– Via MetaEzra, Cornell’s endowment grows 13%. – Despite the MacArthur awarded to a Cornell professor last week, WSJ says New York is suffering from a crisis of geniuses. – Post on Cornell’s real Superman. (HT MetaEzra) – Women’s hockey ranks #2 in preseason polls. – Football picks up its first win against Bucknell. –...
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Top Five News Stories of the Decade
Happy New Year’s! For me, today marks the last day of what was, for all intents and purposes, the first full decade of my life. I know this is also the case for many of our readers. I encourage you all to look back on the personal events of the last decade that have had...
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Changing Near Eastern Studies Landscape
On the FP blog (via Inside Higher Ed), Marc Lynch discusses the influx of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan into academia and how this will affect the field of Middle Eastern Studies (“Near Eastern Studies” at Cornell): [The influx of veterans] is something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since agreeing to take over as...