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Psychology

Surgeon General nominee is a prescription for ‘pseudoscience’

5/9/2025 A&S Communications

The nomination of Dr. Casey Means is the latest example of the administration’s disregard for scientific expertise and evidence-based policy, says a Cornell University expert.

Cornell undergraduate students diagnosing wine grape diseases in a plant pathology laboratory in Chile. — Cornell undergraduate students diagnosing wine grape diseases in a plant pathology laboratory in Chile in 2018.

Physics

Cornell STEM education expert weighs in on NSF funding cuts

5/9/2025 A&S Communications

"Students across the country are going to miss out on innovative improvements to their science education – innovations that would have critically prepared them for the competitive 21st century technological workforce."

Molecular biology and genetics

New method explores dormancy in TB, other organisms

5/9/2025 Cornell Chronicle

A new computational method developed by researchers at Cornell sheds light on how going dormant – sometimes for multiple generations – has affected the evolution of the tuberculosis bacterium and other organisms that can temporarily drop out of the gene pool.

Kaushik Basu wearing a tweed jacket with hand upraised as he delivers a talk. — Cornell University File Photo Kaushik Basu at a 2016 Chats in the Stacks talk about his book “An Economist in the Real World.”

Economics

Economist Kaushik Basu named co-chair of UN panel

5/9/2025 A&S Communications

The “High-Level Expert Group” will develop recommendations for measures that complement or go beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

People in religious robes on a balcony — Creative Commons license 4.0 Pope Leo XIV waves at the people gathered in St. Peter's Square in his first public appearance as pope.

Sociology

Pope Leo XIV bridges Catholicism's geographic divide

5/9/2025 A&S Communications

The historic selection of Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-born U.S. citizen and naturalized Peruvian, reflects Catholicism's evolving global identity.

two people talking — Simon Wheeler Milstein student Oscar Wang, left, explains his project to another student at the Milstein Expo.

Student research

Milstein students show off projects at expo

5/8/2025 Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

The showcase reflected the Milstein Program’s mission, helping students in the College of Arts & Sciences pursue ambitious, cross-disciplinary work.

People cluster together in an outdoor shelter, looking at papers and flowers — Dan Rosenberg/Provided From left, MFA students Gerardo Iglesias, Sarah Iqbal and Aishvarya Arora listen to observations by two young poets at the Ithaca Children’s Garden.

Creative Writing Program

Cornell writers inspire kids’ poetry at Ithaca Children’s Garden

5/8/2025 Cornell Chronicle

A crew of Cornell creative writers lent their time and experience to guide young poets during Nature Poetry in the Garden, an event held May 3 at the Ithaca Children’s Garden.

person at a desk with computers, looking thoughtful — Ryan Young/Cornell University Semiconductors are at the core of the economy and national security. Their importance makes them a target. Sarah Kreps, director of the Tech Policy Institute in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, discusses how Cornell is helping to keep the semiconductor supply chain safe.

Government

Research at risk: Protecting national defense from cyberattacks

5/8/2025 Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell-led assessment of vulnerabilities in the semiconductor supply chain and how to mitigate them is on hold after receiving a stop-work order.

Celia Doherty: Linguistics

'I mapped the humanitarian impact of the Wagner Group’s arrival in Mali'

5/15/2025 A&S Communications

Celia Doherty is majoring in linguistics.

Sylvan Martin: Mathematics & Computer Science

'I learned how to approach problems first from an intuitive understanding'

5/15/2025 A&S Communications

Sylvan Martin is majoring in mathematics and computer science.

Feifei Hung: China and Asia Pacific Studies & Government

'I've learned to be humble, open-minded and not complacent as a lifelong learner'

5/15/2025 A&S Communications

Feifei Hung is majoring in China & Asia Pacific studies and government.

Songyu Ye: Mathematics & Computer Science

'I explored some fascinating problems in symplectic geometry'

5/15/2025 A&S Communications

Songyu Ye is majoring in mathematics and computer science.

Elizaveta Zabelina: Robert S. Harrison College Scholar, Mathematics & Psychology

'Every single course was mind-bending and life-changing'

5/15/2025 A&S Communications

… Moscow region, Russia What was your favorite class and why? I might be that (lucky and grateful) rare student for whom every single course was … evolutionary biology and thermodynamics as well. For my honors thesis, I wrote a theoretical work on the …

Diana Ayubi: Psychology

'As an Afghan woman, simply being at Cornell was an act of resistance'

5/15/2025 A&S Communications

Diana Ayubi is a psychology major.

Ethan Gumataotao: Chemistry & Chemical Biology

'I’ve been able to serve Guam from my college dorm room'

5/15/2025 A&S Communications

Ethan Gumataotao is majoring in chemistry and chemical biology.

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