# News
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## [Cornell Center for Social Sciences names 2026-27 Faculty Fellows](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/cornell-center-social-sciences-names-2026-27-faculty-fellows)
The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has selected 10 faculty members, including several from A&S, as 2026–27 Faculty Fellows, providing course release and funding to support interdisciplinary social science research with real-world impact.
## [Daniel Gold, professor of Asian studies emeritus, dies at 78](/news/daniel-gold-professor-asian-studies-emeritus-dies-78)
Daniel Gold, a professor of Asian studies emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, died on Feb. 16 in Ithaca. He was 78.
## [College of Arts and Sciences announces 2026 Klarman Fellows](/news/college-arts-and-sciences-announces-2026-klarman-fellows)
The 12 early-career scholars will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.
## [Fossiles to fortepianos: The Hill's 'mini-museums' and collections](/news/fossiles-fortepianos-hills-mini-museums-and-collections)
The next time you visit Ithaca, check out exhibits on Chimes history, astronomical instruments, historical keyboards and so much more
## [Your January 2026 reads](/news/your-january-2026-reads)
This month’s featured titles include poetry, an anthropologist’s memoir, and a chronicle of the Nazi’s massive looting of European artworks.
## [Book explores ‘modernity and malevolence’ in Indian clinical care](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/12/book-explores-modernity-and-malevolence-indian-clinical-care)
The book shows how patterns of psycho-social stress combined with modernity’s pressures can influence psychiatric practice.
## [Doctoral Alumna Selected for CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award](/news/doctoral-alumna-selected-cgsproquest-distinguished-dissertation-award)
Dusti Cheyenne Bridges, Ph.D. ’25, was selected for the Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award in the humanities and fine arts.
## [Yvette Reyes is Awarded the Freedman Award to Conduct Powerful Research on Literacy and Learning](/news/yvette-reyes-awarded-freedman-award-conduct-powerful-research-literacy-and-learning)
Yvette's research explores how college students make sense of their early and ongoing literacy experiences.
## [Medical anthropologist to deliver annual Society for Humanities lecture](/news/medical-anthropologist-deliver-annual-society-humanities-lecture)
Stacey Langwick, associate professor of anthropology in the College of Arts & Sciences, will speak on "Healing in a Toxic World: Reimagining the Times and Spaces of the Therapeutic."
## [Emma Dalla Costa is Awarded the Freedman Award](/news/emma-dalla-costa-awarded-freedman-award)
Emma conducted ethnographic research in Milan to understand how perceptions of immigration shape the city’s social and spatial life.
## [Your October 2025 reads](/news/your-october-2025-reads)
This month’s featured titles include short stories, a fantasy book for tweens, and a scholarly look at Carmen adaptations – all by Arts & Sciences alumni and faculty.
## [Einaudi welcomes SWANA Program](/news/einaudi-welcomes-swana-program)
The Einaudi Center welcomes the Southwest Asia and North Africa Program and four new program directors this fall.
## [‘Sacred Ground’ exhibit receives Historic Ithaca preservation award](/news/sacred-ground-exhibit-receives-historic-ithaca-preservation-award)
Open now through Dec. 31, the exhibit highlights findings from a four-year archaeological excavation of Ithaca’s St. James A.M.E. Zion Church conducted by Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca school children from 2021–2024.
## [Nepal expert comments on violent protests in Nepal](/news/nepal-expert-comments-violent-protests-nepal)
Kathryn March, professor emerita of anthropology, comments on the violent protests in Nepal.
## [Kidney disease and climate change in Nicaragua’s sugarcane zone](/news/kidney-disease-and-climate-change-nicaraguas-sugarcane-zone)
“What is happening to the kidneys of sugarcane workers is not a result of climate change. It is climate change": Anthropologist Alex Nading documents how environmental justice activists are addressing the epidemic.
