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Esther Kondo Heller

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Student Spotlight: Esther Kondo Heller

With a research travel grant, Heller will go to Nairobi this summer to research an archive of interviews with the Taarab musician Sitara Bute.
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Student films document Cornell’s LGBTQ history

The film projects for the introductory class, which draws students from all of Cornell’s schools and colleges, celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cornell’s LGBT Studies Program.
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A Big Red Undergraduate Journal

Victoria Alkin gathered a team of students and supporters to create CURJ, a publication dedicated to research by Cornell undergraduates.
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The University Chorus Makes Beautiful Music

Originally known as the Women’s Glee Club, the group will celebrate its centennial at Reunion ’22.
Drawing of exoplanet

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Peering through alien atmospheres

Jonathan Barrientos is exploring the possibility of life on Earth-like planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets.
J Nation blowing on an instrument made out of long white pipes, with a yellow balloon attached

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Instrument-building festival challenges, inspires

Hosted by the Cornell ReSounds Project, the FutureSounds Festival featured guest builders and performers as well as newly designed instruments and compositions by Cornell students.
The three researchers are sitting around a desk and Ailong Ke is pointing to an image of the IscB molecule on the computer screen.

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Discovery offers starting point for better gene-editing tools

“Transposons are specialized genetic hitchhikers, integrating into and splicing out of our genomes all the time...by defining these enzymes in high resolution, we can tap into their powers.”
 Ray Jayawardhana

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Jayawardhana reappointed A&S dean, named Bethe professor

“Dean Jayawardhana has been an exceptional leader of the university’s most academically diverse college,” Provost Michael Kotlikoff said.
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First class of Milstein students heads toward graduation

Twenty Milstein Program seniors will graduate this year with degrees in everything from biology to linguistics to computer science to physics.
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Cornell celebrates bumper crop of Fulbright students

Seven 2021 graduates and recent Cornell alumni accepted Fulbright U.S. Student awards to research, study or teach English during the 2021-22 academic year, 15 were chosen for 2022-23.
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Mong fellowship advances neuroimaging collaboration

Their work could have future implications for human health, setting a path for research into understanding brain function.
Wei Wang, in a blue shirt and black plastic-framed glasses, sits in a lab looking at an instrument while he adjusts another instrument with his right hand.

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Artificial cilia could someday power diagnostic devices

The technology could enable low-cost, portable diagnostic devices for testing blood samples, manipulating cells or assisting in microfabrication processes.
The Chinese flag, red with a circle of gold stars, waving on a flagpole against a blue sky.

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The catastrophic success of China’s zero-COVID policy

In this op-ed, Prof. Jeremy Wallace explains the pitfalls of China's approach to the pandemic.
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Reunion 2022 features host of A&S events

A number of special events are planned in the College of Arts & Sciences to celebrate Reunion 2022.
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Student Spotlight: Tessy Schlosser

Tessy Schlosser is a doctoral candidate in government from Mexico City, Mexico.
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Students tackle community projects in moral psychology course

Students spent the semester working with local non-profits addressing issues from migrant family justice to food insecurity to sustainable agriculture.
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Where red and blue meet: cancel culture, fair elections

A new survey of American voters finds glimmers of hope that Democrats and Republicans can agree on steps needed to shore up an increasingly shaky democracy.
An African man's head with a ray-like collar above the face of a roaring lion with other artwork from the Sculpture Shoppe exhibition in the background.

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Contemporary and ancient art exhibit enlivens Ithaca Mall

The “Sculpture Shoppe” exhibition displays selections from Cornell’s plaster cast collection of Greco-Roman sculptures alongside – and sometimes within – contemporary artists’ responses to cast culture and classical art.
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Digital focus of Asia trade plan will help U.S. companies, allies

Prof. Sarah Kreps comments on Pres. Biden's proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
A dark-skinned man, bald White woman and African-American woman holding bouquets of flowers and their award certificates

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Twenty-five receive awards recognizing inclusive excellence

The awards recognize the excellence represented within the graduate community and celebrates students for their accomplishments.
The sun shining over a field next to a powerplant spewing huge clouds into the air.

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Spongy material captures carbon dioxide in cavities

The materials are made from sugar and low-cost alkali metal salts, so they would be inexpensive enough for large-scale deployment.
Mark Sarvary looking at a student's computer during a class.

