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Three people dressed as pirates pose — Patrick Shanahan The 'Software Pirates' win the group costume contest: (l-r) Chris Christensen, Savannah Relos, and Zora Blitz

Three people dressed as pirates pose — Patrick Shanahan The 'Software Pirates' win the group costume contest: (l-r) Chris Christensen, Savannah Relos, and Zora Blitz

Arts and Sciences staff

A&S staff appreciated with pirate-themed picnic

6/8/2023 A&S Communications

Illustration: seven human figures at the bottom, connected to pathways containing yellow and blue circles representing DNA — Zehui Chen/Chinese Academy of Science and April (Xinzhu) Wei/Cornell University An illustration showing the continued, albeit waning, influence of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans

Illustration: seven human figures at the bottom, connected to pathways containing yellow and blue circles representing DNA — Zehui Chen/Chinese Academy of Science and April (Xinzhu) Wei/Cornell University An illustration showing the continued, albeit waning, influence of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans

Computational biology

Lingering effects of Neanderthal DNA found in modern humans

6/7/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Two people appearing on a TV talk show, sitting at a desk with mugs in front of them — S.E. Cupp alongside Joy Behar as a co-host on “The View”

Two people appearing on a TV talk show, sitting at a desk with mugs in front of them — S.E. Cupp alongside Joy Behar as a co-host on “The View”

Alumni

From the Sun to CNN: Journalist and Commentator S.E. Cupp ’00

6/5/2023 Cornellians

Person gesturing to two others: a theatre director at work — Heather Ainsworth/provided Carley Robinson ’20 is directing the play “Fertile Grounds” for Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble.

Person gesturing to two others: a theatre director at work — Heather Ainsworth/provided Carley Robinson ’20 is directing the play “Fertile Grounds” for Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble.

Community engagement

Theatre collaboration sets stage for community engagement

6/2/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Students in a classroom, seen from behind — Taylor Flowe/Unsplash Classroom

Students in a classroom, seen from behind — Taylor Flowe/Unsplash Classroom

Civics education

We have a civics education crisis – and deep divisions on how to solve it

6/1/2023 The Washington Post

Several people in long red robes and black caps walk in a line against a red background; one turns to give a thumbs up — Jason Koski/Cornell University Students line up for recognition at the 2023 Ph.D. Recognition Ceremony on May 27 at Barton Hall.

Several people in long red robes and black caps walk in a line against a red background; one turns to give a thumbs up — Jason Koski/Cornell University Students line up for recognition at the 2023 Ph.D. Recognition Ceremony on May 27 at Barton Hall.

Graduate student honors

Ph.D. graduates celebrated for contributions to knowledge

6/1/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Kun Huang — Provided Kun Huang

Kun Huang — Provided Kun Huang

Graduate student research

Translating racial stories

5/31/2023 Cornell Research

Steven Strogatz in front of a blackboard with "small world" and an illustration on it showing a circle and interconnected lines inside — Jason Koski/Cornell University

Steven Strogatz in front of a blackboard with "small world" and an illustration on it showing a circle and interconnected lines inside — Jason Koski/Cornell University

Networks

Mathematical model that ‘changed everything’ turns 25

5/31/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Steven Strogatz standing next to a table of students who are working on a math problem — Jason Koski/Cornell University Steve Strogatz brings math alive through engaged learning techniques in his class, Mathematical Explorations.

Steven Strogatz standing next to a table of students who are working on a math problem — Jason Koski/Cornell University Steve Strogatz brings math alive through engaged learning techniques in his class, Mathematical Explorations.

Public Engagement

$5M gift establishes first-of-its-kind professorship in math and science outreach

5/31/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Joyce N. Boghosian Speaking at a dinner for the museum in 2022

Joyce N. Boghosian Speaking at a dinner for the museum in 2022

Alumni

Alum launches first Smithsonian museum dedicated to women

5/30/2023 Cornellians

A metal sphere surrounded by two metal rings with a laser beam shooting in both directions from the middle with the stars in the background. — Breakthrough Listen / Danielle Futselaar An artist's conception of an alien device that generates repetitive signals.

