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Study: Bigger honeybee colonies have quieter combs

When honeybee colonies get larger, common sense suggests it would be noisier with more bees buzzing around.

But a study recently published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiologyreports that bigger honeybee colonies actually have quieter combs than smaller ones.

 Egyptian

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Einaudi Center announces grant recipients

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies has awarded five seed grants and four small grants to Cornell faculty members to support their international research. Recipients come from seven departments in six Cornell colleges.

Seed grant recipients

 Mostafa Minawi

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Historian examines manipulation of international law

The final painting historian Mostafa Minawi shared in his Nov. 29 talk on the Ottoman Empire’s struggle for survival said it all: In the foreground, European delegates stand energetically discussing the partitioning of the African continent. The sole representative of the Ottoman Empire in the painting is hunched over in a chair, hand covering his face and identified only by the fez he wears.

 McGraw Tower

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36 Cornellians named to Presidential Task Force

A broad, representative group of three dozen students, faculty and staff — including 10 faculty and students from the College of Arts & Sciences — has been named to the Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate, Cornell President Martha E. Pollack announced Dec. 4.

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Cornell student tells COP23 delegates: 'Face up to reality'

Representing global youth constituencies at the high-level segment at the Conference of the Parties (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, Nov. 6-17, Cornell students delivered a strong statement to the convention delegates as they negotiated and wrestled with climate change.
 Michael Fontaine

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Nishii, Fontaine appointed to academic leadership

Classics professor Michael Fontaine has been named associate vice provost.
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Amy Villarejo to lead Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity

Along with Villarejo, two faculty fellows in Ithaca will be named to the program for three-year terms, as well as a faculty director at the Cornell Tech campus.
 Peter Dear

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New textbook features primary sources

“Scientific Practices in European History, 1200–1800” by Peter Dear takes a different approach to the history of science from most textbooks.
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Grants fund 22 Cornell teams, community partners

Connecting researchers to federal and state policymakers. Supporting children affected by the opioid epidemic. Sending students to the United Nations climate conference. Offering disaster workshops to regional animal shelters. Collaborating with cooperative businesses for experiential learning.

These are among the 22 projects that received fall 2017 Engaged Opportunity Grants.

 Ethan Felder

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Government major alumnus wins voting rights case

Ethan Felder '09 says his Cornell leadership experiences prepared him for activism.
 Maren Vitousek

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Links between social connectedness, stress and health to be studied

Maren Vitousek, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has received a two-year, $500,000 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award to study links between stress, social connectedness, health and future performance. The DARPA Young Faculty Award program provides funding, mentoring and industry and Department of Defense contacts to awardees early in their careers.
 Katherine McCulloh

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Alumna says math taught her to think differently about the world

Katherine McCulloh ‘12 thinks math is an art.

“Before attending Cornell I didn’t see math as the intricate art it is,” she said, “but being exposed to math at such an advanced level at Cornell helped me push myself to think, to see mathematics on a deeper level and construct more concrete arguments.”

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NYC event connects MFA students to publishing world

The David L. Picket & Cornell Creative Writing Program Literary Reading in NYC included readings by nine MFA students and poet Ishion Hutchinson.
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Human dignity and the incarcerated

In the newest episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast, Professor Mary Fainsod Katzenstein talks about the impacts of Cornell's Prison Education Program.
 Adodot Hayes

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Alumna’s medical career spans hospitals, Army bases and state institutions

Adadot Hayes focuses her work on helping people with neurodevelopmental disabilities, such as cerebral palsy and Down syndrome.
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New collaborative theatre course focuses on climate change in the Finger Lakes

Climate science, theater, and civic engagement come together in an interdisciplinary setting in a new performing and media arts course that culminates in a multimedia performance this week.

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Three juniors receive Caplan Travel Fellowships

Angaelica LaPasta '19, Francesca LaPasta ’19, and Griffin David Warren Smith-Nichols '19 have each been awarded a Harry Caplan Travel Fellowship worth $4,000 to study and conduct research in Greece, Italy and Jerusalem.

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Finding a major among many different interests

Combing history with information science allows sophomore to explore new academic fields.
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The Human Animal

The newest episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast features Laurent Dubreuil, professor of Romance studies, comparative literature and cognitive science.
 Thomas Seeley

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Five faculty members elected as 2017 AAAS fellows

Thomas Seeley's work focuses on the complex signaling systems used by honeybees to integrate colony life.
 President Martha Pollack and guests at the African American history musuem

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Cornellians gather at D.C.’s African-American history museum

President Martha E. Pollack and more than a thousand others gathered to celebrate the museum and Cornell’s founding principles of inclusion and diversity.
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Keck-funded group proposes new topological superconductor

The Keck Foundation announced in early July that it had awarded $1 million to a Cornell cross-campus collaboration of professors in engineering and physics aimed at turning theory into reality – namely, creating a specific topological superconducting material that could help pave the way to quantum computing.

 Droids R2D2 and C3PO pose together

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The Human Today

The newest episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast features Trevor Pinch, Goldwin Smith Professor of Science & Technology Studies.
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Graduate students spark public interest in electricity

Josue San Emeterio and other physics graduate students enjoy bringing the magic of science to local audiences.
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Myth of race still embedded in scientific research, scholar says

The concept of “race” – the idea that humans are naturally divided into biologically distinct groups – has been definitively proven false. But the 21st century has seen a disturbing increase in scientists inaccurately presenting race as the reason for racial inequality, says an acclaimed scholar of race, gender and law.

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Awards partner life science researchers with industries

Reducing antibiotic resistance in animals and developing a lubricating formula in joints for people suffering from arthritis are two of seven projects that received Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) annual grants.

