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Thirty-two receive awards recognizing inclusive excellence

On May 16, several Arts and Sciences affiliated graduate students were among those honored for leadership and commitment to diversity, inclusion, outreach, and student engagement.
Nic Vigilante

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Student Spotlight: Nic Vigilante

A doctoral student in music with a concentration in music and sound studies, Vigilante studies how music, sound, and performance are used to create “unreality."
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A&S faculty honored for exemplary teaching, advising

“Helping students realize their greatest potential is at the core of our mission in the College of Arts & Sciences."
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Kreps: Generative AI holds promise, peril for democracies

Popularized in 2022 by Open AI’s ChatGPT, generative artificial intelligence threatens to undermine trust in democracies when misused, but may also be harnessed for public good.
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CTI announces 2023 Active Learning Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients

These grants provide a unique opportunity for faculty who are new to active learning and want to learn more or for those who want to expand upon initial efforts in implementing these teaching strategies.
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Diversity of neurons affects memory, study finds

Understanding this diversity could lead to better knowledge of the brain’s computational flexibility and memory capacity.
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13 Cornellians awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Awards

Six A&S students are among the thirteen from Cornell selected this year to research and teach English abroad with funding from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Ozan Varol

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Rocket science can be a roadmap for life, says this astrophysics alum

Former law professor (and proud polymath) Ozan Varol ’03 inspires audiences with lessons rooted in space exploration.
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Multi-college scholars think deeply about cities

Part of Cornell's Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities, Cornell students explored creative ways to understand urban landscapes during two cross-disciplinary courses this year.
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$2.5M in A&S New Frontier Grants supports bold projects

A&S faculty members will delve into questions ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.
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Nexus Scholars Program expands research opportunities to 101 students

This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
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Life is full of possibilities: Meet the extraordinary class of 2023

Read about the Cornell experiences of some of the amazing students in our graduating class.
Amanda Domingues

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Student Spotlight: Amanda Domingues

A doctoral candidate in science and technology studies with a focus on the anthropology of science, Domingues studies how investigators use scientific methods and humanities theories to reconstruct the lives of past humans.
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Picking up good vibrations – of proteins – at CHESS

A new method for analyzing protein crystals – developed by Cornell researchers and given a funky two-part name – could open up applications for new drug discovery and other areas of biotechnology and biochemistry.
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Einaudi seed grants finding fertile soil

Faculty from six colleges across Cornell tackle issues ranging from the health of endangered wild dogs to the spread of misinformation through social media.
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Cornell, Google first to detect key to quantum computing future

The method, realized in theory by Prof. Eun-Ah Kim and Yuri Lensky, could protect bits of quantum information by storing them nonlocally.
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Prioritize space to dream, OADI alumna tells diverse students

At a May 5 ceremony, Misha Inniss-Thompson ’16, assistant research professor of psychology in the College of Human Ecology urged students to prioritize their passions and interests.
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From poetry to philosophy to politics, Humanities Scholars share research

The end-of-year HSP research conference May 5 featured presentations by 45 senior undergraduates.
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Reversible magnetic field found around a fast radio burst for the first time

“These new observations are another step forward in understanding the remarkable engines and the diversity of fast radio bursts.”
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Thai elections defy long-standing rule banning criticism of monarchy

A growing dissatisfaction within Thailand with the country’s conservative monarchy makes a May 14 election significant.
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Government scholar compares founding histories of six modern states

Comparing Britain, the United States and France with the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany and the Islamic Republic of Iran, Richard Bensel uncovers a paradox at the heart of every modern state founding.
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From corks to Corey to the cosmos: The Hill’s most ‘legendary’ courses

Cornellians offers a (not-at-all-comprehensive) roundup of quintessentially Cornellian classes—and invites you to weigh in!
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Two from Cornell named HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars

Madineh Sedigh-Sarvestani, who will join the College of Arts and Sciences in July as an assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior.
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Cornellians named Schwarzman, Goldwater and Udall scholars

Three students and a recent graduate have won national scholarships that will prepare them for future global leadership and careers in STEM and public service.
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Two doctoral students selected as Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellows

The fellowships will provide a stipend as well as funding for research and other activities.
Eve Ogden Schaub

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Alum aimed for zero waste—and wrote a book about it

Eve Ogden Schaub ’92, BA ’93, BFA ’93, caps off her trilogy of memoirs with "Year of No Garbage."
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Mayfest chamber music festival returns to Ithaca May 19-23

Cornell's international music festival welcomes longtime friends and new collaborators for five world-class concerts May 19-23.
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Vaccine campaign research highlights the power of individual self-interest

Researchers Sarah Kreps and Douglas Kriner surveyed residents of Italy who went unvaccinated, despite strong government policies and penalties.
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Even China isn’t convinced it can replace the U.S.

