Anthropology Beyond the ‘booms’: Book probes everyday disasters in South Baltimore, offers hope 5/9/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab for the original images/Brian May/Claudia Manzoni for stereo processing of the images A pair of stereoscopic images of the asteroid Dinkinesh and Selam created with data collected by the L’LORRI camera on NASA's Lucy spacecraft in the minutes around closest approach on Nov. 1, 2023. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab for the original images/Brian May/Claudia Manzoni for stereo processing of the images A pair of stereoscopic images of the asteroid Dinkinesh and Selam created with data collected by the L’LORRI camera on NASA's Lucy spacecraft in the minutes around closest approach on Nov. 1, 2023. Astronomy Novel calculations peg age of ‘baby’ asteroid 5/1/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Ryan Young/Cornell University Lígia Fonseca Coelho, postdoctoral associate at the Carl Sagan Institute and first author of the study, cultivating bacteria samples in the lab. Ryan Young/Cornell University Lígia Fonseca Coelho, postdoctoral associate at the Carl Sagan Institute and first author of the study, cultivating bacteria samples in the lab. Astronomy In search for alien life, purple may be the new green 4/16/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Andrew Cutraro/Provided On April 11, 2004, Maj. Richard J. Gannon II '95 addressed Marines under his command during a memorial service for Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Wasser of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, at Camp Husaybah, Iraq, near the Syrian border. Gannon was killed days later while trying to help a wounded Marine. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. Andrew Cutraro/Provided On April 11, 2004, Maj. Richard J. Gannon II '95 addressed Marines under his command during a memorial service for Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Wasser of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, at Camp Husaybah, Iraq, near the Syrian border. Gannon was killed days later while trying to help a wounded Marine. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star. Cornell Veterans 5K run, remembrances to honor fallen Cornell war hero 4/4/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Marina Welker/Provided Workers hand roll kretek in a "living factory" at House of Sampoerna, a kretek museum in the East Javanese port city of Surabaya. Kretek museums present the history of the commodity in a nostalgic and flattering light and frame kretek manufacturers as benevolent patrons. Marina Welker/Provided Workers hand roll kretek in a "living factory" at House of Sampoerna, a kretek museum in the East Javanese port city of Surabaya. Kretek museums present the history of the commodity in a nostalgic and flattering light and frame kretek manufacturers as benevolent patrons. Anthropology Why kretek – ‘no ordinary cigarette’ – thrives in Indonesia 4/1/2024 Cornell Chronicle
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance rover exploring Jezero Crater NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Perseverance rover exploring Jezero Crater Astronomy Mars Sample Return a top scientific priority, Lunine testifies 3/21/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Henri Pham/Unsplash Henri Pham/Unsplash Couples studies For couples, negative speaks louder than positive 2/13/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Psychology Mouse social calls and distress calls linked to different neurons 1/31/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Government Democratic decline a global phenomenon, even in wealthy nations 1/18/2024 Cornell Chronicle
Jason Koski/Cornell University Anna Ho, assistant professor of astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences. Jason Koski/Cornell University Anna Ho, assistant professor of astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences. Astronomy With unprecedented flares, stellar corpse shows signs of life 11/15/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt/Lawrence The Icefin underwater vehicle has sonar, chemical and biological sensors that help researchers characterize sub-ice environments. Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt/Lawrence The Icefin underwater vehicle has sonar, chemical and biological sensors that help researchers characterize sub-ice environments. Astronomy Underwater robot updates understanding of ice shelf crevasses 10/27/2023 Cornell Chronicle
NANOGrav/Sonoma State University/Aurore Simonnet The NANOGrav collaboration has found the first evidence for low-frequency gravitational waves permeating the cosmos. The finding was made possible with 15 years of pulsar observations that turned the Milky Way into a galaxy-sized gravitational wave detector. NANOGrav/Sonoma State University/Aurore Simonnet The NANOGrav collaboration has found the first evidence for low-frequency gravitational waves permeating the cosmos. The finding was made possible with 15 years of pulsar observations that turned the Milky Way into a galaxy-sized gravitational wave detector. Astronomy After 15 years, gravitational waves detected as cosmic ‘hum’ 6/29/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Marc A. Sporys/Unsplash A couple Marc A. Sporys/Unsplash A couple Sociology Spouses sharing friends may live longer after widowhood 6/28/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Carl Sagan Institute/R. Payne Artist impression showing the exoplanet LP 890-9c’s potential evolution from a hot Earth to a desiccated Venus. Carl Sagan Institute/R. Payne Artist impression showing the exoplanet LP 890-9c’s potential evolution from a hot Earth to a desiccated Venus. Astronomy Exoplanet may reveal secrets about the edge of habitability 6/21/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Google DeepMind/Unsplash Generative AI Google DeepMind/Unsplash Generative AI Technology Kreps: Generative AI holds promise, peril for democracies 5/23/2023 Cornell Chronicle
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. 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
