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Photo by Christian Lue on Unsplash German flag on top of Berlin Reichstag

Sociology

Germany election a ‘spectacular result’ for far-right party

9/27/2021 A&S Communications

Preliminary results of Germany’s federal election are in, and the left-leaning Social Democratic Party has narrowly won the largest share of parliamentary seats.

Blue circles and lines showing neutrino trail in bubble chamber — CERN A neutrino interacts with an electron, the track of which is seen horizontally, and emerges as a neutrino without producing a muon, in the real tracks produced in the Gargamelle bubble chamber at CERN.

Astronomy

A&S Dean featured in PBS/BBC documentary

9/27/2021 A&S Communications

Astronomer Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, is featured in “Particles Unknown,” airing Oct. 6.

Center for the Study of Economy & Society

Center links economy and society to study changing world

9/27/2021 Cornell Chronicle

The development of regional knowledge economies is one of several primary areas of research focus for the center’s Economic Sociology Lab, supported by graduate researchers and undergraduate assistants.

Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

“Feminist Theatre: Past and Present” kicks off with Sept. 30 event

9/27/2021

The Sept. 30 event is the first in a three-part panel series that celebrates the 50th anniversary of Cornell University’s women’s studies program.

Physics

Grant funds machine learning discovery in quantum physics

9/23/2021 A&S Communications

Physicist Eun-Ah Kim and collaborators are leading the way in the discovery of new quantum materials and the development of quantum computing.

Drone flying in the air with mountains in the background — Photo by Alessio Soggetti on Unsplash

Government

What happens now to U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan?

9/21/2021 The Washington Post

Sarah Kreps, professor of government, writes in this Washington Post piece that a lack of accountability for civilian casualties in drone strikes isn’t likely to change.

Physics

New technique boosts cryo-electron microscopy clarity, safety

9/21/2021 Cornell Chronicle

A new study published Sept. 7 in the journal of the International Union of Crystallography demonstrates that cryo-EM samples can be prepared with a safer and less expensive coolant – liquid nitrogen – and these samples can produce even sharper images than those prepared with ethane.

Literatures in English

Book explores connections of Alaska’s Native and Asian peoples

9/21/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Juliana Hu Pegues often heard stories of Asian immigrants as she was growing up, but they never made it into the history books.

person in lab — Provided Cornell doctoral student Ryan Porter prepares an superconducting radio-frequency cavity made from the element Nb3Sn in the clean room of Newman Lab.

Center for Bright Beams

Center for Bright Beams awarded $22M in grant renewal

9/20/2021 Cornell Chronicle

A collaboration of researchers led by Cornell has been awarded $22.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue gaining the fundamental understanding needed to transform the brightness of electron beams available to science, medicine and industry.

whale coming out of water — Provided Cornell will host “The Whale Listening Project,” Sept. 23-26, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the best-selling 1970 album, “Songs of the Humpback Whale,” co-produced by pioneering bioacoustics researchers Roger Payne, Ph.D. ’61, and Katy Payne ’59.

Music

Project celebrates the beauty of humpback whale songs

9/20/2021 Cornell Chronicle

… along. “The Whale Listening Project,” which runs Sept. 23-26, is a four-day immersion in the beauty of whale song and … Cornell will host “The Whale Listening Project,” Sept. 23-26, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the … Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Gallery Eight, Sept. 23-26. Like the “Songs of the Humpback Whale” album, …

man at microscope — Schuster worked in the Kotlikoff lab as an undergrad.

Student outcomes

‘More inspired than ever:’ Cornell students start their journeys in law, med school

9/20/2021 A&S Communications

Cornell students successfully navigated the application process despite the COVID-19 pandemic and are headed to some of the country’s top professional schools this fall.

Houses of Kabul — Photo by Sohaib Ghyasi on Unsplash Kabul, Afghanistan

International

Cornell informs, takes action on Afghanistan

9/16/2021 Cornell Chronicle

A&S faculty moderated two panels on Afghanistan hosted by Global Cornell.

Public Policy

Decades in making, public policy school now a reality

9/17/2021 Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy creates a home for policy-oriented faculty to study and teach, and for students to learn, about effective, thoughtful policymaking, analysis and management.

A slice of pizza being lifted up with cheese falling from it — Photo by Nicolás Perondi on Unsplash

American Studies

Market grows for environmentally friendly dairy alternatives

9/17/2021 A&S Communications

“Plant-based and cultivated (or “lab-grown”) alternatives to animal products have moved well beyond the vegetarian aisle. "

Provided Natalie Wolchover

Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Natalie Wolchover named A&S Zubrow Visiting Journalist for Spring 2022

9/17/2021 A&S Communications

The program brings accomplished journalists to Cornell each year to interact with faculty, researchers and students.

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