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Cornell University graduate students showcased their research in five-minute lightning talks at the inaugural Cornell Volunteer Summit Oct. 16. The event highlighted research communication skills and discoveries spanning law, engineering, nutrition, linguistics, and psychology.
Linguist and New York Times columnist John McWhorter argued in a Nov. 2 talk at Cornell University that the American experiment is worth saving.
Linguist John McWhorter will offer a talk Nov. 2 at Cornell University as part of the College of Arts & Science's America250 events. McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, is the author of “Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now and Forever” and “Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed…
An exhibit on endangered languages and language revitalization efforts opens Oct. 22 at Cornell University Libraries. Supported by the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Linguistics, the exhibit highlights five threatened languages.
Smoke dancers, ASL poetry and explorations of endangered languages will highlight a series of events at Cornell University Oct. 15-Nov. 6 that celebrates the importance of language throughout U.S. history.
In this hands-on workshop designed for ASL educators, sessions will focus on the selection and use of assessment tools, calibration processes, identification of iimplementation flaws, fairness in grading, and the development of clear and meaningful rubrics in assessing ASL students’ skills.
Graduate students connected to Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences departments — history, linguistics, Asian studies, history of art and visual studies, government, comparative iiterature, Romance studies and music —have received Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies East Asia Program fellowships and grants for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Nianpo Su, Ph.D. '26, Accepts Lecturer position at Columbia University
Several students from Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences were honored May 1 at the 10th annual Honors Award Ceremony held by the university's Office of Academic Discovery and Impact (OADI. OADI serves as a hub for academic and professional development resources for Cornell students.
John R. Starr, Ph.D. '26, has accepted a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University, where he will work with Dr. Jennifer Hu. At Johns Hopkins, John will continue his work on computational models of language, human language processing, and their intersection. Congratulations, John!
Cornell admits the Class of 2030 emphasizing real-world impact, enrolling 5,776 students from 102 countries. At Cornell University, the diverse cohort reflects the land-grant mission and applied learning goals across multiple colleges.
Cornell University's undergraduate linguistics association, The UnderLings, presents its twentieth annual undergraduate research colloquium. By facilitating communication and discussion between researchers, the conference aims to promote undergraduate research at all levels throughout the linguistics community.
Recently returned to in-person instruction, a unique Cornell class introduces students to the language and culture of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ, or Cayuga, people, on whose homelands Cornell stands.
The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has selected 10 faculty members, including several from A&S, as 2026–27 Faculty Fellows, providing course release and funding to support interdisciplinary social science research with real-world impact.
Four faculty from A&S have been awarded Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching.
Charlotte Logan, Ph.D. '25, has accepted a Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto within both the Department of Linguistics and the Center of Indigenous Studies with Dr. Suzi Lima and Dr. Susan Hill. Charlotte will continue her work on Haudenosaunee particles, as well as Collaborative Practitioner Language Documentation of Haudenosaunee languages. Congratulations, Charlotte!
Read about the competition and watch the video on the Language Resource Center website.
The federal government ended a program that has funded Cornell's Southeast Asia Program and South Asia Program for decades.
Jean Frantz Blackall, a Cornell faculty member from 1958-94 who in 1971 became the first woman to receive tenure in what was then the Department of English, in the College of Arts and Sciences, died July 15 in Williamsburg, Virginia. She was 97.
Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..
Linguist Marten van Schijndel co-led a session on “Responsible LLMs & Issues” at the summit.
Milena Šereikaitė, a theoretical linguist specializing in syntax and morphology, will join the department as Assistant Professor in Fall 2025. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2020 and has since held postdoctoral positions at Yale and Princeton, where she also taught a range of linguistics courses. Her research focuses…
Congratulations to graduate student John Starr, who was awarded a Provost Diversity Fellowship for Advanced Doctoral Students from the Cornell Graduate School. This fellowship is a competitive one‐term dissertation completion fellowship awarded to advanced Ph.D. students who have made significant contributions to Cornell’s core value to provide a community of inclusion, belonging, and respect.