Ideology in China is itself malleable, rather than a rigid cage that determines policy, government professor Jessica Chen Weiss writes in a New York Times opinion.
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Neutron star’s X-rays reveal ‘photon metamorphosis’

Scientists were surprised when a NASA satellite detected that lower- and higher-energy X-rays were polarized differently, with electromagnetic fields oriented at right angles to each other.
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If verified, drone strike against Putin could be a significant turning point

Military historian David Silbey and Lt. Col. Paul Lushenko, doctoral candidate, comment on an alleged drone strike on the Kremlin.
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Physics professor elected to National Academy of Sciences

A&S physicist Michelle Wang is among four Cornell faculty who were elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in research.
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Self-folding origami machines powered by chemical reaction

The approach could one day lead to the creation of a new fleet of tiny autonomous devices that can rapidly respond to their chemical environment.
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Two physics graduate students chosen for DOE program

The fellowship provides world-class training and access to state-of-the-art facilities and resources at DOE national laboratories.
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Cornell Center for Social Sciences names spring grantees

These awards include funding for a conference, a superdepartment grant supporting collaboration in psychology, and 17 grants that will jump-start research across campus.
Kristina Hugar, Ph.D. ‘15, Ecolectro’s chief science officer, conducts research in the startup’s laboratory space at Cornell’s McGovern Center.

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Integrating STEM majors won’t end gender segregation at work

Only 36% of the gender segregation seen among college-educated workers is tied to their undergraduate degrees, a new study finds.
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May Day strikes: French far-right gains ground as working people's party

Prof. Mabel Berezin comments on the May Day strikes in France.
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Sudan’s return to peace hinges on re-empowering civilian government

Prof. Rachel Beatty Riedl comments on the violence in Sudan.
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The danger of today’s jurisprudence reproducing slavery-era ideas

In a Washington Post op-ed, Prof. Tamika Nunley says judges shouldn't draw on laws addressing slave ownership to adjudicate legal questions involving human embryos.
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Magnetic imaging unlocks crucial property of 2D superconductor

“I’m excited that we can use this tool now and apply it to this large class of really fascinating superconductors, which are a rich playground in condensed matter physics for realizing extraordinary superconducting phenomena.”
Tamika Nunley

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Historian explores limits of justice for enslaved women in Virginia

The creation of slave laws throughout the antebellum South can be traced back to the legal system in Virginia.
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Arts and Sciences faculty featured on Academic Minute

Five faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences were featured on a “Cornell week” on The Academic Minute radio program from May 1-5.
Toichiro Kinoshita

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‘Heroic’ physicist Toichiro Kinoshita dies at 98

Toichiro Kinoshita, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), died March 23. He was 98.
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Milstein first-years take advantage of community, opportunity

First-year students in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity talk about their varied experiences.
Alice Paul toasting (with grape juice) the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, August 26, 1920

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Passage of ERA legislation ‘long overdue’

The U.S. Senate is set to vote today on a measure that could allow the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to be added to the U.S. Constitution, a century after its introduction. 
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Mars Rover documentary to screen at Cornell Cinema

Cornell Cinema will present a free screening of the documentary Good Night Oppy.
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'Parking missile subs in South Korea creates multiple risk scenarios'

The United States will deploy nuclear-armed submarines to South Korea for the first time in 40 years — part of a new agreement, signed Wednesday, and signaling Washington's commitment to defend Seoul against nuclear threats from North Korea.
Dean Ray Jayawardhana (left) moderates “Transcending Echo Chambers: Political Polarization and the Media” with panelists Andrew Morse ’96, S. E. Cupp ’00, Matthew Hiltzik ’94; and Alexandra Cirone, assistant professor of government.

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Panelists: Good journalism can help combat divisions

The panel was the centerpiece of Andrew Morse’s residency as Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College.
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New research sheds light on how circadian rhythms work

The research offers new hope for dealing with jet lag, insomnia and other sleep disorders.
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The notable lives behind (seven more) big red buildings

In part two of our continuing series, we meet a celebrated scientific couple, a distinguished Chinese scholar, and much more.