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Role of women in early Christianity informs Catholic present

“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

Which candidate can capture the votes of supporters of Patricia Bullrich, the mainstream conservative candidate?
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Award-winning journalists to discuss role of the press

On Nov. 14, NPR’s David Folkenflik ’91, Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist, will moderate a panel of noted journalists and faculty to discuss “Free Press in a Free Society: U.S. Newsrooms on the Front Lines.”
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‘Climate Change Comedy Hour’ on Nov. 2

Environmental historian Aaron Sachs will use a combination of gallows humor, history and silly videos to show how we can shift our attitude about climate change -- and how that shift might help us get to the next stage of climate activism.
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Chinese linguist Tsu-Lin Mei dies at 90

Mei was one of the most important Chinese historical linguists of the 20th century.
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As Pew investigator, Goldberg to study how animals feed young

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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Oct. 26 panel focuses on Israel-Palestine conflict

The Department of Near Eastern Studies will offer “Understanding Events in Israel – Palestine” from 5-6:30 p.m. in Room 165 of McGraw Hall.
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Law and Justice party seeing ‘double rebuke’ from voters

Prof. Bryn Rosenfeld comments on Poland’s Law and Justice party losing power.
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U.S.-supplied, long-range missiles of ‘limited utility’ for Ukraine

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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‘Desdemona’ celebrates Morrison’s Nobel Prize anniversary

The performance will feature singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré, who wrote the music for the original production.
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Nature’s missing evolutionary law identified

An interdisciplinary group of researchers has identified a missing aspect of Darwin's theory that applies to essentially everything.
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Students from all majors invited to mathematical modeling contest

The competition allows students to work on open-ended real world problems, showcasing the multifaceted nature of applied mathematics.
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Award-winning Simon Shaheen to perform, lecture on Arab music

“Simon Shaheen is widely celebrated as a virtuoso violinist and oud player, incomparably creative composer and master teacher of Arab music."
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Clothing is key: Van Dyck portrait captures ‘moment in the history of race-making’

Ana Howie used her expertise in cultures of dressing and European imperialism to uncover a story tying Genoa’s elite families to globalized material trade – and Atlantic and Mediterranean slavery.
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Cornell ReSounds concert features Moog keyboard, new instruments

It will be the first time the instrument will be played in public.
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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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Two chemistry professors win Cope Scholar Award

Tristan Lambert and Song Lin have been honored for work in organic chemistry.
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Israel-Hamas conflict: Fighting misinformation requires better tools

“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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Laurie Anderson visit offers a glimpse of her world

The Sept. 26 talk was recorded and is now available to view on eCornell.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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New ASL minor, events expand opportunities for students

Students can now minor in ASL, take advantage of an expanded set of upper-level classes, participate in a number of ASL events on campus and be part of an active student club.
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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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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."