Professors whose research spans the humanities, social sciences and physical sciences shared the way their work impacts — and brings hope to — the issue of climate change during a Cornell Reunion 2025 panel.

Talbot Andrews, assistant professor of government; Alexandra Kleeman, associate professor of literatures in English; and Phillip Milner, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, all in the College of Arts & Sciences, presented their work at the June 6 panel, "Beyond the Apocalypse: New Narratives and Innovations for Climate Action," sponsored by the College.

“I think of climate change as a crisis of imagination,” said Kleeman, whose 2021 novel, “Something New Under the Sun,” centers on the topic. “We understand that climate change is a crisis in the world, but we have difficulty bridging it to our lives and conceiving of its magnitude.”

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