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 research making magnets

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Magnetics with a twist: Scientists find new way to image spins

Cornell researchers have put a new spin on measuring and controlling spins in nickel oxide, with an eye toward improving electronic devices’ speed and memory capacity.
 Huttenlocher

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Cornell CIS hosts recipients of 'Genius Grant'

On October 3-4, 2019, Cornell CIS (Computing and Information Science) celebrated its 20th anniversary. To mark the event, CIS hosted a symposium showcasing the game-changing impact of computing on a breadth of disciplines.
 Teacher in Kenya

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CS classes can break down cultural barriers, study shows

The Nairobi Play Project, funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund Kenya Country Program, seeks to foster intercultural learning between groups in or at risk of conflict. In 30 after-school sessions led by teachers who are themselves refugees, students learn basic computing concepts and develop video games with community-based themes.
 National mall

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Combatting fake news on social media will take a village

Glenn Altschuer, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and Dean of Continuing Education and Summer Session, and Sidney Tarrow, the Emeritus Maxwell Upson Professor of Government, both in the College of Arts & Sciences, recently wrote an opinion piece in The Hill on the topic of fake news.

 Tom Gilovich

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Gilovich honored for lifetime of research

Social psychology researcher and professor Thomas Gilovich, the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Chair of Psychology, was recently awarded The Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Donald T. Campbell Award.
 arts quad statue

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CIVIC radical collaboration initiative makes six new hires

CIVIC (Critical Inquiry into Values, Imagination and Culture), the provost’s Radical Collaboration initiative focused on the humanities and the arts, is halfway toward its goal of 10 new faculty.
Researcher working on a computer

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Five projects awarded 2019 digitization grants

Cornell University Library’s Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences transforms fragile artifacts into lasting online collections for teaching and research. This year, the program has awarded funding to five projects representing a range of study, from unearthing a vanished hamlet in Enfield Falls, New York, to examining modern art in Indonesia.

 Scientific rendering of replication process

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Scientists unwind mystery behind DNA replication

“This research highlights the importance of physical principles in fundamental biological processes.”
 Bloom

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Harold Bloom ’51, literary critic of influence, dies at 89

Harold Bloom ’51, a bestselling literary critic and a friend to many of Cornell’s English faculty over the years, died Oct. 14 in New Haven, Connecticut. A longtime professor of English at Yale University, Bloom was 89.
 Munday lecture poster

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MIT prof. visits to talk about slavery, education

Craig Steven Wilder, professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Columbia University Medal of Excellence recipient, will be the keynote speaker for the annual Reuben A. and Cheryl Casselberry Munday Distinguished lecture on Oct. 22.

The annual lectureship was established in 2014 and hosts groundbreaking scholars of African and African American studies through the Africana Studies and Research Center every fall.

 An older man and woman carrying luggage walk away from boats pulled to the edge of a flooded highway in New Orleans

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Climate Refugees

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.

 An older man and woman carrying luggage walk away from boats pulled to the edge of a flooded highway in New Orleans

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Climate change explored as ‘threat multiplier’ in new podcast episode

 Justin Wilson

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Foiling cancer aggression with nontoxic metals

Justin J. Wilson, a professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is expanding on existing chemotherapeutic treatments by investigating the biomedical application potentials of other heavy transition metals, particularly compounds of the element rhenium, in order to develop a more targeted approach to halting cancerous cell division.
 Mexico and U.S. border

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Ambassadors to address border policy in Lund Debate Oct. 21

With students and faculty representing 116 countries on a campus in Ithaca, New York – a sanctuary city since 2017 – Cornell is a crossroads for global mobility. This year’s Lund Critical Debate explores another contact zone for migration and exchange: the U.S.-Mexico border.

 Scanning Microscope

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Stressing metallic material controls superconductivity

“Sometimes stressing can produce amazing results,” said physics professor Katja Nowack.
 Landscape

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PMA play reading explores future of climate change

What would the Earth look like if we banded together to counter the destructive forces of climate change? Writers Aoise Stratford and Toby Ault bridge science and art in the multimedia experience “Virtual Landscapes,” which offers audiences the opportunity to contribute to the play-in-progress.
 Molecules

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Anticancer agents in regulation of metabolites

New anticancer agents are in great demand due to the heterogeneous nature of cancer and the development of resistance to existing drugs.

