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Historical black and white image of a young man reading — Provided James John

History

James John, medieval historian, dies at 95

10/31/2023 Cornell Chronicle

A specialist in the study of Latin manuscripts and the history of universities, John was a part of the Cornell community for more than 50 years, teaching medieval intellectual history, historiography and paleography – the study of historical writing systems and manuscripts.

Physics

Bethe Lecture: Testing space propulsion on Earth

10/31/2023 A&S Communications

On Nov. 15, physicist and engineer John Foster will discuss the challenge of testing high power electric propulsion on the ground.

two people in auditorium — Chris Kitchen Dayal Meshri, right, and his daughter, Gita, left, in the newly renovated Baker 200 auditorium.

Alumni support

Meshri family funds Baker 200 restoration project

10/30/2023 A&S Communications

The Meshri Family Auditorium opened this fall, after a $6 million renovation.

Literatures in English

Humanists have the power and the tools to fight climate change

10/27/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Humanities scholars have an important role to play in the current political struggle to stave off environmental collapse, Caroline Levine argues in her new book.

Orange tube-like machine covered with lice — Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt/Lawrence The Icefin underwater vehicle has sonar, chemical and biological sensors that help researchers characterize sub-ice environments.

Astronomy

Underwater robot updates understanding of ice shelf crevasses

10/27/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Crevasses play an important role in circulating seawater beneath Antarctic ice shelves, potentially influencing their stability, finds Cornell-led research based on first-of-its-kind exploration by an underwater robot.

Pattern in green, blue and yellow — Provided A confocal microscopy image shows a bicontinuous microstructure with well-defined spacing.

Creating New Materials

Quantum materials behave in strange ways, unlike normal matter. Harnessing their unique behavior will enable advances in a wide variety of applications, including making sustainable pigments, energy storage and filtration. A&S researchers are creating novel nanostructures that reveal the possibilities in the quantum realm for matter.

Tiny networks intertwine to mimic design of bird colors

Camille Suárez

Assistant Professor
American Studies Program, History, Latina/o Studies Program

Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik

Assistant Professor
History

Interior of a very large Catholic church — Marcus Loke/Unsplash Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris

Religion

Role of women in early Christianity informs Catholic present

10/26/2023 A&S Communications

“As Roman Catholic Church leaders meet this month for the Synod on Synodality, some women—both nuns and laypeople—have been invited to join the workshop," says Kim Haines-Eitzen.

Ian Lundberg

Assistant Professor
Sociology

Rachel Sandwell

Assistant Professor
History

Light-colored stone oblisk with a city in the background — Nestor Barbitta/Unsplash Buenos Aires, Argentina

Government

Argentina’s run-off to be decided by Patricia Bullrich supporters

10/25/2023 A&S Communications

Which candidate can capture the votes of supporters of Patricia Bullrich, the mainstream conservative candidate?

Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Award-winning journalists to discuss role of the press

10/25/2023 A&S Communications

On Nov. 14, NPR’s David Folkenflik ’91, Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist, will moderate a panel of noted journalists and faculty to discuss “Free Press in a Free Society: U.S. Newsrooms on the Front Lines.”

In Memoriam

Chinese linguist Tsu-Lin Mei dies at 90

10/24/2023 A&S Communications

Mei was one of the most important Chinese historical linguists of the 20th century.

bright, squiggly lines of light radiate from a node

Neurobiology and Behavior

Role of hippocampus in two functions of memory revealed

10/23/2023 Cornell Chronicle

The finding has important implications for one day treating memory and learning issues found in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.