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colorful bird outdoors, perched on a twig — Trevor McKinnon/Unsplash Zebra finch

Neurobiology and Behavior

As Pew investigator, Goldberg to study how animals feed young

10/24/2023 A&S Communications

The collaboration aims for a breakthrough in understanding the neural mechanisms by which parental animals balance their own needs with the needs of their offspring.

Near Eastern studies

Oct. 26 panel focuses on Israel-Palestine conflict

10/24/2023 A&S Communications

… in Israel – Palestine” from 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26 in Room 165 of McGraw Hall. (Note: Location has changed … Oct. 26 panel focuses on Israel-Palestine conflict …

New seating and tables for new research center. — Provided The collaboration area and large conference room in the space CCSS now occupies in Clark Hall.

Government

Clark Hall space becomes hub for social sciences

10/19/2023 Cornell Chronicle

After years of planning, the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS) has moved into a newly renovated space in Clark Hall.

Person silhouetted against a white background, writing equations on a board

Physics

Research repository arXiv receives $10M for upgrades

10/19/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Tech has announced more than $10 million in gifts and grants to support arXiv.

Society for the Humanities

Conference highlights humanities projects on the theme of “Crossing”

10/20/2023 Society for the Humanities

The Society’s fall conference on Friday, Oct. 27, will feature talks by seven multidisciplinary fellows.

Five women standing in the snow — Scott Wheeler

Winter Session

Registration for Winter Session 2024 is now open

10/18/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Beginning October 16, students can enroll in a wide range of online courses taught by Cornell faculty.

Portion of a billowing flag, white stripe on top red stripe on bottom — freestocks.org from Olsztyn, Poland Polish flag

Government

Law and Justice party seeing ‘double rebuke’ from voters

10/18/2023 A&S Communications

Prof. Bryn Rosenfeld comments on Poland’s Law and Justice party losing power.

Sadé Lindsay

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Sociology
Sociology

Bryan L. Sykes

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Sociology
Sociology

Jewish studies

Library publishes catalog on Jewish fables

10/17/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Jon A. Lindseth’s collection of Jewish fables complements the library’s holdings related to Jewish Studies.

A missile on a column of smoke as it is launched into the blue sky. — Public domain An Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) launch,

History

U.S.-supplied, long-range missiles of ‘limited utility’ for Ukraine

10/17/2023 A&S Communications

Military historian David Silbey comments on Ukrainian forces using American-supplied, long-range missiles on the battlefield for the first time.

Performing and media arts

‘Desdemona’ celebrates Morrison’s Nobel Prize anniversary

10/17/2023 A&S Communications

The performance will feature singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré, who wrote the music for the original production.

A field of stars in the background and in the foreground a colorful cliff-shaped mass of cosmic gases. — NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI The paper advances understanding of life in the context of other complex evolving systems. The image shows the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Astronomy

Nature’s missing evolutionary law identified

10/16/2023 A&S Communications

An interdisciplinary group of researchers has identified a missing aspect of Darwin's theory that applies to essentially everything.

A pink-tinged crescent edge of a planet with a thin blue layer of atmosphere framed against the black emptiness of space — NASA, ESA, CSA, and R. Crawford/Provided Artist’s rendering of WASP-17 b.

Exoplanets

Webb detects quartz crystals in clouds of hot gas giant

10/16/2023 Cornell Chronicle

The quartz crystals are only about 10 nanometers across (one-millionth of one centimeter), so small that 10,000 could fit side-by-side across a human hair.

Mathematics

Students from all majors invited to mathematical modeling contest

10/13/2023 A&S Communications

The competition allows students to work on open-ended real world problems, showcasing the multifaceted nature of applied mathematics.