 Bonobos Panbanisha and Kanzi lie on their stomachs while Kanzi presses a lexigram on an electronic panel

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Workshop explores ape and human communication

“Our goal is to open up a new space for intense conversation between humanists, social scientists, and scientists.”
 People walking along fence

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Conference examines criminalization of immigrants

“Criminalizing Immigrants: Border Controls, Enforcement and Resistance,” Nov. 9-10, brought together researchers and academics from a range of disciplines at Cornell University and institutions across the U.S. to examine the causes and consequences of the criminalization of immigration.

 Michael Fontaine

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Classicist Michael Fontaine examines mental distress in humanities podcast

The ancient world had very different ways of looking at mental distress than we do today.

McGovern Center graduates

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McGovern Center incubator graduates a trio of startups

Cornell’s Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences business incubator graduated three companies at a ceremony in Weill Hall Nov. 13. Embark, Lionano and Sterifre Medical join the McGovern Center’s previous two graduates, Agronomic Technology Corp. and ArcScan.

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Cornell collaboration reports unique property of bilayer graphene

Imagine walking through the Northwest wilderness, camera phone at the ready, hoping to catch at least a faint glimpse of Bigfoot, and instead returning home with an Ansel Adams-quality picture of the mythical beast as he lumbers past you.

That’s kind of what a team led by physics professor Paul McEuen has done in research into the optical properties of single-atom-thick layers of graphene.

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Lt. Gov. Hochul announces $15M from state for CHESS upgrade

The grant will provide CHESS with enhanced capabilities, making it a leading synchrotron source in the U.S.
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A&S faculty pilot new advising program for freshmen

The initiative pairs new students with senior faculty and staff for small group meetings every week.
 Cornell graduate students presenting their work

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Entrepreneurs present beehive monitoring technology to D.C. policymakers

The founders of Combplex, a startup run by two Cornell doctoral students, presented their bee colony monitoring technology in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, highlighting the role of federal funding in the innovation process.

 Richard Gere and Dustin Hoffman from All the President's Men

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Panel reflects on Watergate and ‘Russiagate’

Reporters pecked on typewriters, smoked in elevators and used rotary-dial telephones. But despite the anachronisms, the 1976 film “All the President’s Men” offered uncanny resonances with current U.S. politics, according to a panel following a Nov. 8 screening at Cornell Cinema.

 Steven Strogatz

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Strogatz's study of 'swarmalators' could direct future science

How does the Japanese tree frog figure into the latest work of noted mathematician Steven Strogatz? As it turns out, quite prominently.

 Itai Cohen

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Top-flight rheometer allows for outside-the-box research

Until last week, if students in Itai Cohen’s research group wanted to perform advanced measurements on a fluid – such as applying both rotation and sinusoidal oscillations to gauge whether the flow disruption was hydrodynamically or contact-mediated – they’d have to drive 330 miles east.
 Faculty talk about speech

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Watershed moment in China examined by faculty experts

Xi Jinping's Oct. 18 speech was notable for its emphasis on unity and security, professors said.
 Steven Stucky

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Music professor releases chamber music disc

… 5863 … Xak Bjerken , professor of music, has released a downloadable disc of solo and chamber music composed by Steven Stucky, professor emeritus of music. The project, “Steven Stucky: Chamber Music” which was …
 Andrew Bass

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College of Arts & Sciences names new Senior Associate Dean 

Andrew Bass, professor of neurobiology and behavior, has been named Senior Associate Dean overseeing math and sciences for the College of Arts & Sciences. He will assume the role on Jan. 1, when the term ends of Barbara Baird, Horace White Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. 

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A new-old look at mental distress

The newest episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast features Michael Fontaine, professor of classics.
 delegation of faculty, staff and students attending the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) t

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A&S student delegates attend COP23 in Germany

Four Arts & Sciences students are part of the delegation of faculty, staff and students attending the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) this week in Bonn, Germany.

 Justin Wilson

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Binding molecule could improve injected radiation therapy

Radiation therapy has been proven effective for the treatment of cancer, but its side effects can be severe depending on the patient and the location of the tumor.

 Fuertes Observatory

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Event celebrates Fuertes Observatory's 100th birthday

On Nov. 17, the Cornell Astronomical Society and Department of Astronomy invite the community to celebrate Fuertes’ centennial. “A Century of Observing at Fuertes” features Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy, and Mike Roman BS ’06, PhD ’15 reflecting on the observatory’s history and its long-term impact. The talk will be held at 7:30 pm in the Appel Service Center, across from Fuertes Observatory, and is free.
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Astronomers see clash of ‘titan’ galaxies … 13 billion years ago

A pair of massive, hyper-luminous galaxies are revealing secrets of cosmic creation.
 Professor Ella Diaz with students

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Spring 2018 courses address current events

Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences are exploring questions about recent events in their research and scholarship, and students have the opportunity to engage with their expertise through numerous courses this Spring relevant to our current national climate.
 Roger Moseley

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Moseley wins musicological book award

Roger Moseley, associate professor of music, has been presented with the Otto Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society (AMS) for his 2016 book “Keys to Play: Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo.”
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How Cornell has changed me

An A&S senior says her classes, professors, and friends have taught her to welcome challenges and to think critically.
 Ruth Bierman Linnick ‘60

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New travel grant gives female A&S students opportunity to explore the world

Ruth Bierman Linnick ‘60 loved to travel, to learn and to teach.
 Steven Alvarado

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Kids in tough neighborhoods face joblessness, lower income as adults

For decades, researchers have known kids who grow up in disadvantaged neighborhoods are more likely to face a slew of difficulties in childhood.