Weiss teaching awards honor exceptional faculty 
Three A&S faculty members are recipients of 2023 Stephen H. Weiss Teaching Awards, which honor a sustained commitment to teaching and mentoring undergraduate students.
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Interdisciplinary engagement with what America means
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The Program in American Studies offers an interdisciplinary engagement with what America means in the United States and in a global context. Faculty encourage students to look at the meaning and reality of the evolving United States as a question still in need of answering and as an experiment still in process, not as a dream fully realized. We use multiple perspectives and methodologies and require that students synthesize knowledge in ways that develop the skills needed for rigorous, complex analysis.
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American Studies News
Weiss teaching awards honor exceptional faculty
Registration for Winter Session 2024 is now open
Beginning October 16, students can enroll in a wide range of online courses taught by Cornell faculty.
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‘Desdemona’ celebrates Morrison’s Nobel Prize anniversary
The performance will feature singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré, who wrote the music for the original production.
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AMST Student Feature: Elizabeth Rene
Learn how Elizabeth Rene incorporates her interests in the U.S. legal system with American Studies' interdisciplinary curriculum.
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Performance and conference honor Viramontes
Held Oct. 20-21, “Lest Silence Be Destructive" will feature readings, discussions and the first public performance of a musical album based on Viramontes' work.
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AMST Student Feature: Sylver Garcia
Learn about how Sylver Garcia embodies her southern roots on campus as she finishes up her last year at Cornell.
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AMST Student Feature: Olivia Ochoa
Olivia Ochoa shares her first generation experience and journey as an AMST major and social justice advocate
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Cornell celebrates 15 years at the heart of CNY Humanities Corridor
The corridor is a consortium of 11 universities and colleges endowed by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Alumni Connections: Megan Zhang '16
Megan Zhang was an American Studies major who also took a premed curriculum:
"My American studies major gave me a unique background during med school interviews, and was definitely a conversation starter. It makes you a much more competent person in dealing with people who have different backgrounds than yourself. I appreciate the confidence it gives me to ask people about their side of the story, because there’s always another side of the story.”
After graduating, Megan spent a gap year working with families at a women’s and children’s shelter outside of Boston has opened her eyes to the diversity of experiences and situations that can lead someone to become homeless.