Draga Zec gave an Invited Talk on "On the Morphology of Weight in South Slavic" at the Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics 28 Conference, held at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY from May 3-5, 2019 

Abigail C. Cohn, Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Southeast Asia Program, received a 2019 Cook award for her work in enhancing the atmosphere for women at Cornell, where she:

• Mentored women
• Made sure that Deans, the Administration and others recognize female faculty achievements
• Fostered an environment that allows women to thrive
• Co-founded the College of Arts and Sciences Women Faculty Network, which created a supportive platform for women faculty to meet other women professors through events like luncheons:

In an interview with the Cornell Daily Sun, Abby commented:

“When I first joined the South East Asian program, I was the only woman faculty member at that time. I started to realize that for many women faculty, they were isolated in their department,” Cohn said. “We are also providing cross-departmental faculty mentoring because it’s useful to get a perspective outside your department.”

Draga Zec gave an Invited Talk titled "Tone and Stress Interactions in the Pitch Accent System of Serbo-Croatian” at Phonology Festa 14, Meikai University, Japan held March 4-5, 2019    

Abby Cohn - Professor of Linguistics & a member of the Phonetics Laboratory - is one of four Cornell faculty members who received a 2018 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award. Quoting the Cornell Chronicle article announcing the award:

Abigail Cohn, professor in the Department of Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences, is described by her colleagues as an “endless source of wisdom and advice.” She was cited for her warmth and altruism. A Class of 2016 graduate wrote: “The strong personal bond she fostered did not fade with graduation. Even now as I am overseas, she has continued to advise me on all facets of the graduate school application process.” Another student recalled, “In our last meeting that summer, Abby (the only professor to allow me to use her first name) wrote a personal email to my mom, thanking her for the work I had done, saying such kind words about my character that my own mother nearly came to tears.”

The Kendall S. Carpenter Advising Award recognizes the sustained and distinguished contributions of professorial faculty and senior lecturers to undergraduate advising, and nominations are solicited annually from all members of the academic community. Nominees must be active contributors to college teaching and to their scholarly field, as appropriate to their appointments, and not have previously won the award.