 Fisk Jubilee Singers

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Atkinson Forum hosts Fisk Jubilee Singers Oct. 26

For 16 years, Cornell audiences have enjoyed lectures, performances and events sponsored by the Atkinson Forum in American Studies. This year, the Fisk Jubilee Singers will visit campus for a concert at 8 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Alice Statler Auditorium.

Doors will open at 7:15 p.m. and the concert is free and open to the public.

 Ryan Quinn

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Alumnus shares lessons learned from the campaign trail

Ryan Quinn '18 said empathizing with and listening to people with different viewpoints is a key part of any political campaign.
 Adam Schiff

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Adam Schiff discusses impeachment inquiry, national security

Around the globe and from within, the nation now faces the most vigorous challenge to the idea of liberal democracy since World War II, U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff said during an Oct. 10 visit to Cornell.

 Film poster of a man and a bear facing forward side by side

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Unequal Representation

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.

 Film poster of a man and a bear facing forward side by side

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Podcast describes efforts to ‘decolonize the screen’

“The public is not hearing the stories that show a culture that is present and ever-changing," says Kiowa filmmaker and PMA professor Jeffrey Palmer.
 agriculture and clouds and a power plant

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Conference spotlights ‘Energy Humanities’

On the brink of ecological collapse, how do we think, write and speak about the various forms of energy we encounter? The Society for the Humanities’ annual fall conference, Oct. 18 and 19, will examine the human relationship to energy in its myriad forms.

 David Yearsley book cover

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Book reveals life and times of Anna Magdalena Bach

Anna Magdalena Bach has been called “history’s most famous musical wife and mother.”
 Government building with pillars

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Pundits: Illiberalism poses threat to democracy

Liberal democracies occupy a tiny sliver of the human experience, and their hold on the West is crumbling, the conservative journalist and author Andrew Sullivan warned Oct. 3 at Cornell.

Sullivan joined Ezra Klein, editor-at-large of Vox.com, at the Law School’s Landis Auditorium in the second installment of The Peter ’69 and Marilyn ’69 Coors Conversation Series, titled “Is Illiberalism Corroding Our Democracy?”

 Two friends at homecoming

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Homecoming 2019: A beautiful time to be in Ithaca

Friends Alexandra Gutierrez ’20 and Elizabeth Farkouh ’21 had a full day on October 5, the Saturday of Cornell Homecoming 2019.

 Uris Hall

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NYU prof. shares insight on game theory economics

The economics department will welcome Ariel Rubinstein for its annual George Staller Lecture Oct. 28. 

“Ariel Rubinstein is one of the world’s most prominent economic theorists, with seminal work in game theory,” said Kaushik Basu, C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics. “What makes him special is the philosopher’s touch that he brings to his writings.” 

 Stephen Robinson

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Attorney shares wide-ranging career path with students

“Something within me just craves movement and change,” Stephen Robinson ’81 J.D. ’83 said during a Career Conversation with students.
 Wendy Wolford

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Cornell tackles ‘migrations’ global challenge

Researchers from every corner of Cornell are mobilizing to tackle one of the grand challenges of the modern era.

 molecule photo

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Researchers raise the temperature for exciton condensation

New Cornell-led research is pointing the way toward an elusive goal of physicists – high-temperature superfluidity – by exploring excitons in atomically thin semiconductors.

 Alternative Breaks trip

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A&S students named Engaged Cornell Ambassadors

Five Arts & Sciences students have been named 2019-2020 Engaged Ambassadors through Engaged Cornell, a program that allows students to be mentors to other students participating in the Certificate in Engaged Leadership program.
 cancer cells

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Symposium bridges cancer research across Cornell

The second annual Intercampus Cancer Symposium, Oct. 11 at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, will highlight the wide range of cancer research taking place at Cornell’s Ithaca campus and at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

 Anna Feigenbaum and Howard Rodman

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Milstein program brings alumnus screenwriter, data visualization expert to campus

The sessions with screenwriter Howard Rodman '71 and digital storyteller Anna Feigenbaum are open to the public.
 Illustration for the screening of the N. Scott Momaday: Words From a Bear documentary

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Arts Unplugged event features Sundance film screening, masterclass

The second Arts Unplugged celebrates indigenous culture with talks, film, food and more. Thursday, Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
 girl wearing AI glasses

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Six projects receive Innovative Teaching and Learning Awards

This year’s Innovative Teaching and Learning Award winners will give Cornell students a host of new opportunities and experiences – from building their own musical instruments to using new software programs for imaging dynamic processes inside the human body.

