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Three people in lab coats behind a clear wall inscribed with organic chemistry symbols

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Two chemistry professors win Cope Scholar Award

Tristan Lambert and Song Lin have been honored for work in organic chemistry.
Person singing in a brightly colored traditional costume of Mongolia

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Mongolian music comes to campus

Concerts set for Oct. 20 and 22 will highlight the musical legacy of composer Byambasurengiin Sharav, a household name in Mongolia.
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Cornell scholar: Netanyahu’s policy failures on display following attack

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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October India conference features government, corporate leaders

N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys Limited, will offer the keynote address during an India Conference at Cornell Oct. 13-15.
Amit Vishwas uses a screwdriver to work on ALPACA, a round metal top with metal boxes and cables protruding

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Cornell-built instrument to transform Green Bank Telescope

The new camera "is actually a very different way of observing the sky,” said A&S research scientist Amit Vishwas ’10, M.Eng.,’14, Ph.D. ’19.
Three people sitting on a city bench with one standing behind; they are laughing together

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Performance and conference honor Viramontes

Held Oct. 20-21, “Lest Silence Be Destructive" will feature readings, discussions and the first public performance of a musical album based on Viramontes' work.
Tung-Hui Hu

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Poet and scholar of digital media to deliver annual Digital Humanities Lecture

Tung-Hui Hu will talk on “The Grid vs. the Set: Early Attempts at Classifying Data” October 18.
U.S. House of Representatives in 2019

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

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

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Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz receives NIH award for ‘transformational’ project

Neuroscientist Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz has received a New Innovator Director’s Award from the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
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Coming home: Gayogohó:nǫˀ language programs expand reach

This summer, 40 members of the Gayogohó:nǫˀ diaspora came from all over the U.S. for a language camp on their ancestral homeland.
Dark, late evening sky in purple and orange over the ornate dome of St. Peter's Church in Rome; many pedestrians crowd cobblestone sidewalks in the foreground

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Synod of Synodality ‘much needed listening session’

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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Laurie Anderson visit offers a glimpse of her world

… 13887 … Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson took a captivated Cornell audience on a trip through the arc of her career during a Sept. 26 talk at the Schwartz Center … That VR exhibit continues until Oct. 6 and  students can sign up at this link. “To The Moon’ is eerie, elegant, and …
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Physicists realize fractionalization without a magnetic field 

The Kim Group leveraged geometric thinking in a twisted bilayer graphene lattice to predict new effects, a novel approach.
Two young people standing behind a large sign filled with snapshots of people

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Uyghur children in China’s genocide: A symposium

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

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Student receives top honor for Boccaccio essay

Grace Aiono ‘26 has been awarded this year’s Giuseppe Velli Prize by the American Boccaccio Association (ABA) for the best undergraduate student essay on the works of Giovanni Boccaccio.
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Staller Lecture to explore the economics of AI Oct. 12

Economist Jens Ludwig will explore how “big data” and AI tools help us understand and improve human decision-making.
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Cornell astronomy to offer Brinson Prize

The Brinson Prize supports postdoctoral scholars in carrying out novel research in observational cosmology.
The U.S. Senate chamber (blue carpet, yellow walls) with the Senators seated at their deks

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

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.
Michelle Wang, next to a microscope and with dangling wires and equipment behind her

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Physicist Michelle Wang named Biophysical Society Fellow

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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Cornell celebrates 15 years at the heart of CNY Humanities Corridor

The corridor is a consortium of 11 universities and colleges endowed by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Book cover art "Memories of the Memories of the Black Rose Cat"

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Prominent Thai author speaks about her new novel

The first woman to win a consecutive Southeast Asian Writers Award, Veeraporn Nitiprapha will discuss her newest novel, “Memories of the Memories of the Black Rose Cat,” on Oct. 5.
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NIH supports Tumbar lab skin stem cell studies

Three related grants aim to understand how stem cells function to fuel normal tissue maintenance and to repair injuries in actively regenerative tissues.
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Racker Lecture examines ‘Sex and Death’ Oct. 5

