News : page 31

Displaying 1501 - 1550 of 5639
Multi-colored ribbons of light form the infinity symbol

Article

Cornell mathematician featured in Netflix film

“The main idea of the film involves an exploration of infinity from several perspectives: mathematical, physical, philosophical, theological."
Etching showing a stately building and horse and carriage traffic around it

Article

Book explores the centuries-old influence of ‘Protestant Brooklyn’

Professors Glenn Altschuler, PhD ’76, and Stuart Blumin take a deep dive into the borough once known as the "city of churches."
musicians outside

Article

loadbang offers concerts as 2022-23 Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble

The ensemble will collaborate with graduate composers on new works and engage with students in a variety of ways.
Chorale members standing in four rows in front of a stone building with stone archway

Article

Chorale is back!’ says new director

“We welcome singers from any department of the university and from the community,” said Michael Poll, music director and Klarman Fellow.
Illustration of a blocky silver robot

Article

Brains on board: Smart microrobots walk autonomously

Electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are smaller than an ant’s head allow them to walk by themselves.
Person in blue jacket speaking in front of red, white and green flags

Article

Fascism expert: Italy is next in the European nationalist movement, here is why.

The outcome of the Italian election on Sept. 25 could have dramatic effects on the country and European Union, says professor Mabel Berezin.
Person wearing an apron, leading on a counter

Article

Devoting time to do the most good

Financial aid didn’t just open a door to education for Adam Shelepak ’17—it afforded the possibility of service to the Cornell community, like founding the nonprofit Anabel’s Grocery.
Red cliffs reaching down to blue ocean; a city of white buildings appears small

Article

Statistical analysis aims to solve Greek volcano mystery

Sturt Manning has zeroed in on a much narrower range of dates, approximately 1609–1560 BCE, for the eruption on Santorini, a pivotal event in the prehistory of the region.
Person wearing a hat in a sunny field, using electronc equipment

Article

Klarman Fellow tracks impact of social bonds on animal health

“My focus is on how an animal’s mother can impact a wide range of outcomes: in childhood, adulthood, and even between generations."
Solmaz Sharif

Article

Poet Solmaz Sharif considered ‘literary citizenship’ at reading event

Her books of poetry are “Looks” and “Customs”; part of the Fall 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series for the Creative Writing Program.
students working on posters

Article

Milstein students greet new year with team-building events

What are students up to with wooden skewers, popsicle sticks, Scotch Tape and a rainbow collage of pipe-cleaners?
Margaret Rossiter

Article

Rossiter honored for 'writing women back into the history of science'

Her major work, “Women Scientists in America,” has redrawn the historical landscape of women in science.
frontiers conference poster

Article

Archaeological conference expands discussion beyond colonial roots

'We saw this conference as a way to expand the conversation beyond Cornell.'
Students with backpacks walk past a building with stone columns

Article

Two Doctoral Students Receive Ford Fellowships

Joseph Miranda, a doctoral candidate in English language and literature, received a dissertation competition fellowship.
Person at a podium, hand raised to take an oath

Article

Martial law anniversary marked by ‘historical revisionism’

This year’s anniversary of Philippine martial law is momentous, says professor Christine Bacareza Balance.
2030 PROJECT LOGO

Article

From methane to microbes: 2030 Project conveys first grants

“Climate change is a pressing challenge and we don’t have a moment to lose."
Medical professoional wearing a mask and protective gloves gives a shot to a person wearing a Cornell Big Red t-shirt

Article

Collaboration to infuse human behavior into epidemiological models

Six Cornell faculty members from three different colleges will work together to improve epidemiological models of infectious disease using a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Ancient stone building with a spire and foliage growing on the roof

Article

Report shows near-total erasure of Armenian heritage sites

The study compiled decades of high-resolution satellite imagery from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.
breast cancer cells

Article

Proteins could lead to early breast cancer diagnosis, treatment

A team of researchers has discovered a non-invasive biomarker that could aid with earlier diagnosis of breast cancer, the most common cancer among women, which will likely affect one in 13 women during their lives.
Desert land seen from above, showing a huge crater

Article

Student team will seek public’s views on planetary defense

The researchers will conduct public opinion surveys on how governments respond when asteroids and comets threaten cities, countries, or at the extreme, even the entire earth.
Elizabeth Kellogg