## [Dual-campus visit highlights A.D. White Professors-at-Large lineup](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/09/dual-campus-visit-highlights-ad-white-professors-large-lineup)
Best-selling writer and technology blogger Cory Doctorow will make the A.D. White Professor-at-Large program’s second dual-campus visit, ending his week at Cornell Tech in New York City. Four other professors will visit Cornell this fall.
## [2025 Nexus Scholars talk about academic growth, transformation](/news/2025-nexus-scholars-talk-about-academic-growth-transformation)
Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..
## [Mountains embodied: understanding head shaping in ancient Andes](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/08/mountains-embodied-understanding-head-shaping-ancient-andes)
Matthew Velasco argues that the reduction of head shape to a marker of ethnic identity has been a colonial invention.
## [History Center exhibit chronicles excavation at Ithaca’s ‘Freedom Church’](/news/history-center-exhibit-chronicles-excavation-ithacas-freedom-church)
The exhibit on Ithaca’s St. James A.M.E. Zion Church will open on Juneteenth with a community event scheduled for 4 p.m.
## [Congrats to our Anthropology Graduates](/news/congrats-our-anthropology-graduates-0)
We celebrate our most recent graduates!
## [Med student Grace Staes ’22 feels prepared for the work](/news/med-student-grace-staes-22-feels-prepared-work)
Staes said her major in anthropology has proven to be an asset in medical school.
## [Outstanding faculty win 2025 teaching and advising awards](/news/outstanding-faculty-win-2025-teaching-and-advising-awards)
Among those being recognized for exceptional teaching and mentorship this year are faculty members Begüm Adalet, Claudia Verhoeven, and Marcelo Aguiar.
## [Featured Anthropology Major: Canyon Cross](/news/featured-anthropology-major-canyon-cross)
"Anthropology is remarkably well positioned to offer us insight and solutions within some of the most complex issues of today, and the way that it is applied is entirely up to us."
## ['Academic life becomes much more interesting when you see how its different areas can support one another.'](/news/academic-life-becomes-much-more-interesting-when-you-see-how-its-different-areas-can-support)
Aerin Mok is majoring in psychology and anthropology.
## [Featured Anthropology Minor: Shuqian Lyu](/news/featured-anthropology-minor-shuqian-lyu)
"I am interested in visual anthropology and ethnography, particularly in topics such as ethics, representation, and emerging fields like sensory ethnography."
## [Featured Anthropology Major: Anna Rose Marion](/news/featured-anthropology-major-anna-rose-marion)
"Studying topics in environmental anthropology has allowed me to investigate the cultural, political, and social dimensions of human interactions with the environment across temporal and spatial scales."
## [CIAMS members receive awards from Society for American Archaeology](/news/ciams-members-receive-awards-society-american-archaeology)
Matthew Velasco, assistant professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Anna Whittemore, doctoral candidate in anthropology, received awards from the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) at the SAA annual meeting on April 25.
## [Cornell anthropology opens Collaboratory May 14](/news/cornell-anthropology-opens-collaboratory-may-14)
The new Anthropology Collaboratory gathers many of the university’s anthropology collections and laboratories together in one place in Olin Library.
## [Featured Anthropology Major: Jacqueline Cheng](/news/featured-anthropology-major-jacqueline-cheng)
"To find oneself is, I believe, the greatest achievement anyone can make while in school."
## [Featured Anthropology Major: Alexander Bentley](/news/featured-anthropology-major-alexander-bentley)
"Since I’m particularly interested in bioarchaeology and archaeological science, studying anthropology has allowed me to engage with questions of health, identity, and power from an interdisciplinary perspective."
## [Featured Anthropology Major: Lucy Friedman](/news/featured-anthropology-major-lucy-friedman)
"I attribute anthropology’s interdisciplinary nature, combined with the unique course content taught by the department's knowledgeable faculty, to helping me develop my academic passion."
