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Archaeological conference expands discussion beyond colonial roots

9/19/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

'We saw this conference as a way to expand the conversation beyond Cornell.'

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Klarman Fellow tracks impact of social bonds on animal health

9/19/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

“My focus is on how an animal’s mother can impact a wide range of outcomes: in childhood, adulthood, and even between generations."

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Poet Solmaz Sharif considered ‘literary citizenship’ at reading event

9/19/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , A&S Communications

Her books of poetry are “Looks” and “Customs”; part of the Fall 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series for the Creative Writing Program.

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Martial law anniversary marked by ‘historical revisionism’

9/16/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

This year’s anniversary of Philippine martial law is momentous, says professor Christine Bacareza Balance.

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Two Doctoral Students Receive Ford Fellowships

9/16/2022 by : Katya Hrichak , Cornell University Graduate School

… fellowship. … Two Doctoral Students Receive Ford Fellowships …

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Collaboration to infuse human behavior into epidemiological models

9/13/2022 by : Chris Dawson , Cornell Chronicle

Six Cornell faculty members from three different colleges will work together to improve epidemiological models of infectious disease using a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

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From methane to microbes: 2030 Project conveys first grants

9/13/2022 by : Blaine Friedlander , Cornell Chronicle

“Climate change is a pressing challenge and we don’t have a moment to lose."

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Proteins could lead to early breast cancer diagnosis, treatment

9/12/2022 by : Staff , Cornell Chronicle

A team of researchers has discovered a non-invasive biomarker that could aid with earlier diagnosis of breast cancer, the most common cancer among women, which will likely affect one in 13 women during their lives.

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Student team will seek public’s views on planetary defense

9/12/2022 by : Jim Hanchett , Cornell Chronicle

The researchers will conduct public opinion surveys on how governments respond when asteroids and comets threaten cities, countries, or at the extreme, even the entire earth.

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Kellogg honored for insight into mechanics of biological systems

9/12/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

The 2023 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award is given each year to a woman who has achieved prominence while in the early stages of a career in biophysical research.

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Sydney Shoemaker, leading figure of Cornell philosophy, dies at 90

9/12/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , Cornell Chronicle

Remembered as a powerful thinker and brilliant teacher, Shoemaker contributed to the outstanding reputation of Cornell philosophy during the second half of the twentieth century,

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Report shows near-total erasure of Armenian heritage sites

9/12/2022 by : David Nutt , Cornell Chronicle

The study compiled decades of high-resolution satellite imagery from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

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At global turning point, economists take stock of 100 years of development

9/9/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Major figures in world economics will gather in Ithaca Sept. 15-17 to re-think the foundations of economics and the nature of regulation – with particular care for the environment.

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King Charles III must quickly determine his path as ruler

9/9/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Cornell faculty reflect on what will happen after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

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New Jewish studies major approved in College of Arts & Sciences

9/8/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

“These efforts recognize the critical questions Jewishness raises and its place as part of a shared heritage.”

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Eminent physicist Kurt Gottfried, co-founder of Union of Concerned Scientists, dies at 93

9/8/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Gottfried was also the author of a classic text on quantum mechanics and numerous scholarly articles on missile defense, space weapons, nuclear weapons and cooperative security.

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UVEX NASA mission advances with Cornell astronomers on team

9/8/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Cornell astronomers Anna Y. Q. Ho and Shrinivas R. Kulkarni are part of the mission team for the UltraViolet Explorer (UVEX) mission, which has advanced toward a 2028 launch with NASA.

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$8.3M award boosts chemistry research into fuel cells, batteries

9/8/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The funding supports research, as well as the establishment of a small fleet of fuel-cell and battery powered (EV) cars at Cornell.

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Frank Drake ’51, astronomy pioneer, dies at 92

9/7/2022 by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

“Frank Drake was a pioneer of radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence using radio telescopes."

Arts Unplugged, Aftershocks, geopolitics since the Ukraine invasion, image of world with warplanes and ripples

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Journalists join A&S professors to discuss global impacts of war in Ukraine

9/6/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Ann Simmons, Moscow bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, and Mark Landler, London bureau chief for the New York Times, join Professors Peter Katzenstein and Jessica Chen Weiss for the Sept. 22 Arts Unplugged event.

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Afghan students – now Cornellians – look to future

9/6/2022 by : Jonathan Miller , Cornell Chronicle

Nine Afghan undergraduates from Bangladesh-based Asian University for Women fled their country after the Taliban took control in August 2021, arriving in Ithaca four months later.