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Students want some online learning features in ‘new normal’

“Almost everyone has enjoyed being back in person and having that sense of community, but Zoom and other technologies are still powerful tools in our arsenal.”
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College Scholars tackle interdisciplinary research projects

This year’s graduating class of Robert S. Harrison College Scholars presented their final theses during a daylong event May 7 in Goldwin Smith Hall.
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Humanities students present diverse research projects

Humanities students studying an array of topics presented their work at the A.D. White House.
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Self-fulfilling rankings boost agencies’ power, influence

Cornell researchers developed a theoretical model that suggests an explanation for ratings produced by firms like Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch, or the World Bank.
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Einaudi awards fund global research and activities

Seed grants, student travel grants and internships totaling $355,000 in the 2021–22 academic year supported international work done by many A&S faculty and students.
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CHESS celebrates 75 years of synchrotron light

Sixty feet below the Cornell University campus, at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), researchers utilize X-rays that are 100 million times more intense than Röntgen's first beams of light.
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Is Russia headed for a return to Stalinism?

Putin can’t reconstruct the regime that Stalin built, or save Russia from chaos, professor Sidney Tarrow writes in Washington Post analysis.
Vaibhav Sharma

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Student Spotlight: Vaibhav Sharma

Vaibhav Sharma, doctoral candidate in physics from Delhi, India, studies the quantum mechanical behavior of ultracold atoms.
Graduating A&S Seniors in the class of 2022

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Grateful to be together: Meet the extraordinary class of 2022

Hear about the Cornell experiences of some of the amazing students in our graduating class.
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History Brothers: A Chat with Evan Earle ’02, MS ’14, and Corey Earle ’07

Steeped in Big Red lore since childhood, they ponder their favorite artifacts, what Ezra would think of today’s University, and more.
Stop motion images of a dragonfly turning over in flight

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Dragonflies use vision, subtle wing control to straighten up and fly right

As one of the oldest insect species on the planet, dragonflies are an early innovator of aerial flight.
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Arts and Sciences faculty honored for teaching, advising excellence

"These faculty members and graduate teaching assistants have made tremendous contributions for the benefit of our students, guiding their educational paths and molding their experiences."
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Finland, Sweden considering NATO not surprising given historical context

The announcement marks a turning point but is not entirely surprising from a historical perspective, says professor Cristina Florea.
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Team reveals first image of the black hole at our galaxy’s heart

Cornell researchers contributed to the first direct visual evidence of something compact and very massive at the center of the Milky Way.
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The 2030 Project to marshal faculty to solve climate crisis

Fueled by the collaborative spirit of Cornell’s faculty, the 2030 Project is helping to remove silos, activate research and leverage existing expertise across all disciplines to find solutions now.
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Jellyfish’s stinging cells hold clues to biodiversity

Biologist Leslie Babonis studied sea anemones to understand how a neuron could be reprogrammed to make a new cell.
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Migrations grants fund worldwide interdisciplinary projects

Cornell faculty and their community partners will tell the stories of local migrant farmworkers, use documentary film to better understand climate change and dispossession, learn how migratory birds are affected by drug trafficking and more.
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New Frontier Grants push boundaries in A&S research

The College has awarded seven New Frontier Grants totaling $1.25 million to faculty members pursuing critical developments in areas across sciences and humanities.
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Students honored for local community impact

Temilola (Lola) Adepoju ’22 and Claire Deng ’22 are among graduating seniors who have shown exceptional town-gown leadership and innovation.
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Undergraduate psychology conference to feature diverse research

Thirty-five students will present on topics from implicit bias in person perceptions to early-life adversity in prairie voles and more.
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Travel Grants Help Graduate Students Conduct Research Across the Globe

The Graduate School awarded over 100 Research Travel Grants totaling $204,196 in 2021-22, the largest group of grants awarded since the pandemic began interrupting travel.
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Chef Irene Li ’12, BA ’15, marries culinary verve and social action

The Boston restaurateur and dumpling maven now boasts a James Beard Leadership Award.
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Graduate student selected for DOE program

Zepyoor Khechadoorian’s project in high energy physics will be the measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment, working with Fermilab advisor Chris Polly.
Benjamin Feldman

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A&S student named Carnegie Fellow

Ben Feldman '22 will conduct research at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in D.C. after graduation.
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Mayfest chamber music festival returns to Ithaca May 20-24

The music department's annual springtime festival of world-class chamber music will feature performances by exceptional guest artists from around the world.
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Major progress made in construction of Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope

… Fred Young '64, M.Eng. '66 recalled his visit years ago to a potential site for the telescope, when he hadn't acclimated … fiber cables is already underway. The FYST features a novel optical design with high precision mirrors 6-meters … started designing the telescope. I think that is a good sign of FYST's discovery potential,” Haynes said. Linda B. …
Shiny spikes organized into a sphere

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Mechanism ‘splits’ electron spins in magnetic material

Cornell researchers have discovered a technique that could eventually lead to the development of more energy-efficient magnetic memory devices.
People administer COVID tests at an outdoor table

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Misperceptions can threaten scientific advancement

Peter Enns, professor of government, and co-authors made this massive collection of COVID-related survey data available at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
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Four elected to National Academy of Sciences

Peter Lepage, the Tisch Family Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Physics, is among four Cornell faculty to be honored this year.