Article

Kellogg honored for insight into mechanics of biological systems

The 2023 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award is given each year to a woman who has achieved prominence while in the early stages of a career in biophysical research.
Sydney Shoemaker

Article

Sydney Shoemaker, leading figure of Cornell philosophy, dies at 90

Remembered as a powerful thinker and brilliant teacher, Shoemaker contributed to the outstanding reputation of Cornell philosophy during the second half of the twentieth century,
Modern building rising into fog

Article

At global turning point, economists take stock of 100 years of development

Major figures in world economics will gather in Ithaca Sept. 15-17 to re-think the foundations of economics and the nature of regulation – with particular care for the environment.
Wearing a tiara with matching shiney necklace, a sash and medals, the white haired queen looks unsmilingly at the camera.

Article

King Charles III must quickly determine his path as ruler

Cornell faculty reflect on what will happen after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Héctor D. Abruña

Article

$8.3M award boosts chemistry research into fuel cells, batteries

The funding supports research, as well as the establishment of a small fleet of fuel-cell and battery powered (EV) cars at Cornell.
Student on quad in the fall

Article

New Jewish studies major approved in College of Arts & Sciences

“These efforts recognize the critical questions Jewishness raises and its place as part of a shared heritage.”
man in office

Article

Eminent physicist Kurt Gottfried, co-founder of Union of Concerned Scientists, dies at 93

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.
Spiral galaxy

Article

UVEX NASA mission advances with Cornell astronomers on team

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.
White-haired smiling man with hands clasped in front of his stomach, wearing a blue blazer and dress shirt.

Article

Frank Drake ’51, astronomy pioneer, dies at 92

“Frank Drake was a pioneer of radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence using radio telescopes."
man with horses in background

Article

Student’s research focuses on Indigenous agriculture system

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

Article

Journalists join A&S professors to discuss global impacts of war in Ukraine

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.
Hilary Beckles

Article

A.D. White Professors are named; fall visits announced

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.
Khadija Monis

Article

Afghan students – now Cornellians – look to future

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.
three people

Article

The College Welcomes New Faculty for 2022-23

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.
Book cover: Organic Chemistry

Article

McMurry makes bestselling chemistry text free in memory of son

Starting fall 2023, the 10th edition of McMurry’s Organic Chemistry will be available an open educational resource (OER) through OpenStax.
The exoplanet appears as a white disk with a triangle of light emanating from it; the four alternate images at the bottom of the image each appear as different colored blurs

Article

NASA releases first Webb Telescope image of exoplanet

Observation team member Eileen Gonzales, 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow, says this is just the beginning.
Richard Clark

Article

New Faculty: Richard Clark

Richard Clark, Government
Daniel Hirschman

Article

New Faculty: Daniel Hirschman

Daniel Hirschman, Sociology
Kristen Warner

Article

New Faculty: Kristen Warner

Kristen Warner, Performing and Media Arts
Michell Chresfield

Article

New Faculty: Michell Chresfield

Michell Chresfield, Africana Studies
Vanessa Gubbins

Article

New Faculty: Vanessa Gubbins

Vanessa Gubbins, Romance Studies
José Luis Montiel Olea

Article

New Faculty: José Luis Montiel Olea

José Luis Montiel Olea, Economics
Jamie Budnick

Article

New Faculty: Jamie Budnick

Jamie Budnick, Sociology
Chelsea Mikael Frazier

Article

New Faculty: Chelsea Mikael Frazier

Chelsea Mikael Frazier, Literatures in English
Joe Lerangis

Article

New Faculty: Joe Lerangis

Joe Lerangis, Music
Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz

Article

New Faculty: Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz

Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz, Performing and Media Arts
Person standing in front of a huge black & white image of a comet with a rocky surface

Article

Cornell scientists show how terrain evolves on an icy comet

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.
Carolyn Fornoff

Article

New Faculty: Carolyn Fornoff

Carolyn Fornoff, Romance Studies
Mayer Juni

Article

New Faculty: Mayer Juni

Mayer Juni, History and Jewish Studies
Historic photo from 1873, of a young woman

Article

Lectures to unearth stories ‘that don’t get told’ in classical scholarship

Oxford scholar Constanze Güthenke will bring to light untold stories of classical scholarship during the 2022 Townsend Lectures Sept. 7, 9, and 12.