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Professor Ziad Fahmy won the 2021 Best Book in Non-North America Urban History award from the Urban History Association (UHA) for his book "Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt," (Stanford University Press, 2020).
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A&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
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A $5 million alumni gift will help to support doctoral students in humanities fields within the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Professors Adam Smith and Lori Khatchadourian comment on the International Court of Justice's decision on cultural heritage protection.
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The program connects undergraduates in A&S with opportunities to work side by side on research with Cornell faculty from across the College.
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Church members and a multidisciplinary team of Cornell faculty and students are learning more about St. James A.M.E. Zion Church by doing an archaeological dig.
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When Emma graduated from Cornell, she earned her Master’s Degree in education with the plans of teaching high school English. Though she did that for a couple of years, a chance encounter with Boston-based Chef Todd English coupled with her Near Eastern Studies experience led her in another direction. She learned that he was opening a restaurant...
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Garrett Emmons '23 and Hannah Master '23 won fellowships worth $5,000 to study and conduct research in Italy and Israel, respectively.
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Rachel Margolis (Isaacson) is a 2002 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences with a BA in Near Eastern Studies. She went one to receive her joint masters in Jewish Education and Jewish Communal Service from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. Since then, she has directed and consulted with family schools,...
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The Nexus Scholars program will leverage the student-to-faculty ratio and the vibrant research enterprise in A&S to expand opportunities for students, while also enhancing the culture of collaborative scholarship at Cornell.
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