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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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Award-winning journalists to discuss role of the press

by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

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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Chinese linguist Tsu-Lin Mei dies at 90

by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

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

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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Oct. 26 panel focuses on Israel-Palestine conflict

by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

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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‘Climate Change Comedy Hour’ on Nov. 2

by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

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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Role of hippocampus in two functions of memory revealed

by : Krishna Ramanujan , Cornell Chronicle

The finding has important implications for one day treating memory and learning issues found in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Conference highlights humanities projects on the theme of “Crossing”

by : Julie McLean , Society for the Humanities

The Society’s fall conference on Friday, Oct. 27, will feature talks by seven multidisciplinary fellows.
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Clark Hall space becomes hub for social sciences

by : Sherrie Negrea , Cornell Chronicle

After years of planning, the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS) has moved into a newly renovated space in Clark Hall.
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Research repository arXiv receives $10M for upgrades

by : Staff , Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Tech has announced more than $10 million in gifts and grants to support arXiv.
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Registration for Winter Session 2024 is now open

by : Shelley Preston , Cornell Chronicle

Beginning October 16, students can enroll in a wide range of online courses taught by Cornell faculty.
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Law and Justice party seeing ‘double rebuke’ from voters

by : Staff , A&S Communications

Prof. Bryn Rosenfeld comments on Poland’s Law and Justice party losing power.
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‘Desdemona’ celebrates Morrison’s Nobel Prize anniversary

by : Hyrum Edwards , A&S Communications

The performance will feature singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré, who wrote the music for the original production.
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Library publishes catalog on Jewish fables

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

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

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

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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Students from all majors invited to mathematical modeling contest

by : Hannah Mitchell , A&S Communications

The competition allows students to work on open-ended real world problems, showcasing the multifaceted nature of applied mathematics.
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Student Spotlight: Megan Driscoll

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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Award-winning Simon Shaheen to perform, lecture on Arab music

by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

“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’

by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

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

by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

It will be the first time the instrument will be played in public.
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Metal organic frameworks turn greenhouse gas into ‘gold’

by : Kate Blackwood , Cornell Chronicle

Researchers have found an innovative way to handle fluorinated gases as stable solids -- and the same process could someday be used to capture greenhouse gases.
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Two chemistry professors win Cope Scholar Award

by : Hyrum Edwards , A&S Communications

Tristan Lambert and Song Lin have been honored for work in organic chemistry.
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Mongolian music comes to campus

by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

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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Israel-Hamas conflict: Fighting misinformation requires better tools

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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Performance and conference honor Viramontes

by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

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

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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Author Jemisin builds ‘the world from scratch’

by : E.C. Barrett , Cornell Chronicle

At the Bartels World Affairs Lecture Oct. 4, Jemisin spoke on how to investigate our world and beliefs about it, and how to use what we learn to imagine and construct a better future.
Claudia Goldin

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Claudia Goldin ’67 wins Nobel Prize in Economics

by : Blaine Friedlander , Cornell Chronicle

Goldin’s pioneering research has revealed the reasons for gender gaps in labor force participation and earnings.
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October India conference features government, corporate leaders

by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

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

by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

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.
Tung-Hui Hu

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

by : Julie McLean , A&S Communications

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’

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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Manuel Muñoz, MFA ’98, wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’

by : Holly Hartigan , Cornell Chronicle

In his writing, Muñoz draws on his roots growing up in a Mexican-American family of farmworkers in California’s Central Valley.
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Coming home: Gayogohó:nǫˀ language programs expand reach

by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

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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Synod of Synodality ‘much needed listening session’

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

by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

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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Scholars spearhead anthology of women’s theater writing

by : Kate Blackwood , Cornell Chronicle

The first wide-ranging anthology of theater theory and dramatic criticism by women and woman-identified writers contains entries by more than 80 scholars, including Cornell faculty and alumni.
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Physicists realize fractionalization without a magnetic field 

by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

The Kim Group leveraged geometric thinking in a twisted bilayer graphene lattice to predict new effects, a novel approach.
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Laurie Anderson visit offers a glimpse of her world

by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The Sept. 26 talk was recorded and is now available to view on eCornell.
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New memoir spotlights pioneering female surgeon's WWI service

by : Lindsay Lennon , Cornellians

The book curates the diaries and letters of ‘double Red’ alum and Cornell trustee Mary Crawford 1904, MD 1907.
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Student receives top honor for Boccaccio essay

by : Hannah Mitchell , A&S Communications

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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Cornell astronomy to offer Brinson Prize

by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

The Brinson Prize supports postdoctoral scholars in carrying out novel research in observational cosmology.
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Uyghur children in China’s genocide: A symposium

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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Staller Lecture to explore the economics of AI Oct. 12

by : Linda B. Glaser , A&S Communications

Economist Jens Ludwig will explore how “big data” and AI tools help us understand and improve human decision-making.
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Six postdocs honored with achievement awards

by : Katya Hrichak , Cornell University Graduate School

Cornell employs 790 postdoctoral scholars who are appointed across nearly 90 departments where they actively participate in the university’s research, teaching, and extension missions.
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Global center promises design solutions for warming world

by : Sheri Englund , Global Cornell

A Cornell-led project team – with Global Hubs partners in India, the U.K, Ghana and Singapore – has received a two-year $250,000 design grant from the National Science Foundation to bring more comfortable days and nights to homes everywhere.
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‘Age alone’ should not dominate the decision for older politicians to resign

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

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.”
Book cover art "Memories of the Memories of the Black Rose Cat"

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Prominent Thai author speaks about her new novel

by : Hannah Mitchell , A&S Communications

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.