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From portfolios to pizza, fall A&S career events explore diverse fields
"Cornell alumni are generous with their time and efforts to assist students, to answer questions from students, or connect them to people and places."
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New A&S dean relishes ‘life in a university’
Peter John Loewen says he's excited to support faculty in their research, meet students and showcase the value of a liberal arts education.
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Moral psychology summer institute hosted at Cornell
Directed by College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) faculty in psychology and philosophy, the NEH-funded institute featured presentations from many leading figures in moral psychology, which studies human thought and behavior in ethical contexts
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Augustine was ‘wrong about slavery’: Book reexamines key figure
Assistant professor Toni Alimi traces the connections between Augustine’s understanding of slavery and his broader thoughts.
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What a Harris candidacy means: Cornell experts weigh in.
As Vice President Kamala Harris garners crucial support for her presidential campaign, Cornell University experts discuss the potential implications and challenges she might face.
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Pinkonomics Podcast covers women in the economy
Arundhati Singh approached the task using game theory and logic, to “strategize how women can go forward in this economic game that we seem to be stuck with."
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Oct
14
Monday
12:00 AM
Indigenous Peoples' Day
Campus-wide
Oct
16
Wednesday
12:00 AM
Instruction Resumes
Campus-wide
Oct
18
Friday
03:00 PM
Philosophy Discussion Club: Alison Simmons, Harvard
Goldwin Smith Hall
142
Oct
28
Monday
02:00 PM
Nov
01
Friday
03:00 PM
ColdWAR Philosophy Colloquium
Goldwin Smith Hall
142
Nov
02
Saturday
12:00 AM
ColdWAR Workshop
Statler Hall
391
Nov
08
Friday
03:00 PM
Philosophy Discussion Club: Rachel Fraser, Oxford
Goldwin Smith Hall
142
Nov
11
Monday
12:00 AM
Veterans Day - Classes Held
Campus-wide
Nov
14
Thursday
04:45 PM
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Uris Hall
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Ethics & Public Life
The Cornell Program on Ethics and Public Life promotes interdisciplinary learning about morally central questions concerning public policies and social, political and economic processes.