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Four people stand in front of a building, wearing dress coats and hats
Provided by the family of Dr. Edward Hart Martin Luther King Jr. and colleagues stand outside Anabel Taylor Hall on Nov. 13, 1960, during King’s first visit to Ithaca. Left to right: Kenneth Hagood ’60, a Cornell student organizer; Martin Luther King Jr.; the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a co-founder with King of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Dr. Edward Hart, an Ithaca ophthalmologist and chair of the Cornell Committee Against Segregation.
Africana Studies and Research Center

MLK's 1960s visits to Cornell still resonate today

Cornell Chronicle

Africana Studies and Research Center …

A farmer holds multiple varieties of wheat and barley from his field
Alex McAlvay/New York Botanical Garden A farmer holds multiple varieties of wheat and barley from his field in Kutabir District, Amhara, Ethiopia.
Climate

Ancient farming strategy holds promise for climate resilience

Cornell Chronicle

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology …

Book cover: Revolution
Traverso's award-winning book, English translation
Romance Studies

Traverso wins Italian literature award for nonfiction

A&S Communications

History …

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Electrochemistry converts carbon to useful molecules

Cornell Chronicle

Chemistry and Chemical Biology …

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Physics

Cornell to lead new semiconductor research center

Cornell Chronicle

Physics …

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Humanities

Mellon grants $1M to deepen and improve Freedom on the Move

Cornell Chronicle

History …

A white box with a lense on the right end with complex equipment on the underside; a sensor bound for Mars
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech This image, taken in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on July 23, 2019, shows a close-up of the head of Mars 2020's remote sensing mast. The mast head contains the SuperCam instrument (its lens is in the large circular opening).
Astronomy

Perseverance rover records sound of dust devils on Mars

Cornell Chronicle

Astronomy …

woman playing guitar
Simon Wheeler Milstein student Pareesay Afzal '24 performs an original song at the Salon.
Student experiences

Creativity flourishes at student-run Milstein Salon

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity …

Victor LaValle ’94, BA ’95
Teddy Wolff Victor LaValle ’94, BA ’95
Alumni

Acclaimed Horror Writer Forges Bright Paths Through Dark Worlds

Cornellians

Literatures in English …

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Research collaborations

Seed grants foster collaboration across Cornell campuses

Cornell Chronicle

Chemistry and Chemical Biology …

An auditorium with a large crowd celebrating a graduation
Lindsay France/Cornell University In Barton Hall on Dec. 18, the university’s 20th recognition ceremony for December graduates honored more than 700 recipients of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
December graduates

December graduation celebrates unique paths to Cornell education

Cornell Chronicle

Philosophy …

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Provided Ariel Cooper '15 at Buttermilk Falls in summer 2022
Alumni

At a Personal Crossroads, a Visit to Ithaca Focused My Mind

Cornellians

Literatures in English …

Black and white historical photo of a person in jacket and tie speaking authoritatively in front of a chalk board
Rare and Manuscript Collections The typical LaFeber lecture: a brief outline and no notes.
History

‘LaFeber Posse’ Gears up to Honor Legendary Professor

Cornellians

There is, perhaps, no Cornell faculty member more deserving of a festschrift than the late, legendary historian Walter LaFeber. The German term—which translates as “feast writing”—refers to a collection of papers by multiple authors, written as a tribute …

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Patrick Shanahan First-year students, from left, Nic Oke, Richlove Nkansah, Kira Pawletko and Hamid Rezaee.
Student stories

First-years share their transformational journeys ... so far

A&S Communications

John S. Knight Institute …

Person working in a lab, wearing safety goggles and purple gloves
Patrick Shanahan Richard Kong in the lab
Klarman Fellows

Causing reactions: Klarman Fellow develops new catalysts

A&S Communications

Chemistry and Chemical Biology …