CCSS Bits & Bytes February Newsletter

Love at first byte! 💖 In celebration of Love Data Week, Cornell Data Services will host an information table in the Clark Atrium, where CCSS Research Associate Florio Arguillas will be on hand to chat about CCSS data resources. Stop by 281 Clark Hall to check out our collaboration space and pick up some swag, including water bottles.

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Cornell Graduate Students: Apply for the 2026 Lindblom Fellowship

Cornell is a founding member of the Social Science Research Council's College and University Fund for the Social Sciences. As part of this partnership, Cornell graduate students are eligible to apply to the Charles E. Lindblom Memorial Fellowship.

Applications are due Tuesday, March 10, 2026. The award includes a $7,500 stipend to support an interdisciplinary research project that evaluates an intervention designed to reduce inequality.

💘 Love Data Week 2026 💘

Celebrate the power of data with Love Data Week 2026, February 9-13! This annual event highlights how data inspire discovery, drive innovation, and deepen understanding across disciplines.

Cornell Data Services will host local events and activities, and ICPSR will offer a series of webinars on topics including data sharing, AI and data privacy, DataLumos (a rich catalog of government-created datasets), and the ICPSR Summer Program — where Cornell researchers receive discounted registration through CCSS membership.

Explore the full lineup and register here: ICPSR Love Data Week Webinars

2025-26 Faculty Fellows Spotlight

Noah Tamarkin

Associate Professor

Anthropology and Science & Technology Studies

Tamarkin studies the social and cultural production and implications of genomic technologies like genetic ancestry and forensic DNA databases. Check out a recent book chapter about African indigeneity and genetics, and his newest article that explores the dynamics of carcerality and human rights in debates about expanding South Africa's national forensic DNA database.

Maria C. Taylor

Assistant Professor

Landscape Architecture

Taylor's teaching and research focus on the history and theory of landscape, architecture, and urban planning, particularly in the Soviet Union. She recently published a chapter on the Stalinist garden-factory model of industrial hazard mitigation in the book Detroit-Moscow-Detroit, and has been interviewed for the podcasts 99% Invisible and The Eurasian Knot. Other current projects include an article on the transnational history of urban climatology and a book manuscript titled "Civic Engineering: Soviet urbanism between Forest and Factory".

In the News

"Trump takes his tariff war to the movies announcing 100% levies on foreign-made films," Associated Press — featuring Heeyon Kim, CCSS Faculty Fellow (2023-24).

"AI can write your college essay, but it won't sound like you," The Cornell Chronicle — discussing research by CCSS Grantees Rene Kizilcec (2024), Jinsook Lee (2024), AJ Alvero (2025), and Thorsten Joachims (2024).

"Multiple Coffee Chains File for Bankruptcy Across US," Newsweek — featuring Mike Hoffman, CCSS Grantee (2021).

"Behind every influencer is an army of the influenced," The Verge — featuring Brooke Erin Duffy, CCSS Grantee (2023).

Additional Events & Opportunities

February 5 - March 19 @ 2pm | Mann 102, Mann Library | CUL Data Den Series | The CUL Data Den workshop series offers hands-on, beginner-friendly sessions on practical data skills for collecting, analyzing, and sharing research data. These hybrid workshops are free and open to the Cornell community.

February 11 @ 12pm | Mann 102, Mann Library | Where's the Data? Navigating the Data Sharing and Repository Landscape | Celebrate Love Data Week with a panel discussion on sharing open and reproducible research data. Hear from researchers across disciplines about meeting data sharing requirements and best practices for FAIR data and open science.

February 12 - March 18 | Webinar | Scientific Computing Training Series | Join the Winter 2026 Scientific Computing Training Series for free, virtual workshops on practical research computing skills, including high-performance computing, cloud tools, and data analysis. The series is open to Cornell and Weill Cornell students, faculty, and staff. Sponsored by Cornell University's Center for Advanced Computing and Weill Cornell Medicine Scientific Computing, ITS, & Clinical and Translational Science Center

February 13 - May 1 | Spring 2026 CPC Seminar Series | Hosted by the Cornell Population Center (CPC), this Spring 2026 seminar series features leading scholars presenting research on population science and public policy.

March 9 Deadline | 2026 Academic Venture Fund Request for Proposals | The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability invites proposals for the Academic Venture Fund (AVF) program, which supports faculty research that may not be competitive for traditional granting organizations because it is interdisciplinary, still early in development, highly innovative, or some combination of these factors.

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