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History

Gaza ceasefire is a resounding policy victory for Trump

10/9/2025 A&S Communications

The president's leadership was a key factor in getting the deal done, says professor emeritus Barry Strauss.

Economics

Gold surge does not pose a threat to the US dollar

10/9/2025 A&S Communications

“It would be virtually impossible for Gold to take on the multifaceted role of the USD in international trade and finance."

An artist's rendition of an atom in the sky next to McGraw Tower on Cornell's campus.

Physics

Brad Ramshaw named Experimental Physics Investigator

10/9/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell physicist Brad Ramshaw has been named a 2025 Experimental Physics Investigator – national recognition awarded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to a select group of researchers pushing the boundaries of experimental physics.

two black holes approach each other with a dark background of space — SXS Lensing/Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes Collaboration A visualization from a computer simulation of two black holes

Astrophysics

Cornell physicists update catalog of binary black holes

10/8/2025 A&S Communications

These simulations, developed with significant input from Cornell researchers using code written at Cornell, help scientists analyze gravitational waves observed by the LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA detectors located in the U.S., Italy and Japan.

Comparative literature

Writers, translators consider ‘Ukraine in Translation’ Oct. 18

10/7/2025 A&S Communications

The symposium responds to a new urgency to Ukrainian culture of the past, present and future both inside and outside the country.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Héctor Abruña to be honored at Dreyfus Prize ceremony Oct. 23

10/6/2025 A&S Communications

The president of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation will present Abruña with the award in a 4 p.m. ceremony in the Meshri Family Auditorium, Baker Laboratory Room 200 and also livestreamed.

Two people chatting outdoors — Devin Flores/Cornell University Swift Club Vice President Agustina Garcia ’27 (right) and Taylor Swift fan Leyla Rivera '27 prepare for the club's "The Life of a Showgirl" album release party starting at 10 p.m. Oct. 2 in Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.

Student life

Cornell ‘Swifties’ bond over musical superstar

10/2/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Swift Club will ring in a new Taylor Swift era with a late-night album release party for “The Life of a Showgirl.”

Shelves of children's books — Jenny Kalahar/Unsplash

Sociology

Political views, not sex and violence, now drive literary censorship

10/2/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Liberals and conservatives both oppose censorship of children’s literature – unless the writing offends their own political ideology, showing how a once-bipartisan issue has become polarized.

artificial intelligence graphic with brain, lights and circuits

Research centers

NIH grant to fund autism research center

10/2/2025 Cornell Chronicle

AR² is one of 13 projects funded by the $50 million ADSI research effort to assess the roles of genetics, environmental interactions and other factors in autism.

Colorful clouds and stars in deep space — Arnaud Mariat/Unsplash

Physics

Physicist: After 33 billon years, universe ‘will end in a big crunch’

10/2/2025 Cornell Chronicle

After expanding to its peak size about 11 billion years from now, the universe will begin to contract – snapping back like a rubber band to a single point at the end, according to a Cornell physicist.

professor and students in a classroom — University Photo Professor Michelle Smith, standing, works with students involved in an active learning project.

Innovation in the classroom

Faculty respond to request to share progressive teaching ideas, study shows

10/2/2025 A&S Communications

The team found a significant uptick in the number of articles published after 2013 that focused on core concepts and competencies suggested in a seminal report.

Alumni excellence

Nobel-winning behavioral economist Richard Thaler to speak Oct. 17

10/2/2025 A&S Communications

Thaler won the Nobel Prize in 2017 for work done in the 1980s at Cornell. He is now the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago.

Economics

Behavioral economics: Born at Cornell, embraced by policymakers

10/3/2025 A&S Communications

Economists and psychologists work together to understand how human behavior impacts people's decision-making in the marketplace.

Physics

‘Bottling’ human intuition for AI-led materials discovery

10/2/2025 Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell researcher and collaborators have developed a machine-learning model that encapsulates and quantifies the valuable intuition of human experts in the quest to discover new quantum materials.

people watching someone do work — Kathy Hovis From left, Zakk Dannemann, a microfabricator at MiTeGen, works on a project, while talking with Benjamin Apker, MiTeGen’s chief executive officer, and company founder and Cornell physics professor Robert Thorne.

Faculty innovation

Creating customized tools for scientists around the world

10/1/2025 A&S Communications

Physics Professor Robert Thorne's company just celebrated 20 years in business and its 25th patent.