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Performing & Media Arts

Book explores historical queerness of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Cornell Chronicle

“What’s really interesting about the space and these artists is that there is a queerness that has always been at the cafe, but that has never been used to frame the space.”

Family gathering for a group hug
Sociology

Religious have fewer children in secular countries

Cornell Chronicle

The study reveals that “societal secularism” is a better predictor of fertility rates than surveys of individuals’ religiosity or secularism.

Physics

Chaotic electrons heed ‘limit’ in strange metals

Cornell Chronicle

"We are finally unlocking the enigma behind the intense motions of electrons in strange metals.”

Astronomy

Lai and Mish win initial graduate, professional teaching prize

Cornell Chronicle

Dong Lai, M.S. ’91, Ph.D. ’94, professor of astronomy, has won Cornell’s inaugural Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in Graduate and Professional Degree Programs.

Person receiving vaccine
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Government

Vaccine acceptance higher in developing nations than U.S.

Cornell Chronicle

The study provides one of the first insights into vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in a broad selection of low- and middle-income countries, covering more than 20,000 survey respondents.

Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Literatures in English

From Kenya to Cornell, writer Mukoma ranges across genres

Cornell Chronicle

Mukoma Wa Ngugi channeled his fascination with Ethiopian "Tizita" songs into his fourth novel, “Unbury Our Dead With Song,” which will be published Sept. 21.

Wedding bouquet and rings
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Sociology

Choose wisely: Spouses consolidate resources in families

Cornell Chronicle

In consolidating multiple types of resources, married partners deal themselves and their children better hands with long-term payoffs, but the process may amplify inequality across generations.

Image of hundreds of microscopic proteins shaped like cylinders
Kellogg Lab provided A cryo-electron microscopy image of TnsC filaments.
Molecular Biology & Genetics

Advanced microscopy shines light on new CRISPR-Cas system

Cornell Chronicle

… to reveal protein structures and key steps of a CRISPR-Cas system that holds promise for developing an improved gene … that allows scientists to insert larger cargoes of genetic information into cells with more precision than current … that have incorporated naturally occurring CRISPR-Cas systems that bacteria use to recognize and disable viruses. …

Samantha Sheppard
Samantha Sheppard
Performing & Media Arts

PMA professor named Academy Film Scholar

A&S Communications

Samantha N. Sheppard, associate professor of performing and media arts, has been named a 2021 Academy Film Scholar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

people protesting
History

3 tropes of white victimhood

The Atlantic

History professor Lawrence Glickman writes in The Atlantic that in the conservative world, the idea that white people in the United States are under siege has become doctrine.

People placing their hands together in a circle
Moral Psychology

Following the ‘wisdom of crowds’ can stifle diversity

Cornell Chronicle

People who believe there is a single right answer to a question are better at coordinating with others, but that benefit may come at the expense of a diversity of opinions.

Wind turbines in a green, hilly landscape
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Wilson wins grant to explore rare earth element opportunities

Cornell Chronicle

Justin Wilson has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop more efficient methods of separating rare earth elements, which are found in wind turbines, liquid crystal displays, batteries, and portable electronics.

Graphic featuring yellow, red and blue balls
Provided Ligands can attract and help each other adsorb at some surface sites, but can often impair each other’s efforts as well.
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Small molecule plays outsize role in controlling nanoparticle

Cornell Chronicle

A breakthrough imaging technique enabled Cornell researchers to gain new insights into how tiny ligands adsorb on the surface of nanoparticles and how they can tune a particle’s shape.

Astronomy

Trace gas phosphine points to volcanic activity on Venus

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell astronomers say the detection of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus shows evidence of explosive volcanoes on the mysterious planet.

Government

Money talks: Wealthy ‘hijack’ agenda to gain policy influence

Cornell Chronicle

Analyzing more than 20 years of floor speeches by members of Congress, a new book co-authored by Peter K. Enns, professor in the Department of Government, explains why corporate and wealthy interests dominate the national economic agenda.