Cornell researchers are using satellite imagery to protect endangered and damaged cultural heritage in the South Caucasus, where an ethnic conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has raged for decades.

Ann Brener (PhD NES '99,) a specialist at the Library of Congress helped Eric Lander with his request to find the text. “This book that Dr. Lander found was only inches away from not being catalogued at all,” she said in an interview.

During 2020, Cornell’s Society for the Humanities chose “Afterlives” as its theme for 2021-22. Scholars from all over the world and all around the College of Arts and Sciences responded to the call, resulting in a record number of applications for the Society’s fellowships.

We're honoring faculty with Robert and Helen Appel Fellowship for Humanists and Social Scientists and the Robert A. and Donna B. Paul Academic Advising Award, among others.