A metal sphere surrounded by two metal rings with a laser beam shooting in both directions from the middle with the stars in the background. — Breakthrough Listen / Danielle Futselaar An artist's conception of an alien device that generates repetitive signals.

Astronomy

Software offers new way to listen for signals from the stars

5/30/2023 A&S Communications

Russell Rickford

Russell Rickford

History

Guyana and a global struggle for Black solidarity

5/30/2023 Cornell Research

person speaks into a microphone — Dave Burbank for Cornell University Abraham Sinfort ’23 speaks May 23 at the 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony.

person speaks into a microphone — Dave Burbank for Cornell University Abraham Sinfort ’23 speaks May 23 at the 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony.

Student honors

Merrill Scholars honor mentors at 35th annual ceremony

5/26/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Two whales swim in a dark blue underwater scene

Two whales swim in a dark blue underwater scene

Atkinson Center

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.6M in seed grants

5/25/2023 Cornell Chronicle

book cover: The Consciousness Revolutions

book cover: The Consciousness Revolutions

Psychology

Book catalogues consciousness from amoeba to human and beyond

5/25/2023 A&S Communications

Two people stand with crossed arms in front of a large, complicated machine — Savan DeSouza/Provided Graduate student Sam Levenson, left, and CLASSE Research Associate Matt Andorf show off the HERACLES beamline in Newman Lab.

Two people stand with crossed arms in front of a large, complicated machine — Savan DeSouza/Provided Graduate student Sam Levenson, left, and CLASSE Research Associate Matt Andorf show off the HERACLES beamline in Newman Lab.

Physics

HERACLES beamline to accelerate cathode research

5/24/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Nic Vigilante

Nic Vigilante

Graduate student research

Student Spotlight: Nic Vigilante

5/23/2023 Cornell University Graduate School

Purple flower blossoms with Cornell's McGraw Tower in the background

Purple flower blossoms with Cornell's McGraw Tower in the background

Excellence in teaching and advising

A&S faculty honored for exemplary teaching, advising

5/23/2023 A&S Communications

Digital image of purple building-like shapes emerging from a blue floor — Google DeepMind/Unsplash Generative AI

Digital image of purple building-like shapes emerging from a blue floor — Google DeepMind/Unsplash Generative AI

Technology

Kreps: Generative AI holds promise, peril for democracies

5/23/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Reunion attendees in 2018

Reunion attendees in 2018

Alumni engagement

Register now for Reunion 2023

5/23/2023 A&S Communications

A grid of images of several people accepting awards at a podium — Roger William Photography Some of the recipients of 2023 Distinguished Awards at the Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration, May 16 in G10 Biotech

A grid of images of several people accepting awards at a podium — Roger William Photography Some of the recipients of 2023 Distinguished Awards at the Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration, May 16 in G10 Biotech

Graduate student honors

Thirty-two receive awards recognizing inclusive excellence

5/23/2023 Cornell University Graduate School

Grid of 20 black and white images of an oblong shape: a brain seen from above — National Cancer Institute/Unsplash Brain images

Grid of 20 black and white images of an oblong shape: a brain seen from above — National Cancer Institute/Unsplash Brain images

Neurobiology and Behavior

Diversity of neurons affects memory, study finds

5/22/2023 Cornell Chronicle

People sitting in a college classroom — Serge Petchenyi / Cornell University Students participate in an in-class discussion.

People sitting in a college classroom — Serge Petchenyi / Cornell University Students participate in an in-class discussion.

