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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Hyster wins Fresenius Award for early-career excellence

9/26/2022 A&S Communications

New tools being developed by the Hyster lab can be applied in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.

Faculty leadership

New faculty director takes helm of Office of Undergraduate Biology

9/26/2022 A&S Communications

… Ecology and Evolutionary Biology … Molecular Biology and Genetics … Neurobiology and Behavior … position of faculty director of the Office of Undergraduate Biology (OUB) and she has lots of plans for innovative ways … for seven years. “We’re working to shift the culture within biological sciences from a competitive to a collaborative …

Multi-colored ribbons of light form the infinity symbol — Photo by Izabel 🇺🇦 on Unsplash Infinity symbol

Mathematics

Cornell mathematician featured in Netflix film

9/25/2022 A&S Communications

… find infinity beautiful and thrilling,” says mathematician Steven Strogatz in the trailer for the new Netflix program in which … the Brooks Brothers in Manhattan, soon after the release of Strogatz’s book “Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the …

Etching showing a stately building and horse and carriage traffic around it

American studies

Book explores the centuries-old influence of ‘Protestant Brooklyn’

9/23/2022 Cornellians

Professors Glenn Altschuler, PhD ’76, and Stuart Blumin take a deep dive into the borough once known as the "city of churches."

Red cliffs reaching down to blue ocean; a city of white buildings appears small — Provided The Greek island of Santorini, traditionally known as Thera, experienced one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the Holocene epoch, most likely between 1609 and 1560 BCE, according to a new analysis

Statistical analysis aims to solve Greek volcano mystery

9/20/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… Sturt Manning , Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Classical Archaeology in the College of Arts and … the available data and combining it with cutting-edge statistical analysis, he has zeroed in on a much narrower … Statistical analysis aims to solve Greek volcano mystery …

Music

loadbang offers concerts as 2022-23 Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble

9/23/2022 Department of Music

The ensemble will collaborate with graduate composers on new works and engage with students in a variety of ways.

Chorale members standing in four rows in front of a stone building with stone archway — Provided Cornell University Chorale

Music

Chorale is back!’ says new director

9/22/2022 A&S Communications

“We welcome singers from any department of the university and from the community,” said Michael Poll, music director and Klarman Fellow.

Illustration of a blocky silver robot — Noël Heaney/Cornell University Cornell researchers installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size, so the tiny bots can walk autonomously without being externally controlled.

Physics

Brains on board: Smart microrobots walk autonomously

9/21/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are smaller than an ant’s head allow them to walk by themselves.

Person in blue jacket speaking in front of red, white and green flags — Wikipedia/Creative Commons license 4.0 Giorgia Meloni

European politics

Fascism expert: Italy is next in the European nationalist movement, here is why.

9/21/2022 A&S Communications

The outcome of the Italian election on Sept. 25 could have dramatic effects on the country and European Union, says professor Mabel Berezin.

Person wearing an apron, leading on a counter — Provided Adam Shelepak working at Anabel’s Grocery

Alumni

Devoting time to do the most good

9/20/2022 Alumni Affairs & Development

Financial aid didn’t just open a door to education for Adam Shelepak ’17—it afforded the possibility of service to the Cornell community, like founding the nonprofit Anabel’s Grocery.