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Jake Turner
Ryan Young/Cornell University Jake Turner, NASA Hubble/Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow in astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences and part of the Carl Sagan Institute, is a science adviser on a radio telescope made of four antennas that each extend to eight feet long and are packed into an eight-inch canister for launch.
Astronomy

Earth to be exhibit A for lunar exoplanet research

Cornell Chronicle

With the help of a Cornell astronomy researcher, the first radio telescope ever to land on the moon will lay the foundation for detecting habitable planets in our solar system by observing Earth as if it’s an exoplanet.

Doorway decorated with a wooden cross and colorful painting of four figures
Despina Galani Unsplash Church doorway in Paros, Greece
Sociology

Cornell expert on same-sex marriage in Greece vote

A&S Communications

Legalizing same-sex marriage in Greece would show other Eastern Orthodox Christians that providing rights does not undermine culture and values, says sociology scholar Landon Schnabel.

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Eun Seo Jo

Assistant Research Professor
Linguistics

Ishion Hutchinson
Creative Writing Program

Book-length poem narrates struggle of young Black fighters in WWI

Cornell Chronicle

In the new book-length work, “School of Instructions: A Poem,” Ishion Hutchinson writes of the psychic and physical terrors of West Indian soldiers volunteering in British regiments in the Middle East during World War I.

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Henri Pham/Unsplash
Couples studies

For couples, negative speaks louder than positive

Cornell Chronicle

People with stronger negative implicit judgments about a partner are more likely to perceive negativity in daily interactions with them, which hurts relationship satisfaction over time, Cornell psychology research finds.

Kimberlé Crenshaw ’81
Kimberlé Crenshaw ’81
MLK Lecture

Scholar to speak on intersectional justice at annual MLK lecture

Cornell Chronicle

This year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Feb. 19 will focus on the importance of understanding and addressing systems of oppression and their impact on multiple identities, including race and gender.

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Climate science

Climate roundtable sparks insight and invites collaboration

Cornell Chronicle

Song Lin, Tisch University Professor of chemistry and chemical biology, talked about how his lab is trying to mimic the way plants fix CO2, via the abundant enzyme Rubisco.

Fatema Gunja Sumar ’01
Alumni

Founded by undergrads, service groups are still going strong

Cornellians

Meet some alums whose good works—from youth outreach to food drives—are being continued by a new generation

Book cover: Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages
Language study

Book shines light on teaching ‘Less Commonly Taught Languages’

A&S Communications

How can institutions, programs, and LCTL instructors collaborate and think across institutional boundaries to strengthen language offerings?

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Provided Crystal structure of pure ErTe3
Physics

Physicists detect elusive ‘Bragg glass’ phase with machine learning tool

A&S Communications

The discovery settles a long-standing question of whether this almost–but not quite–ordered state of Bragg glass can exist in real materials.

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Matthew Ashton - AMA, via Getty Images Balać stands to the right behind actors Ryan Reynolds, left, and Rob McElhenney.
Alumni accomplishments

Alum’s Emmy caps his ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ experience

A&S Communications

Miloš Balać ’11 was the primary point person on the ground, connecting with the town and the team.

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Society for the Humanities

Juliana Hu Pegues to speak on Indigenous Feminist Activism

A&S Communications

In this year’s Invitational Lecture hosted by the Society for the Humanities, Hu Pegues will examine the story of Tillie Paul, a Tlingit woman in Alaska

Jacob Anbinder
Chris Kitchen Jacob Anbinder
Klarman Fellows

How did our housing get so expensive? Klarman Fellow dives into the history

A&S Communications

Jacob Anbinder is finding political as well as economic reasons for the current housing crisis.

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Creative Commons President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
International studies

Zaluzhny firing ‘sign of desperation more than calculation’

A&S Communications

In Ukraine, fired general Zaluzhny appears to be taking the fall for recent failures and circumstances outside of President Zelensky’s control, says David Silbey.

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Heather Ainsworth/Provided Abigel Manaye ’24 (standing) argues the opposition side of the debate, “Speechless: Should Union Organizers Have Free Speech Rights in the Workplace?,” held Jan. 31 in Ives Hall.
Free Expression

Students debate free speech in the workplace

Cornell Chronicle

Students from ILR and the College of Arts and Sciences debated “Speechless: Should Union Organizers Have Free Speech Rights in the Workplace?” on Jan. 31 in Ives Hall, supporting the Freedom of Expression Theme Year.