Nianpo Su, Ph.D. Candidate, Accepts Lecturer position at Columbia University
Nianpo Su, Ph.D. Candidate, Accepts Lecturer position at Columbia University
OADI celebrates a decade of honors achievements
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 Starr, Ph.D. Candidate, Accepts Postdoctoral Fellow position at Johns Hopkins University
John R. Starr, Ph.D. candidate, 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!
Admitted Class of 2030 seeks real-world impact
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.
How A Cornell Course Brings Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ Language, Culture to the Classroom
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.
20th Annual Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium (CULC 20)
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.
Cornell Center for Social Sciences names 2026-27 Faculty Fellows
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.
Weiss and Provost awards honor outstanding faculty
Four faculty from A&S have been awarded Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching.
Charlotte Logan, Ph.D. '25, Accepts Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto
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!
Student group ASL@Cornell places first in Cornell Lingua Mater 2025
Read about the competition and watch the video on the Language Resource Center website.
Research at risk: Cultural fluency and critical language expertise
The federal government ended a program that has funded Cornell's Southeast Asia Program and South Asia Program for decades.
Jean Blackall, first woman tenured in English at Cornell, dies at 97
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.
2025 Nexus Scholars talk about academic growth, transformation
Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..
‘Summit’ on LLMs rallies leading AI experts
Linguist Marten van Schijndel co-led a session on “Responsible LLMs & Issues” at the summit.
Milena Šereikaitė joins the Department of Linguistics
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…
Current Graduate Students Win Awards
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.
Outstanding faculty win 2025 teaching and advising awards
Among those being recognized for exceptional teaching and mentorship this year are faculty members Begüm Adalet, Claudia Verhoeven, and Marcelo Aguiar.
'I mapped the humanitarian impact of the Wagner Group’s arrival in Mali'
Celia Doherty is majoring in linguistics.
Language House opens to students learning ASL
Students who want an immersive on-campus experience with American Sign Language (ASL) can now sign up to live in the Language House.
Share and hear poetry in many languages at this April 9 event
The event celebrates April as National Poetry Month.
AI ring tracks spelled words in American Sign Language
A Cornell-led research team has developed an artificial intelligence-powered ring equipped with micro-sonar technology that can continuously and in real time track fingerspelling in American Sign Language.
Jing Gao, Ph.D. '24, Accepts Special Associate Research Fellow Position at the South China Normal University
Jing Gao, Ph.D. '24, accepts a Special Associate Research Fellow position in the School of Foreign Studies at the South China Normal University. Congratulations, Jing!
Jasmim Drigo, Ph.D. ’24, Accepts Postdoctoral Researcher Position at the University of Galway
Jasmim Drigo, Ph.D. ’24 has accepted a Postdoctoral Researcher position in the Classics department at the University of Galway, Ireland, with a two year fellowship by Research Ireland. Congratulations, Jasmim!
University Lecture examines ‘The Narrative Brain’
Our minds and the ways we tell stories are closely attuned, research shows, and scholar Fritz Breithaupt will explore how that connection works during a March visit as University Lecturer.
19th Annual Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium (CULC 19)
Cornell University's undergraduate linguistics association, The UnderLings, presents its eighteenth 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.
Call for Papers: JK32
The JK32 organizing committee is pleased to invite abstracts for submission to the 32nd Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference to be held at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, on June 13 – 15, 2025.
Student spotlight: Nianpo Su
Nianpo Su, doctoral candidate in linguistics, studies how syntactic principles determine the structure of sentences in human languages.
Call for Papers: FASL34
The Department of Linguistics at Cornell University is pleased to announce that the 34th annual meeting of Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics (FASL) will be held May 16th-18th, 2025 in Ithaca, NY, USA.
ASL program offers performance series, welcomes new faculty
Lisa Sunde also helps to advise the American Sign Language club and manages the weekly ASL conversation hour in the Language Resource Center.
A&S announces membership in MLA Strategic Partnership Network
“We felt this is an important resource that should be available to our humanists at all levels, whether they have the resources to pay for membership or not,” said Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences.
Ph.D. Candidate Nielson Hul to Head the University of Washington Khmer Language Program
Congratulations to Nielson Hul, Linguistics Ph.D. candidate, who has been selected to head the Khmer Language Program at the University of Washington at Seattle starting Spring 2025.
World Languages Days open to public this year
To celebrate Cornell’s commitment to fostering global literacy and cross-cultural understanding, the Language Resource Center in the College of Arts and Sciences will host World Languages Day on Oct. 26.
Graduate Student Charlotte Logan wins Elouise Cobell Dissertation Fellowship
Ph.D. candidate Charlotte Logan is part of the inaugural Cobell Dissertation Writing-Year Fellowship cohort. Her study "focuses on the linguistic analysis and documentation of the Cayuga language, a Haudenosaunee language. Logan, supported by a Cobell Summer Research Fellowship in 2021, transcribed and translated two stories in Cayuga with a fluent speaker from the Six Nations…
Language ‘Sustainability through Collaboration’ Conference at Cornell
Cornell, the only institution offering regular multilevel instruction in all six of the major Southeast Asian languages – Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Filipino (Tagalog), Thai and Vietnamese – will host a conference on the teaching of these languages on Sept. 19-21.
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."
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.
Congrats to our Grads!
The Department of Linguistics congratulates our 2024 graduates. This year, along with our PhD, BA, and Linguistics Minor classes, the first cohort of ASL/Deaf Studies minor students joined our commencement ceremony. We wish all our students the best of luck as they leave Morrill and move into their futures!
Professor Emeritus Wayles Browne Publishes Book
Professor Emeritus Wayles Browne's book, The Cambridge Handbook of Slavic Linguistics, is now available through Cambridge Publishing. You can view the description and selected reivews here.
Peter Loewen named dean of Arts and Sciences
Coming from the University of Toronto, where he was the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen began his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.
American Sign Language has found a growing home on the Hill
Now offered as a minor, the study of ASL at Cornell came about through years of student advocacy
'I've met a variety of people with a wide range of interests'
Emily Pecsok is an applied mathematics and linguistics major.
Projects funded by 2024 New Frontier Grants look toward the future
The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has awarded five New Frontier Grants to cutting edge projects in science, social science and the humanities led by A&S faculty.
American Sign Language Has Found a Growing Home on the Hill
The ASL Program at Cornell is featured in this article in Cornell's alumni publication, Cornellians.
Hitomi Minamida, Ph.D. ’23, Accepts Assistant Professor Position at Rochester Institute of Technology
Hitomi Minamida, Ph.D. ’23, has accepted an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Congratulations, Hitomi!
Treats and poems featured at LRC’s “Sweet Poetry” event
“Any poem, any language” is the theme of the Language Resource Center’s second annual celebration of National Poetry Month, April 17
Summer Experience Grant applications now open
The grants provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions.
‘Innovative’ linguist Margarita Suñer dies at 82
Margarita Amalia Suñer, professor of linguistics emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), died in Ojai, California on Feb. 29 after a long bout with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 82.
Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫˀ Speakers Work to Restore Language Among Cornell, Nation Communities
The Cornell Linguistics Department has been instrumental in teaching and documenting the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫˀ history and language.