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2023 Nexus Scholars Speak on Summer Science Research
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Nexus Scholars Tenzin Dhasel ‘25 and Serah Dureus ‘25 reflect on their summers engaging in scientific research.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/college_of_arts_and_sciences/)
Nexus Scholars Tenzin Dhasel ‘25 and Serah Dureus ‘25 reflect on their summers engaging in scientific research.
Ray Jayawardhana, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will step down from his position on July 13. He will take a new position as provost of Johns Hopkins University.
With nine undergraduate colleges and nearly 80 majors, internally transferring can help students find the best academic fit within the University.
For the first time in its history, the University’s Cognitive Science Major is open to students beginning this fall semester.
This fall, the College of Arts and Sciences will welcome Ann M. Simmons, the Moscow Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, as the Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist Fellow.
The College Scholars go outside traditional Arts and Sciences majors, forging new academic paths even as significant parts of the program remain online.
One of the benefits that is supposed to come from attending an Ivy League university is a vast network of resources. Cornell students are ostensibly privileged with all the guidance and mentorship they can ask for, all at the tip of their fingertips. For the most part, this is true. If we truly need help with a particular problem, we can almost always seek it out. And at the core of this support network is the advising system.
My eyes glazed over the platitudes typed on the glossy notecards I was organizing during a guest-led advising seminar session. “Get good sleep.” “Have fun.” “Practice mindfulness.” Sounds like the perfect plan for a productive college career. Just one tiny question: How do I manage all those things with impending prelims and essay deadlines? The question lodged itself in my throat as I glanced at the mental health resources listed on a notecard — the same list I’d seen in every community email. In theory, the College of Arts and Sciences advising seminar is a great idea.
This is a change from last year, when the college offered placement on the Dean’s List based on a multi-tiered credit system, according to Duncan Bill, Director of Administration and College Registrar of Arts and Sciences.
Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences boasts 40 majors, 59 minors and more than 41 foreign languages. It offers a dazzlingly vast array of subjects, a striking testament to the academic diversity that is representative of Cornell as a whole. I am extremely proud of my college; at very few other academic institutions could I sprint from an Italian discussion to an Oceanography lecture, only to backpedal to retrieve the planner I forgot in my government seminar. The College of Arts and Sciences’ academic breadth is its mark of distinction, its greatest strength. However, this breadth also represents the college’s greatest weakness.