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The College Welcomes New Faculty for 2022-23

9/6/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

This year, 15 new faculty are bringing innovative ideas in a wide range of topics to the College of Arts & Sciences’ nexus of discovery and impact, including climate change, astronomy, identity studies and the economy.

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McMurry makes bestselling chemistry text free in memory of son

9/6/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Starting fall 2023, the 10th edition of McMurry’s Organic Chemistry will be available an open educational resource (OER) through OpenStax.

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A.D. White Professors are named; fall visits announced

9/6/2022

An acclaimed historian of the Caribbean and a multidisciplinary professor of the built environment have been appointed the newest A.D. White Professors-at-Large.

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Student’s research focuses on Indigenous agriculture system

9/6/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The movement involves not only re-establishing heritage foods, but also bolstering the systems that sustain them: irrigation and land access, for instance.

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NASA releases first Webb Telescope image of exoplanet

9/2/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Observation team member Eileen Gonzales, 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow, says this is just the beginning.

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New Faculty: Daniel Hirschman

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Daniel Hirschman, Sociology

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New Faculty: Kristen Warner

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Kristen Warner, Performing and Media Arts

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Lectures to unearth stories ‘that don’t get told’ in classical scholarship

9/1/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Oxford scholar Constanze Güthenke will bring to light untold stories of classical scholarship during the 2022 Townsend Lectures Sept. 7, 9, and 12.

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New Faculty: Milena Djourelova

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Milena Djourelova, Economics

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New Faculty: José Luis Montiel Olea

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

José Luis Montiel Olea, Economics

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New Faculty: Richard Clark

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Richard Clark, Government

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New Faculty: Joe Lerangis

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Joe Lerangis, Music

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Cornell scientists show how terrain evolves on an icy comet

9/1/2022 by : Blaine Friedlander , Cornell Chronicle

Astronomers have shown how smooth terrains – a good place to land a spacecraft and to scoop up samples – evolve on the icy world of comets.

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New Faculty: Michell Chresfield

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Michell Chresfield, Africana Studies

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New Faculty: Vanessa Gubbins

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Vanessa Gubbins, Romance Studies

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New Faculty: Mayer Juni

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Mayer Juni, History and Jewish Studies

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Community read launches Society for the Humanities’ ‘Repair’ theme

9/1/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

"The Society for the Humanities thought there is no better way to kick off the year of Repair, than to begin at home."

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New Faculty: Jamie Budnick

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Jamie Budnick, Sociology

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New Faculty: Chelsea Mikael Frazier

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Chelsea Mikael Frazier, Literatures in English

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New Faculty: Anna Ho

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Anna Ho, Astronomy

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New Faculty: Ryan Chahrour

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Ryan Chahrour, Economics

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New Faculty: Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, Performing and Media Arts

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New Faculty: Carolyn Fornoff

9/1/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Carolyn Fornoff, Romance Studies

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Student Spotlight: Sophia Veltfort

8/31/2022 by : Staff , Cornell University Graduate School

Sophia Veltfort, MFA ’20, a doctoral candidate in English language and literature, studies the representations of speech and thought in 20th-century fiction.

Luminescent tree-like structure with purple branches and bright green canopy: The lateral habenula in the mouse brain

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Study finds tiny brain area controls work for rewards

8/31/2022 by : Krishna Ramanujan , Cornell Chronicle

The discovery has implications for psychiatric disorders, particularly depression and anxiety.

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Mikhail Gorbachev, dead at 91, ‘likely haunts Putin’s dreams’

8/31/2022 by : Staff , A&S Communications

Vladimir Putin has spent his entire life trying to undo Gorbachev's legacy, says Cornell University military historian David Silbey.

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Reporters discuss history of “land grab” universities in press freedom lecture

8/29/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Journalist Tristan Ahtone and historian Robert Lee will talk about how Indigenous land expropriated by the 1862 Morrill Act is the foundation of the land-grant university system in the 2022 Kops Lecture.

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Three projects awarded Belonging at Cornell innovation grants

8/29/2022 by : Tom Fleischman , Cornell Chronicle

The "Can You Hear My Voice?" project, a collaboration between Arts and Sciences, the ILR School, eCornell and the College of Human Ecology, received one of three Belonging at Cornell innovation grants for 2022.

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The Great Separation: Why American Politics Is Coming Apart at the Seams

8/29/2022 by : David Guaspari , A&S Communications

Megan McArdle, opinion columnist for the Washington Post, will discuss increasingly divided American life and politics in a Sept. 14 lecture.

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