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Three small, colorful parrots cluster around a hand in a blue glove
Chris Kitchen Budgerigar parrots get a treat of millet in Cornell's Corson Hall aviary
Neurobiology and Behavior

Parrots, songbirds have evolved distinct brain mechanisms, Klarman Fellow finds

A&S Communications

The study provides a clue into how parrot – and human – brains allow continuous, flexible vocal learning.

Book cover: Cornell, A History
Cornelliana

Big Red books, perfect for gifting

Cornellians

Need a present for the Cornellian on your list? Here are titles on University history, traditions, songs, famous alums—even recipes!

Klarman Hall

Mitch Graham

Technical Support Provider
Mathematics

Two people -- characters in a film -- wearing large coats and gold jewelry
Performing and Media Arts

Winter Session Spotlight: Dr. Kristen Warner on Black Cult Media

Cornell SCE

Students can take a deeper dive into cult cinema by enrolling in Black Cult Media (PMA 4403), an online three-credit course that will be offered for the first time during Cornell’s Winter Session, Jan. 2-19.

student with text from projector shining on his face
Chris Kitchen Franklin Zheng '25 experimented with AI in three of his classes this semester.
Classroom innovation

Welcoming AI into the classroom

A&S Communications

Students are experimenting with generative artificial intelligence in everything from essay writing to computer code creation.

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Cornell Center for Social Sciences

Cornell Center for Social Sciences announces 2023 fall grantees

Cornell Chronicle

Faculty member Douglas Kriner and graduate student Aaron Childree received grants in CCSS's fall round, among 16 awards across eight Cornell schools and colleges.

Toni Morrison at Cornell
Celebrating Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison Collective hosts book talks, giveaways during December

A&S Communications

"The project makes Ithacans aware that this Nobel writer lived in Ithaca for two years."

Mostafa Minawi
Faculty honors

Minawi wins Middle East Studies Association book prize

A&S Communications

The award was given for “Losing Istanbul: Arab-Ottoman Imperialists and the End of Empire.”

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Provided Manuel Muñoz, Sporting an appreciative T-shirt at the recent conference honoring his mentor.
Creative Writing Program

Giving voice to the often voiceless, alum wins a ‘Genius Grant’

Cornellians

Fiction writer Manuel Muñoz, MFA ’98, draws inspiration from his upbringing in a Mexican-American farming family

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Researchers win grants to remove carbon from air, manufacturing

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Atkinson faculty fellow Phillip Milner has won a Carbontech Development Initiative grants to develop carbon removal technologies.

Malott Hall with a banner saying "curiosity, discovery, creativity" in front of it.
Malott Hall

Two Arts & Sciences Professors Elected to American Mathematical Society

A&S Communications

Two professors in the Department of Mathematics were recently elected to the American Mathematical Society.

Oval shaped sea creature with an orange inside emits blue light
Elliot Lowndes/Provided A male ostracod, about the size of a sesame seed, will dance in harmony with other males underwater at night and secrete a glowing mucus to get attention from females.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Sea fireflies synchronize their sparkle to seek soulmates

Cornell Chronicle

In sea fireflies’ underwater ballet, the males sway together in perfect, illuminated synchronization, basking in the blue-like glow of their secreted iridescent mucus.

Jessica Chen Weiss
Government

China expert, present at Xi visit to US, aims to cool tensions

Cornell Chronicle

Professor Jessica Chen Weiss, an expert on U.S.-China relations, was among the attendees of the dinner following President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s historic summit on Nov. 15 in San Francisco.

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Jason Koski/Cornell University The executive board of Women Leaders of Color, a student group dedicated to uniting and empowering female students of color, outside Kennedy Hall.
Student leaders

New group unites, empowers female students of color

Cornell Chronicle

Women Leaders of Color at Cornell aims to increase representation of women of color in leadership positions across professions.

Derek Berman
Graduate student research

Student Spotlight: Derek Berman

Cornell University Graduate School

Derek Berman, doctoral student in geological sciences, studies the geophysical environment of Mars’ Jezero crater.