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Cornell expert: Don’t expect big breakthroughs from Biden-Xi meeting

11/15/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

With President Joe Biden meeting face-to-face with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Wednesday, government professor Allen Carlson says a key factor will be how much the two heads of state are able to publicly agree to disagree.

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Talk on arts and sciences and why they matter, Nov. 30

11/14/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Christopher S. Celenza will suggest some answers that arise from considering the history of the liberal arts, medieval and early modern universities, and the rise of the arts and sciences in the modern era.

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Employee Excellence awards honor staff achievements

11/10/2023 by : Staff , Cornell Chronicle

Seventeen individuals and three teams of Cornell employees received President's Awards for Employee Excellence in seven categories, highlighting the achievements of staff and faculty who excel in their roles.

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Remembering the Triangle

11/10/2023 by : Staff , ILR School

About 2,000 people gathered in October in Greenwich Village for the Triangle Fire Memorial dedication. The 1911 workplace disaster became a catalyst for worker protections and a defining moment for the nation.

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Community spotlight: 2023 First Generation Celebration Week

11/10/2023 by : Staff , Student & Campus Life

To kick off the 2023 First Generation Celebration Week, Student and Campus Life gathered insights and advice from first-gen students, alumni and staff.

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Looking ahead: State elections ‘not always great predictors’ of what’s to come

11/8/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Virginia voters flipped the House of Delegates to Democratic control, but this is not necessarily an indication of what’s to come nationally in 2024, says David Bateman.

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Struggling with sarcasm: Cornell expert on why Musk’s Grok chatbot isn’t funny

11/7/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

The key to funny sarcasm is found in empathy, says professor David Shoemaker, who studies the moral psychology of humor.

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A. R. Ammons Reading Series: Reviving a beloved tradition

11/1/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Over two decades since Ammons’s passing, an open mic tradition is being revived thanks to a gift from his student Beverly Tanenhaus ’70.

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Bethe Lecture: Testing space propulsion on Earth

10/31/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

On Nov. 15, physicist and engineer John Foster will discuss the challenge of testing high power electric propulsion on the ground.

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Role of women in early Christianity informs Catholic present

10/26/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

“As Roman Catholic Church leaders meet this month for the Synod on Synodality, some women—both nuns and laypeople—have been invited to join the workshop," says Kim Haines-Eitzen.

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Argentina’s run-off to be decided by Patricia Bullrich supporters

10/25/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Which candidate can capture the votes of supporters of Patricia Bullrich, the mainstream conservative candidate?

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As Pew investigator, Goldberg to study how animals feed young

10/24/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

The collaboration aims for a breakthrough in understanding the neural mechanisms by which parental animals balance their own needs with the needs of their offspring.

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Research repository arXiv receives $10M for upgrades

10/19/2023 by : Staff , Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Tech has announced more than $10 million in gifts and grants to support arXiv.

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Law and Justice party seeing ‘double rebuke’ from voters

10/18/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Prof. Bryn Rosenfeld comments on Poland’s Law and Justice party losing power.

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Library publishes catalog on Jewish fables

10/17/2023 by : Staff , Cornell Chronicle

Jon A. Lindseth’s collection of Jewish fables complements the library’s holdings related to Jewish Studies.

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U.S.-supplied, long-range missiles of ‘limited utility’ for Ukraine

10/17/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Military historian David Silbey comments on Ukrainian forces using American-supplied, long-range missiles on the battlefield for the first time.

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Nature’s missing evolutionary law identified

10/16/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

An interdisciplinary group of researchers has identified a missing aspect of Darwin's theory that applies to essentially everything.

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Webb detects quartz crystals in clouds of hot gas giant

10/16/2023 by : Staff , Cornell Chronicle

The quartz crystals are only about 10 nanometers across (one-millionth of one centimeter), so small that 10,000 could fit side-by-side across a human hair.

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Student Spotlight: Megan Driscoll

10/11/2023 by : Staff , Cornell University Graduate School

A doctoral student in chemistry and chemical biology with a focus in polymer chemistry from Chelmsford, Massachusetts Driscoll researches new ways to make and upcycle polymers.

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Israel-Hamas conflict: Fighting misinformation requires better tools

10/10/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

“Every time there is some major event and information is at a premium, we see misinformation spread like wildfire," says professor Gordon Pennycook.

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Cornell scholar: Netanyahu’s policy failures on display following attack

10/9/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

The sense of collective shock in Israel is larger than after the surprise attack on the country which started the Yom Kippur War, says Uriel Abulof.

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With McCarthy out, ‘we are slouching towards political chaos’

10/6/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

With our government stalled, our democracy is threatened like never before, says comparative sociologist Mabel Berezin.

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Synod of Synodality ‘much needed listening session’

10/4/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

The gathering in Rome is unique both in structure and theme, says Daniel Gallagher, a professor of practice in the classics department.

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Uyghur children in China’s genocide: A symposium

10/2/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Reported violations of ethnic minority children’s rights by the Chinese government will be explored in a symposium Oct. 27.

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‘Age alone’ should not dominate the decision for older politicians to resign

9/29/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

We need to recognize and remember the mark made by Dianne Feinstein says professor Elizabeth Sanders, but it’s also time for older politicians to begin considering the length of their careers.

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Physicist Michelle Wang named Biophysical Society Fellow

9/29/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Wang was chosen for “advancing our understanding of transcription, replication, and chromatin dynamics through the lens of DNA mechanics and topology.”

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How are N. K. Jemisin’s novels acts of political resistance?

9/22/2023 by : Staff , Einaudi Center

Anindita Banerjee explains how dispossessed peoples’ stories can inspire a more equitable future for us all.

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Webb telescope finds carbon source on Jupiter’s Europa

9/22/2023 by : Staff , Cornell Chronicle

Astronomers using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified carbon dioxide on the icy surface of Europa – one of a handful of worlds in our solar system that could potentially harbor conditions suitable for life.

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Hundreds of Armenian heritage sites at risk in Nagorno-Karabakh

9/21/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Faculty researchers paint a picture of what will happen if multilateral organizations fail to protect Armenian cultural heritage as Azerbaijan shells the disputed region.

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New research introduces ‘freedom of design’ for molecules

9/19/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

This concept can be used to identify molecules with targeted properties, which has important implications in the fields of rational molecular design and computational drug discovery.

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Powerful X-ray laser ushers in a new era of science

9/18/2023 by : Staff , Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers contributed critical knowledge in the early days of the LCLS-II project.

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World Bank reforms central to Biden’s G20 trip

9/8/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Richard T. Clark comments on new Biden administration objectives for the World Bank.

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Google requires disclosure for AI in election ads

9/7/2023 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Sarah Kreps: "Google's decision to require the disclosure of AI in political ads gestures toward the type of transparency and disclosure measures that research finds can backstop trust toward AI and those who use it."