found that it can.

@WSJ talks with Rand about how "debunkbots"
work and what humans stand to learn from them.

https://t.co/XNrjnBNAG6

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An improved embryo-freezing method – 30 times faster than current protocols – could be used to improve assisted reproduction in humans or animals, or to conserve biodiversity. @SciReports @CornellPhysics @CornellCALS @CornellGrad @USDA_NIFA @NIH https://t.co/mknzQhAbpv

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A co-chairman of the U.N. G.D.P. commission, Basu worries that countries wouldn’t use economic indicators that made them look bad. He hopes that the U.N. will push its member states to participate.

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“You can’t expect a new measure to be voluntarily adopted, every country jumping in, because some are winners and some are losers," @CornellEcon professor @kaushikcbasu says in @nytimes coverage of a U.N.- commissioned alternative to G.D.P.
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Several College of Arts & Sciences alumni are among those newly elected and re-elected to the Cornell University Board of Trustees. Tara Holm, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics, will serve as faculty-elected trustee. Congratulations to all!

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At its May 22 meeting, the @Cornell Board of Trustees elected five new trustees and re-elected six current trustees to four-year terms. All the newly elected trustees’ terms begin July 1. https://t.co/QnjkXGboEL

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"Witnessing the resilience of post-war communities completely reshaped how I viewed my academic purpose," says @CornellPsychDpt major Arina Danilina, whose honors thesis focused on the architecture and environmental design of refugee accommodations.
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In a moment shaped by uncertainty and global tension, the Arts & Sciences Class of 2026 steps forward with curiosity, resilience and purpose. Here, we share stories of our graduates: thoughtful, flexible thinkers ready to lead no matter what comes next!
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