Economics ‘Cheap thrills’: Low-cost leisure leads to less work, more play 4/24/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Evangeline Shaw/Unsplash Being a woman or racial minority can help someone stand out when few others look like them but they are more likely to be confused in settings where others share the same attributes. Evangeline Shaw/Unsplash Being a woman or racial minority can help someone stand out when few others look like them but they are more likely to be confused in settings where others share the same attributes. Economics Remember me? Gender, race may make you forgettable 4/3/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Ryan Young/Cornell University Darryl Seligman, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, and a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow. Ryan Young/Cornell University Darryl Seligman, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, and a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow. Astronomy First known interstellar interloper resembles ‘dark comet’ 3/22/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt Members of Britney Schmidt’s Icefin team after completing their first mission exploring conditions beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, near where it meets Kamb Ice Stream, in December 2019. Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt/Quartini The remotely operated underwater vehicle Icefin, developed by a team led by Britney Schmidt, is visible as it is lowered via a 4.3-mm fiber-optic tether through a borehole to start one of three dives beneath the Ross Ice Shelf near Kamb Ice Stream in Dedcember 2019. A tent shelter’s color is reflected in the ice. Astronomy Robot provides unprecedented views below Antarctic ice shelf 3/2/2023 Cornell Chronicle
NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA/JPL-Caltech Astronomy Astronomers discover metal-rich galaxies in early universe 2/27/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Noël Heaney/Cornell University Britney Schmidt, center, and research team members Noël Heaney/Cornell University Britney Schmidt, center, and research team members Climate research Underwater robot helps explain Antarctic glacier’s retreat 2/15/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Government ‘Bombing among friends’: Historian probes Allied raids on Italy 1/26/2023 Cornell Chronicle
Lindsay France/Cornell University In Barton Hall on Dec. 18, the university’s 20th recognition ceremony for December graduates honored more than 700 recipients of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. Lindsay France/Cornell University In Barton Hall on Dec. 18, the university’s 20th recognition ceremony for December graduates honored more than 700 recipients of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. December graduates December graduation celebrates unique paths to Cornell education 12/23/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Jason Koski/Cornell University Baker Flagpole Jason Koski/Cornell University David Hernandez ’23 talks with students in the Cornell University Panhellenic Council after giving a talk to the group on his experience as a student veteran at Cornell. Student veterans Breaking barriers: Peer outreach boosts student veterans 11/10/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Peter K. Enns, the Robert S. Harrison Director of the Cornell Center for Social Sciences, Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and professor of government Peter K. Enns, the Robert S. Harrison Director of the Cornell Center for Social Sciences, Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and professor of government Government Cornell-led election survey seeks to improve science of polls 11/4/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Alejandro Luengo/Unsplash Chinese flag Alejandro Luengo/Unsplash Chinese flag China People over numbers: Book charts China’s neopolitical turn 11/1/2022 Cornell Chronicle
International studies How security crises can spur state-building in Latin America 10/17/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Lisa Godfrey Evon and Sydney Antonio sustainably manage 450 acres of forestland in Greene County, New York. Lisa Godfrey Evon and Sydney Antonio sustainably manage 450 acres of forestland in Greene County, New York. Rural Humanities Outreach supports Black rural landowners in Northeast 10/4/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Noël Heaney/Cornell Ma Sophia Alexis Malate of the U.S. Marine Corps, left, and Brandon Gonterman of the U.S. Navy, right, look through a particle accelerator during a tour of the Newman Accelerator Laboratory. Noël Heaney/Cornell 2022 Warrior-Scholars Samuel Espino (Left, Active Duty Air Force) and Marbin Garcia Renoj (Right, Active Duty Marine Corps) look at equipment during a tour of the Newman Accelerator Laboratory. Student veterans Academic boot camp boosts veterans’ higher ed mission 8/11/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Tingey Injury Law Firm/ Unsplash Justice representation Tingey Injury Law Firm/ Unsplash Justice representation Government Courts, not amendments, best route for constitutional reform 7/18/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Canuckguy et al./Creative Commons license 3.0 Fitch ratings of world countries Canuckguy et al./Creative Commons license 3.0 Fitch ratings of world countries Economics Self-fulfilling rankings boost agencies’ power, influence 5/17/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash Linguistics After ‘mama,’ children’s first words include ‘this’ and ‘that’ 4/7/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Sreang Hok/Cornell University Members of the Cornell community gathered March 4 on Ho Plaza for a vigil showing solidarity with the people of Ukraine, organized by the Cornell Interfaith Council. Sreang Hok/Cornell University Members of the Cornell community gathered March 4 on Ho Plaza for a vigil showing solidarity with the people of Ukraine, organized by the Cornell Interfaith Council. International Experts: Ukraine war puts world in ‘uncharted territory’ 3/5/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Africana Studies and Research Center Water crisis increased Flint children’s lead exposure 1/25/2022 Cornell Chronicle
Photo by Anastase Maragos on Unsplash Photo by Anastase Maragos on Unsplash Psychology Lavish wealth tolerated more for individuals than groups 10/18/2021 Cornell Chronicle