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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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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."

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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.

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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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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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: Chelsea Mikael Frazier

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

Chelsea Mikael Frazier, Literatures in English

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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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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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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: Carolyn Fornoff

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

Carolyn Fornoff, Romance Studies

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New Faculty: Anna Ho

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

Anna Ho, Astronomy

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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: Ryan Chahrour

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

Ryan Chahrour, Economics

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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: 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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New Faculty: Richard Clark

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

Richard Clark, Government

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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: 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: Joe Lerangis

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

Joe Lerangis, Music

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New Faculty: Jamie Budnick

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

Jamie Budnick, Sociology

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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Between Two Slices of Bread, an Enduring Big Red Bond

8/26/2022 by : Linda Copman , Cornellians

Two ’06 classmates enjoyed a simple-but-tasty sandwich for decades—then the Washington Post shared it with the world

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Neuroscientist receives Freedman Prize

8/26/2022 by : Linda B. Glaser

Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz has been awarded the 2022 Freedman Prize, which recognizes exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness.

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Cornell helps detect CO2 for first time on faraway world

8/25/2022 by : Blaine Friedlander , Cornell Chronicle

A large international team found molecular evidence of carbon dioxide on the exoplanet WASP-39b, a giant gaseous world orbiting a sun-like star about 700 light-years away.

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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Microscopy reveals mechanism behind new CRISPR tool

8/25/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

New research could lead to promising antiviral and tissue engineering tools in animal and plants.

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Energy center receives $12.6 million in renewed funding

8/25/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

The award allows the center to continue its work developing advanced fuel cell technologies in alkaline media.

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Fall 2022 Zalaznick Reading Series Features Global Voices

8/25/2022 by : Amanda Brockner , A&S Communications

Beginning Sept. 8, the series brings innovative, award-winning authors to read from their work on Cornell’s Ithaca campus.

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A&S opens application portal for Klarman postdoc fellowships

8/23/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

Klarman Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the creative arts as well as cross-disciplinary fields. The application deadline is October 14.

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Quelle Surprise! The Hidden Benefits of My French Lit Major

8/19/2022 by : Melissa Hart Moss ’93, JD ’97 , Cornellians

Being immersed in another language and culture made Melissa Hart Moss ’93, JD ’97 a better lawyer—and a more broad-minded person

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Seeds of survival: Botanic Gardens honors the Black experience

8/17/2022 by : Susan Kelley , Cornell Chronicle

Arts & Sciences student Jakara Zellner ’23, co-leader on the Garden Ambassador team, who served on the advisory committee and narrated the audio tour of a Cornell Botanic Gardens featuring 21 plants significant to the Black experience in the Americas.

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Summer reflections from Milstein students

8/16/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Hear from four of the 29 students in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity about their summer at Cornell Tech.

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Humanities Scholars explore future careers through legal internships

8/15/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Two students in the College explored legal careers this summer thanks in part to grants from the Humanities Scholars Program.

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Aquadro honored for contributions to population genetics

8/15/2022 by : Kate Blackwood , A&S Communications

A world leader in the study of population genetics of the fruit fly, Aquadro studies the amount of diversity that exists within and between the genomes of organisms.

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Milstein students spend summer producing, questioning, exploring

8/15/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Milstein students spent eight weeks this summer wrestling with societal questions about technology's role in our world.

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Iván Andrade: ‘I love interacting with patients’

8/15/2022 by : Kathy Hovis , A&S Communications

Iván Andrade’s summer experience helped him realize that he’s headed in the right direction as he pursues a career in medicine.

James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a a professor emeritus of African and African American Politics and Social Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences,

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James Turner, a ‘giant’ of Africana studies, dies at 82

8/12/2022 by : David Nutt , Cornell Chronicle

James Turner, the founding director of Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center and a pioneer of the multidisciplinary approach to exploring the African diaspora, died Aug. 6 in Ithaca.

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Philosophy on Main Street

8/11/2022 by : Jackie Swift , Cornell Research

Shaun Nichols, professor of philosophy and director of the cognitive science major in the College of Arts and Sciences, compares high-minded philosophical systems to the ways people approach everyday problems. Like picking wild blueberries.

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