Lecturer Barbara Meyer has "made exciting discoveries regarding how disruptions in proper gene expression can have dramatic consequences in organism development and health as well as impact aging and lifespan,” said faculty host Prof. Richard Cerione.
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Hundreds of Armenian heritage sites at risk in Nagorno-Karabakh

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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In helium-three, superfluid particles pair ‘like a dance in space’

Enabled by a custom thermometer, Cornell researchers have observed superfluid fluctuation effects, possibly gaining new insight for quantum computing and the physics of the early universe.
Person in blue lab coat, standing at a counter full of instruments and bottles

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Klarman Fellow: Capturing carbon with future-focused chemistry

Alexa Easley is working to develop materials for low-energy carbon capture that are organic and easy to make on large scales and in realistic conditions.
Person behind a large machine

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Ando wins award for contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology

The Mildred Cohn Young Investigator Award recognizes Nozomi Ando's advances in diffuse scattering and her dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.
An artist's rendition of two hands pressing a screen, generating molecules floating into outerspace

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New research introduces ‘freedom of design’ for molecules

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.
Landon Schnabel

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Sociologist honored with early career award

The award is given by the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Section.
person teaching American Sign Language to a group in a circle

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New ASL minor, events expand opportunities for students

… 13849 … Students who are interested in learning American Sign Language (ASL) have a number of new opportunities at Cornell this year. They can now minor …
Small brown furry rodent crawling among rocks and blades of grass

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Psychologist receives NSF grant to study the social brain

With a focus on the prairie vole, Alexander Ophir will study mating tactics in mammals to learn about the underlying neural sources of social behaviors.
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Research: Field course interactions relate to student identity

"There is something truly special about on-campus field courses."
Jennifer Graber

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Lecture to explore Native American anti-nuclear activism

A new “Religions on the Move” lecture series kicks off Sept. 28 with "'Make the Sound the Creator Is Waiting for Us to Make': Native American Anti-Nuclear Activism."
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Artist Laurie Anderson visits campus Sept. 26-27

Anderson will offer a public talk as part of the College of Arts & Sciences’ Arts Unplugged series and work with students and faculty.
A headshot of David Folkenflik, with black short hair and a salt and pepper beard and mustache, wearing a suite jacket.

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David Folkenflik named 2023-24 A&S Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Folkenflik's "deep understanding of the intricate media landscape will bring an important perspective to campus during this ‘Freedom of Expression’ theme year."
Trevor Pinch playing his Moog synthesizer

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‘Trevor-Fest’ to honor the late Prof. Trevor Pinch

A symposium Sept. 21-23 will celebrate the legacy of a pioneer who helped found three areas of study related to science, technology and sound.
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World Bank reforms central to Biden’s G20 trip

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

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."
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From Friday night practice sessions to 'The Big Money Show'

Jackie DeAngelis '02 is a co-host of “The Big Money Show” on FOX Business Network.
Collage of 2023 new faculty members

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The College welcomes new faculty for 2023-24

Our 34 new faculty will enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics.
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California Forever plans prove ‘colonizing spirit’ still exists

Silicon Valley’s ultra-wealthy are looking to build a start-up city north of the Bay Area, and professor Raymond Craib is not surprised.
Cat Lambert

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New Faculty: Cat Lambert

Cat Lambert, Classics
Erik Thiede

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New Faculty: Erik Thiede

Erik Thiede, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Yusheng Luo

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New Faculty: Yusheng Luo

Yusheng Luo, Mathematics
Yunan Yang

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New Faculty: Yunan Yang

Yunan Yang, Mathematics
Ambre Dromgoole

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New Faculty: Ambre Dromgoole

Ambre Dromgoole, Africana Studies
Military vehicle firing a missile while parked in a field

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Kim Jong-un ‘taking advantage’ of Russian need for artillery shells

… for talks with Vladimir Putin over the possible sale of arms to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine. David Silbey is … analysis. He says Putin’s turn to North Korea is a sign of the resource intensive nature of the war in Ukraine. …
Ruth Lawlor

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New Faculty: Ruth Lawlor

Ruth Lawlor, History
Jennifer Kuo

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New Faculty: Jennifer Kuo

Jennifer Kuo, Linguistics
Camille Suárez

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New Faculty: Camille Suárez

Camille Suárez, , History