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New Faculty: NoViolet Bulawayo

9/5/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

NoViolet Bulawayo, Literatures in English

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New Faculty: Daniel Stern

9/5/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Daniel Stern, Mathematics

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New Faculty: Gabriela Gómez Estévez

9/5/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Gabriela Gómez Estévez, Music

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New Faculty: Jonathan R. Lawrence

9/5/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Jonathan R. Lawrence, Near Eastern Studies

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New Faculty: Gavin Walker

9/5/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Gavin Walker, Comparative Literature

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New Faculty: Shaoling Ma

9/5/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Shaoling Ma, Asian Studies

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New research sheds light on origins of social behaviors

9/5/2023 by : Linda B. Glaser , Cornell Chronicle

The fruit fly’s visual system, not just chemical receptors, are deeply involved with their social behaviors.

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New Faculty: Youn Jue “Eunice” Bae

9/5/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Youn Jue “Eunice” Bae, Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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From breaking to Beyoncé: Hip Hop Collection empowers students

8/31/2023 by : Caitlin Hayes , Cornell Chronicle

Cornell's collection is the largest hip-hop collection in the world.

A stag with a crown rearing next to a shield with a star on it and feather plumes at the top; on the other side is a condor, also with a crown, and the text across the bottom "Por la razon o la fuerza"

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Shadow of former dictatorship hangs heavy in Chile

8/31/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Historian Raymond Craib comments on Chile's government announcing a national search plan to find the remains of people who disappeared during Pinochet's regime.

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Comparing ‘sister’ compounds may hold key to quantum puzzle

8/30/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Researchers for the first time are offering a quantitatively accurate description of the origin of the mysterious “Planckian scattering rate.”

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Does Gabon coup hurt or aid democracy? Too soon to tell

8/30/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Government Professor Nicolas van de Walle comments on the coup in Gabon, saying it's too soon to tell if it will undermine or help democracy.

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Einaudi Center welcomes new and returning program directors

8/29/2023 by : Sheri Englund , Cornell Chronicle

Climate justice will be a priority across the Einaudi Center this year.

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NIH funds Cornell-led biomedical initiatives

8/29/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

“We will study how many types of viruses, such as flu and HIV, among others, attack cells and what factors can help or hinder this,” said PI Jack Freed.

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‘Thermometer’ molecule confirmed on exoplanet WASP-31b

8/28/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Researchers have discovered a molecule that could determine the temperature and other characteristics in exoplanets.

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Student Spotlight: Ningdong Wang

8/28/2023 by : Staff , Cornell University Graduate School

'My work is part of a larger effort to build the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory.'

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Work and love: Klarman Fellow studies childcare as a 20th century labor issue

8/24/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Justine Modica is examining the history of care that families and childcare workers have configured in recent decades.

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Cornell Cinema’s season showcases cult classics, Disney, greatest films of all time

8/24/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The cinema's fall schedule includes "Rocky Horror Picture Show," as well as some of the British Film Institute’s top movies of all time.

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Why does Physicist Barbie want to wear pants?

8/24/2023 by : Natasha Holmes , Inside Higher Ed

If “femininity” and “physicist” cannot coexist even in Barbieland, how are we ever to support their coexistence in the real world?

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Five early-career professors win NSF development awards

8/22/2023 by : Tom Fleischman , Cornell Chronicle

Philippe Sosoe, mathematics, is among those at Cornell who recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

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Award-winning author mines humor from academic absurdity

8/22/2023 by : Lindsay Lennon , Cornellians

Julie Schumacher, MFA ’86, closes out her satirical series with "The English Experience," in which a study-abroad trip goes off the rails.

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Latest muon measurement doubles precision

8/21/2023 by : David Nutt , Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell team is designing some of the technology that captures the muon data.

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Hummingbird beak points the way to future micro machine design

8/18/2023 by : David Nutt , Cornell Chronicle

Building smaller and smaller machines is not simply a matter of shrinking the components.

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Students head across globe thanks to Summer Experience Grant funding

8/16/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The grants helped 108 A&S students afford unpaid or minimally-paid summer positions.

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Project chronicles experiences of alums of Asian descent

8/11/2023 by : Lindsay Lennon , Cornellians

In an ongoing effort, Cornellians are being asked to recall their student days for an oral history.

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Current takes a surprising path in quantum material

8/3/2023 by : David Nutt , Cornell Chronicle

The findings will help settle a decades-long debate and offers insights that will inform the development of topological materials for next-generation quantum devices.

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Undergrads relish challenging Nexus Scholar projects

8/2/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Nexus Scholars spent eight weeks this summer working with researchers on campus on projects in the humanities, social sciences and physical sciences.

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Student Spotlight: Sarena Tien

8/2/2023 by : Staff , Cornell University Graduate School

A doctoral candidate in romance studies Sarena Tien studies representations of female friendship in literature and film from French-speaking Africa and Asia.