Active learning

CTI announces 2023 Active Learning Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients

5/22/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Person looking at a butterfuly in her hand — Provided Laura Chang, anthropology

Person looking at a butterfuly in her hand — Provided Laura Chang, anthropology

Student achievement

13 Cornellians awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Awards

5/19/2023 Einaudi Center

Ozan Varol — Provided Ozan Varol

Ozan Varol — Provided Ozan Varol

Alumni

Rocket science can be a roadmap for life, says this astrophysics alum

5/19/2023 Cornellians

Illustration in bright red of Earth and a doctor's gloved hand — Laura Chichisan/College of Arts and Sciences The New Frontier Grant-funded project “The Biopolitics of Global Health After Covid” will consider health at the world-wide scale

Illustration in bright red of Earth and a doctor's gloved hand — Laura Chichisan/College of Arts and Sciences The New Frontier Grant-funded project “The Biopolitics of Global Health After Covid” will consider health at the world-wide scale

New Frontier Grants

$2.5M in A&S New Frontier Grants supports bold projects

5/17/2023 Cornell Chronicle

people work on an architectural plan on a table — Nadir Ali Cornell architecture student Cedric Lalanne MSAAD ’22 (right) works with a Detroit high school student enrolled in the University of Michigan Architecture Preparation Program (ArcPrep) in the ArcPrep studio space.

Several people stand on a grassy space looking over a river with a city on the other side — Nadir Ali Students and faculty in Cornell’s fall 2022 Design Justice Workshop and Detroit Public School juniors enrolled in the University of Michigan Architecture Preparatory Program (ArcPrep) get a view of the Detroit skyline from Belle Isle Park.

Research collaborations

Multi-college scholars think deeply about cities

5/17/2023 A&S Communications

star-like crystals on a green background — Orinoco14/Creative Commons license 2.0 Protein crystals

star-like crystals on a green background — Orinoco14/Creative Commons license 2.0 Protein crystals

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Picking up good vibrations – of proteins – at CHESS

5/15/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Three ponds reflect trees and sky — A. Flecker/Cornell University Aquaculture ponds near Iquitos, Peru, July 2022

Three ponds reflect trees and sky — A. Flecker/Cornell University Aquaculture ponds near Iquitos, Peru, July 2022

International studies

Einaudi seed grants finding fertile soil

5/15/2023 Cornell Chronicle

woman with lab equipment — Chris Kitchen Bea Pence works in the Musser lab.

student digging in the woods — Patrick Shanahan Eden Kebede '25 collects a soil sample in a forest outside Ithaca.

Student research

Nexus Scholars Program expands research opportunities to 101 students

5/15/2023 A&S Communications

Students standing on a staircase overlooking a rushing waterfall

Students standing on a staircase overlooking a waterfall

Extraordinary Journeys

Life is full of possibilities: Meet the extraordinary class of 2023

5/15/2023 A&S Communications

Amanda Domingues

Amanda Domingues

Science and Technology Studies

Student Spotlight: Amanda Domingues

5/15/2023 Cornell University Graduate School

Illustration: stack of blue grids shot through with green and red glowing lines

Illustration: stack of blue grids shot through with green and red glowing lines

Quantum research

Cornell, Google first to detect key to quantum computing future

5/12/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Person speaks at a podium, gesturing with one hand — Roger Theise for Cornell University Misha Inniss-Thompson ’16, assistant research professor of psychology, gave the keynote address at the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives’ annual Honors Award Ceremony on May 5 in the Statler Hotel.

Person speaks at a podium, gesturing with one hand — Roger Theise for Cornell University Misha Inniss-Thompson ’16, assistant research professor of psychology, gave the keynote address at the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives’ annual Honors Award Ceremony on May 5 in the Statler Hotel.

Student experiences

Prioritize space to dream, OADI alumna tells diverse students

5/12/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Person leans on a table to write in an office set up outdoors — Per Meistrup/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Voters in the Thailand general election 2019

Person leans on a table to write in an office set up outdoors — Per Meistrup/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Voters in the Thailand general election 2019

Global politics

Thai elections defy long-standing rule banning criticism of monarchy

5/11/2023 A&S Communications

woman standing outside — Shardow

woman standing outside — Shardow

Humanities Scholar Program

From poetry to philosophy to politics, Humanities Scholars share research

5/11/2023 A&S Communications

A telescope with a big metal disk with a giant tripod of metal protruding from its rim. — B. Saxon, NRAO/AUI/NSF View of Green Bank’s 40-foot telescope from the front at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)