## [Featured Anthropology Minor: Emma Garcia](/news/featured-anthropology-minor-emma-garcia)
"I found the Anthropology minor towards the second half of undergrad, and it has still greatly impacted me for the better."
## [Conference explores post-Covid-19 global health biopolitics](/news/conference-explores-post-covid-19-global-health-biopolitics)
A conference May 5-7, “The Biopolitics of Global Health After Covid-19,” will combine biopolitical and anthropological inquiry to spark a cross-disciplinary dialogue about (post-) pandemic discourses and practices of global health.
## [In ‘Silence’ spring conference, Fellows ‘attend to what is not there’](/news/silence-spring-conference-fellows-attend-what-not-there)
On April 25, seven Society for the Humanities’ Fellows will present their projects in progress during the annual Spring Fellows’ conference, highlighting the various ways that the theme of silence has been explored –
## [A&S undergrad unearths miniature Hercules statue in Italy](/news/undergrad-unearths-miniature-hercules-statue-italy)
Each summer, CIAMS helps many Cornell students experience the thrill of archeological discovery.
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Curator Frederic Gleach retired at the end of December.
## [Recent Books by Anthropology Faculty](/news/recent-books-anthropology-faculty)
Check out these books.
## [Anthropology in the News: 24/25](/news/anthropology-news-2425)
Please see a select list of recent articles mentioning Anthropology faculty members.
## [Awards and Accolades 24/25](/news/awards-and-accolades-2425)
We celebrate the successes of our faculty and graduate students.
## [Project Team for “Reconceptualizing Haudenosaunee Studies” Receives New Frontier Grant](/news/project-team-reconceptualizing-haudenosaunee-studies-receives-new-frontier-grant)
Anthropology Professor Kurt Jordan is part of the project team that received a 2024 New Frontier Grant.
## [Cornell Center for Social Sciences names 2025-26 Faculty Fellows](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/02/cornell-center-social-sciences-names-2025-26-faculty-fellows)
12 faculty members from seven colleges have been named 2025-26 Faculty Fellows with the Cornell Center for Social Sciences.
## [Experts call for 'accountability' before restoring Syria heritage sites](/news/experts-call-accountability-restoring-syria-heritage-sites)
Cornell experts comment on the restoration of Syria's damaged and looted historical sites.
## [Documenting Uyghur history for the sake of the future](/news/documenting-uyghur-history-sake-future)
Zilala Mamat '26 has been traveling abroad to document the stories of Uyghur people.
## [Bohannon, Manne event focuses on female body image, evolution](/news/bohannon-manne-event-focuses-female-body-image-evolution)
"Is Fat Female? Evolution, Feminism, and Getting the Story Right” takes place in person March 5; a virtual conversation between the two will be livestreamed March 6.
## [Your January 2025 reads](/news/your-january-2025-reads)
This month’s featured titles – most by A&S authors – include a work of nonfiction about honeybees, a kids’ picture book, and a novel set in rural Nova Scotia.
## [Alison Rittershaus Joins the Department of Anthropology](/news/alison-rittershaus-joins-department-anthropology)
Alison Rittershaus recently joined the Department of Anthropology as Lecturer and Curator of the Anthropology Collections.
## [Vilma Santiago-Irizarry Retires](/news/vilma-santiago-irizarry-retires)
Professor Vilma Santiago-Irizarry retires after thirty years.
## [Ahmann's Book Recognized by Anthropology and Environment Society](/news/ahmanns-book-recognized-anthropology-and-environment-society)
Chloe Ahmann's book, Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore, receives honorable mention for the Julian Steward Book Award.
## [Manning honored for contributions to archaeology](/news/manning-honored-contributions-archaeology)
Sturt Manning, received the P. E. MacAllister Field Archaeology Award at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) in Boston in November.
## [Conference considers medicine from historical standpoint](/news/conference-considers-medicine-historical-standpoint)
The Nov. 2 conference will focus on an interdisciplinary approach.