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Engaged Opportunity Grants fund projects from Tompkins to Tanzania

8/2/2023 by : Ashlee McGandy , Cornell Chronicle

The funded community-engaged learning projects provide opportunities for students to excavate ancient Pompeii, establish a community garden in Moshi, Tanzania and more.

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Campus center holds the ‘keys’ to musical history

8/2/2023 by : Joe Wilensky , Cornellians

From fortepianos to pipe organs, the Hill boasts one of the world’s leading collections of performance-ready vintage instruments.

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Discovering the secrets of ultracold atoms in Italy

7/29/2023 by : Staff , Cornell University Graduate School

The Graduate School spoke with Darren Pereira, a doctoral candidate in physics, about his summer research at the University of Florence in Florence, Italy.

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James Webb Space Telescope sees Jupiter moons in a new light

7/27/2023 by : Staff , Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell astronomer who is part of JWST’s Early Release Science program report the first detection of hydrogen peroxide on Ganymede and sulfurous fumes on Io, both the result of Jupiter’s domineering influence.

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New support fund for astronomy graduate students announced

7/27/2023 by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

The Riccardo Giovanelli Graduate Student Support Fund was announced July 15 at “Gas-trophysics Across the Universe.”

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Balance, Nicholson honored for research, teaching and service

7/27/2023 by : Lori Sonken , Cornell Chronicle

Two faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences are the recipients of the 2023 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service through Diversity.

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Imaging shows microbes turning CO2 into bioplastic

7/27/2023 by : David Nutt , Cornell Chronicle

"We provide quantitative assessments of protein behaviors and also a mechanistic understanding of how the electron transport occurs from the semiconductor to the bacteria cell.”

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Unearthing the lives of enslaved peoples at a historical St. Croix sugar plantation

7/26/2023 by : Staff , Cornell University Graduate School

MyKayla Williamson's archaeological excavation takes place on Estate Little Princess, a plantation where people of African descent lived and worked starting in circa 1740.

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Uncovering historical mysteries at the A.D. White House

7/26/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Aidan Goldberg '25 is spending his summer putting together a history of the A.D. White House.

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A comic takes on little-known histories

7/26/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Andy Warner '06 is the New York Times best-selling author of "Brief Histories of Everyday Objects,” “This Land is My Land,” “Pests and Pets” and “Spring Rain.”

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Science plans for telescope’s first light focus of CCAT Consortium meeting

7/25/2023 by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

“This was a critical meeting as we are less than two years out from anticipated first light with the facility," said project director Gordon Stacey.

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NASA selects Cornell astronomer for ULTRASAT observatory

7/24/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Anna Y. Q. Ho and others chosen will pursue science investigations that will contribute to Israel’s first space telescope mission, planned to launch into geostationary orbit around Earth in 2026.

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Blamed for fouling the environment, polyester may help save it

7/19/2023 by : Blaine Friedlander , Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell team has created a way to reuse some polyester compounds to make fabrics and to halt the proliferation of garment waste in landfills.

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Serve in Place grants offer international experiences

7/18/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

"This hands-on experience and research is great preparation for future projects."

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Space-ready menstrual cup a giant leap for womankind

7/17/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , Cornell Chronicle

“With AstroCup, what we really wanted was not only to launch the cup but to launch this conversation.”

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Bulky size frustrates radical molecules to boost chemical reactions

7/17/2023 by : David Nutt , Cornell Chronicle

The technique, the approach of a new Cornell-led collaboration, could prove to be a boon for creating new and improved derivatives of pharmaceutical compounds.

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Using data for policy decisions: NSF funds economics study

7/17/2023 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Three economics researchers aim to include undergraduate researchers in their 2023-2026 project, “Mostly Harmless Statistical Decision Theory.”

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A&S dean Jayawardhana named provost at Johns Hopkins

7/12/2023 by : Tom Fleischman , Cornell Chronicle

Rachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.

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Networking events help students explore career pathways

7/11/2023 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The A&S Career Connections Committee hosts events during summer and winter breaks in New York City and Washington, D.C.

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Music student helps expand Ethiopian nun’s musical legacy_image

7/11/2023 by : Jose Beduya , Cornell Chronicle

Thomas Feng, a doctoral student in performance practice, is identifying and cataloging the piano music of the late Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru, a composer with a cult following.

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Breakthrough identifies new state of topological quantum matter

7/10/2023 by : Staff , Cornell Chronicle

A crystalline yet superconducting state in a new and unusual superconductor could have significant consequences for quantum computing.

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New center merges math, AI to push frontiers of science

7/7/2023 by : Syl Kacapyr , Cornell Chronicle

The Scientific Artificial Intelligence Center is being launched with a grant from the Office of Naval Research.