Students on the Arts Quad in fall
Extraordinary Journeys: The Class of 2020

Preparation for a life well lived

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Sheryl Sinkow/for the Society for the Humanities Arriving at the Society for the Humanities' 60th anniversary event in the A. D. White House, Maddie Reynolds, PhD ’21, former Humanities Scholars Program Postdoctoral Associate, views photos of Society activities
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Society for the Humanities

Society for the Humanities celebrates 60 years as incubator for innovative research

A&S Communications
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Provided False-color scanning electron micrograph of an array of released artificial cilia before they are put into motion. The cilia are electronically synchronized by temperature-sensing circuits to generate programmable fluid pumping
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Physics

Microscopic robots inspired by fireflies, cilia, sync to reshape surroundings

Cornell Chronicle
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Chris Kitchen/College of Arts and Sciences Using a new technique, Paul Malinowski and other researchers in Kyle Shen’s lab found that iron selenide’s superconducting “dome” is more closely linked to resistance caused by imperfections in its crystal lattice than to the number of electrons flowing through the crystal.
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Physics

Disorder is key to tuning a high-temperature superconductor

A&S Communications
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Serge Petchenyi/Cornell University Center for Teaching Innovation Alexandra Werth, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and member of the Duffield Engineering Education Research Institute, teaching a seminar in biomedical engineering
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Education research

NSF grant to explore whether AI can support students’ critical thinking

A&S Communications
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Sreang Hok/Cornell University Full Teaching Professor Brenda Schertz, coordinator of the ASL/Deaf Studies Program in Arts & Sciences’ linguistics department, teaches in Morrill Hall
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Faculty news

Title of Teaching Professor and new award announced

A&S Communications
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Gabriella Carini named CHESS director as facility readies for the future_image
2026 New Faculty

New Faculty: Gabriella Carini

A&S Communications
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Krish Dulal/Creative Commons license 3.0 Rivers (Bhotekoshi / Trishuli, left, and Lende Khola, right) that flow from China to Nepal, pictured in 2013
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Government

Nepal-Tibet flood puts China's regional role to the test

A&S Communications