A telescope with a big metal disk with a giant tripod of metal protruding from its rim. — B. Saxon, NRAO/AUI/NSF View of Green Bank’s 40-foot telescope from the front at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)

Astronomy

Reversible magnetic field found around a fast radio burst for the first time

5/11/2023 A&S Communications

Book cover: The Founding of Modern States

Book cover: The Founding of Modern States

Government

Government scholar compares founding histories of six modern states

5/10/2023 A&S Communications

Campus buildings under a blue sky with a lake in the distance

Campus buildings under a blue sky with a lake in the distance

Neurobiology and Behavior

Two from Cornell named HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars

5/9/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Person in red jacket speaks to a full auditorium — Sreang Hok/Cornell University Corey Earle teaches in spring 2023

Person in red jacket speaks to a full auditorium — Sreang Hok/Cornell University Corey Earle teaches in spring 2023

Alumni

From corks to Corey to the cosmos: The Hill’s most ‘legendary’ courses

5/9/2023 Cornellians

Eve Ogden Schaub — Provided Eve Ogden Schaub

Eve Ogden Schaub — Provided Eve Ogden Schaub

Alumni

Alum aimed for zero waste—and wrote a book about it

5/8/2023 Cornellians

Campus buildings seen from above, under a partly cloudy sky

Campus buildings seen from above, under a partly cloudy sky

Student achievement

Cornellians named Schwarzman, Goldwater and Udall scholars

5/8/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Sprig of white flowers in foreground, stone tower in background

Sprig of white flowers in foreground, stone tower in background

Graduate student research

Two doctoral students selected as Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellows

5/8/2023 Cornell University Graduate School

bottles labeled 'coronavirus vaccine'

bottles labeled 'coronavirus vaccine'

Government

Vaccine campaign research highlights the power of individual self-interest

5/5/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Person leaning against a wall, holding a violin — Provided Violinist Maria Ioudenitch

Person leaning against a wall, holding a violin — Provided Violinist Maria Ioudenitch

Music

Mayfest chamber music festival returns to Ithaca May 19-23

5/5/2023 A&S Communications

Bright pink circle shot through with blue against a black background — NASA/CXC/SAO/IXPE This image of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, the first object observed by NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) satellite, combines some of the first X-ray data collected by IXPE, shown in magenta, with high-energy X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory, in blue. The satellite later detected polarized X-rays from 4U 0142+61, a highly magnetized neutron star located in the Cassiopeia constellation.

Bright pink circle shot through with blue against a black background — NASA/CXC/SAO/IXPE This image of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, the first object observed by NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) satellite, combines some of the first X-ray data collected by IXPE, shown in magenta, with high-energy X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory, in blue. The satellite later detected polarized X-rays from 4U 0142+61, a highly magnetized neutron star located in the Cassiopeia constellation.

Astronomy

Neutron star’s X-rays reveal ‘photon metamorphosis’

5/4/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Two small flags on a table top — Sgt. Mikki L. Sprenkle/U.S. Army Photo

Two small flags on a table top — Sgt. Mikki L. Sprenkle/U.S. Army Photo

U.S.-China relations

Even China isn’t convinced it can replace the U.S.

5/4/2023 New York Times

Large aircraft without a cockpit parked on a runway at sunset — Defense Visual Information Distribution Service An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle parked on a taxiway at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada

Large aircraft without a cockpit parked on a runway at sunset — Defense Visual Information Distribution Service An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle parked on a taxiway at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada

International politics

If verified, drone strike against Putin could be a significant turning point

5/3/2023 A&S Communications

Michelle Wang, next to a microscope and with dangling wires and equipment behind her — Robert Barker, Cornell University Michelle Wang

Michelle Wang, next to a microscope and with dangling wires and equipment behind her — Robert Barker, Cornell University Michelle Wang

Honors

Physics professor elected to National Academy of Sciences

5/3/2023 Cornell Chronicle

light bulb

light bulb

Research

Cornell Center for Social Sciences names spring grantees

5/2/2023 Cornell Chronicle