 Cars in a traffic jam

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Unequal Happiness

This new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series examines the impact of inequality on psychological well-being.
 Pathways on the arts quad

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Two dozen Engaged Faculty Fellows announced

Twenty-four faculty members, representing six colleges and the Cornell University Library, have been named to the Engaged Faculty Fellowship Program.

The 2019-20 cohort, the largest in the seven-year history of the program, joins more than 50 other faculty fellows dedicated to advancing community-engaged learning at Cornell and within their respective fields.

 Cars in a traffic jam

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Podcast explores inequality’s impact on well-being

"We can expect rising inequality to make the population as a whole less happy," says Professor Thomas Gilovich.
 Dick Archer

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Dick Archer, man behind Cornell stage productions, dies at 71

Associate professor of theater arts Dick Archer, who facilitated the creation of theater and dance productions at Cornell for 40 years and who was instrumental in the most critical design phases of the Schwartz Center, died Sept. 14 following a battle with cancer. He was 71.

 Jeffrey Palmer

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New PMA film professor balances teaching with film release

Before Jeffrey Palmer ever held a video camera or took a filmmaking class, he felt pretty confident that he would be a good at it. So he bought some good equipment, put together a DVD with a series of shorts and applied to the country’s top film MFA programs.

He got into all of them.

 The Palace Museum, China

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‘Ours Will No Longer Be a Nation Subject to Insult and Humiliation’

Jesscia Chen Weiss writes in this New York Times opinion piece about current events such as the trade war and Hong Kong protests and their impacts on China.

 Closeup of a person's eye

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Cornell researchers reveal molecular basis of vision

The study's insights have broad implications for the design of more than a third of the drugs on the market today.
 A.D. White House, home of the Society for the Humanities

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$6M alumni gift launches Humanities Scholars Program

For the first time, undergraduates can be immersed in the work of Cornell’s Society for the Humanities.
 Arts Quad in the fall

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New graduate fellowships boost humanities, social science scholars

The one-year fellowships allows students to focus on their research without having to teach.
 Kyle Lancaster in lab

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Prof wins national chemistry award

Associate Professor of Chemistry Kyle Lancaster was recently honored with the National Fresenius Award from Phi Lambda Upsilon.
 Street scene in San Francisco; tall buildings and cable car track

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LaFeber-Silbey Lecture: 'California Dreaming'

Historian Francis J. Gavin will present this year’s LaFeber-Silbey Lecture, “California Dreaming – The Crisis and Rebirth of American Power in the 1970s”. The talk is Thursday, October 3, at 4:30 p.m. in the Kaufmann Auditorium/Room G64 in Goldwin Smith Hall. Sponsored by the Department of History, the talk is free and open to the public.

 Robert Morgan

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Influential writer, teacher Robert Morgan celebrated Oct. 3

Robert Morgan, an influential American writer and one of Cornell’s most beloved professors, will be honored at a celebration on campus on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

 Tall buildings overlook a flooded street in New Orleans

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New podcast season explores inequality

 Tall buildings overlook a flooded street in New Orleans

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Climate Change Inequality

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fifth season, "What Do We Know about Inequality?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about inequality. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Thursday through the fall semester.

 Frank Rosenblatt

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Professor’s perceptron paved the way for AI – 60 years too soon

In July 1958, the U.S. Office of Naval Research unveiled a remarkable invention.

An IBM 704 – a 5-ton computer the size of a room – was fed a series of punch cards. After 50 trials, the computer taught itself to distinguish cards marked on the left from cards marked on the right.

It was a demonstration of the “perceptron” – “the first machine which is capable of having an original idea,” according to its creator, Frank Rosenblatt ’50, Ph.D. ’56.