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Patrick Shanahan Krystyna Golovakova works with students in her Ukrainian language class.
Ukrainian program

Classes, events show 'Ukraine is not only a country at war'

A&S Communications

Cornell's Ukrainian program is bringing the country’s culture to campus through language learning, folk tradition and history.

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Yao Yang

Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Oral delivery a possibility for silica-based C’Dots

Cornell Chronicle

New research has shown that ultrasmall Cornell Prime Dots, or C’Dots, which are among the nanocarriers for therapeutics once thought to be viable only by injection, have the potential to be administered orally.

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Harrison College Scholars

Cornell student creates alternative remedy to relieve period pain

Cornell Chronicle

Armita Jamshidi ‘25, a computer science major and Harrison College Scholar, founded Aunt Flo’s Kitchen and is a new member of eLab.

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Government

The OpenAI meltdown will only accelerate the artificial intelligence race

The Guardian

Optimists and ‘doomers’ are fighting over the direction of AI research – and those who want speed may have won this round, Sarah Kreps writes in an op-ed in The Guardian.

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Provided Anthropology Collections curator Frederic Gleach held an open house during the Northeast Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory that highlighted materials from the Andes, including the items pictured here: Andean textiles and ceramics, with a Sican gold mask
Anthropology

Conference celebrates 40 years of Andean studies at Cornell

A&S Communications

“The conference showcased the true intergenerational and diverse group of scholars involved in Andean Studies,” said Prof. Cohen-Aponte.

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Cornell Bowers CIS

Technology Repair Fair helps people doctor their devices, not dump them

Cornell Bowers CIS

Volunteers saved 10 desktop computers, seven laptops, 14 monitors, countless cords and chargers, and one electronic cat toy from becoming e-waste at the first Technology Repair Fair.

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Science communication

Mathematician Steven Strogatz receives national award for science communication

A&S Communications

Strogatz’s work, along with that of communications professor Neil Lewis Jr. (CALS), was selected for the awards from among 500 entries published or aired in 2023.

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Nexus Scholars

Nexus Scholar alumni profile: Ricco Venterea ’24

A&S Communications

"Nexus Scholars was the first time where the only thing I had to worry about was research."

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Nexus Scholars

Nexus Scholar alumni profile: Jacqueline Allen ’23

A&S Communications

"I got a taste of what neuroscience research is really like."

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Nexus Scholars

Nexus Scholar alumni profile: Nicole Hao ’24, MEng ’25

A&S Communications

“Nexus, to me, was also a professional development experience."

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Nexus Scholars

Nexus Scholar alumni profile: Rachel Craig ’24

A&S Communications

"I had the opportunity to present what was exciting to me, and what I learned.”

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Nexus Scholars

Nexus Scholar alumni profile: Nnenna Ochuru ’25

A&S Communications

"I want to further study the politicalization of education."

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Judeo-Islamic Studies

Talk explores connections of antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism

Cornell Chronicle

Professor Ross Brann discussed how racist depictions of the behavior and appearance of Jews and Muslims encouraged ancient peoples to view them as others in a talk held Nov. 16.

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Technology

OpenAI board may have won the battle – but lost the war

A&S Communications

Differences of opinion about OpenAI’s “benefit of humanity” vision became more evident over recent months, says Sarah Kreps, professor of government and director of the Tech Policy Institute.