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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.

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Community engagement

Engaged Conversations Series to focus on community partnerships

The Einhorn Center for Community Engagement has launched a set of speaker events and workshops designed for anyone incorporating CEL into curricula, research and other programs.

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Physics

'Flawed' material resolves superconductor conundrum

Cornell Chronicle

Researchers developed a more controlled way of making nickelates, a material that could potentially help pinpoint the key qualities that enable high-temperature superconductivity.

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Latin America

Cornell Latin American politics expert on El Salvador election

A&S Communications

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele is on track to handedly win reelection on Sunday.

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Kelly Musick

Professor of Public Policy and Sociology
Center for the Study of Inequality, Sociology

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Jason Koski/Cornell University Ann Druyan, writer, producer and widow of Carl Sagan, speaks at the 2015 Inauguration of the Carl Sagan Institute: Pale Blue Dot and Beyond.
Astronomy and cinema

‘Cosmos’ screening features ice cream and live Q&A with Ann Druyan

A&S Communications

As part of their “Voyager Spacecraft Week,” the Cornell Astronomical Society joins Cornell Cinema to present “Cosmos” Episode 6: “Traveler’s Tales” on Feb. 13.

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Lindsay France/Cornell University Klarman Postdoctoral Fellows pursue research on a wide variety of topics in the social sciences, sciences and humanities.
Klarman Fellows

Twelve new Klarman Fellows to pursue innovative, timely research in A&S

A&S Communications

This fifth cohort of Klarman Fellows is the largest since the program was launched in 2019.

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Public Engagement

Speaker series to examine antisemitism, Islamophobia

Cornell Chronicle

Leading academics from around the country will join Cornell experts in a semester-long series, “Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined."

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Psychology

Mouse social calls and distress calls linked to different neurons

Cornell Chronicle

“Vocal communication is central to our experience as humans and fundamental to social success for animals generally,” said Prof. Katherine Tschida.

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M. Kelley et al. Color map showing predicted inelastic helium atom scattering signals from Nb(100).
Physics

Researchers develop new model to predict surface atom scattering

Cornell Chronicle

Helium beams are potentially very useful for understanding the surface characteristics of materials on the molecular level.

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Provided Harrison Award winner Dana Lerner ’14 playing ice hockey at Madison Square Garden in March 2023 (“A helmet was worn and is out of the frame,” she notes.)
Alumni

Rising stars: Harrison Award honors recent alumni leaders

Alumni Affairs & Development

Four special guests, including Arts & Sciences alumni, will be honored at the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference in Baltimore in February.