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Applied math/astronomy student receives Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship

Cornell Chronicle

Ph.D. student Ekaterina Landgren has received a 2021 Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship. The program recognizes women pursuing doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences.

Astronomy

Student Spotlight: Stella Ocker

Cornell University Graduate School

Stella Ocker, a doctoral candidate in astronomy and space sciences, chose to pursue further study at Cornell due to the intellectually rigorous research and supportive environment.

Linguistics

Linguistics doctoral student named Cobell fellow

Cornell University Graduate School

Charlotte Logan, a doctoral student in linguistics, was recently selected as a Cobell Graduate Summer Research Fellow. Administered on behalf of the Cobell Board of Trustees by Indigenous Education, Inc., Logan is one of six fellows for 2021.

Physics

Superfluid reacts strangely under pressure change

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell-led collaboration identified an unusual behavior of superfluid helium-3 when it undergoes a phase transition between two different superfluid states – a transition that theoretically shouldn’t happen reliably.

Entrepreneurship

Alumnus, professor team creates data insight company

A&S Communications

Reality Check Insights delivers data insights related to people’s attitudes, preferences and behaviors.

Quantum research

Superconducting quantum material has an organic twist

Cornell Chronicle

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers has created a cohort of new quantum metamaterials that can achieve superconductivity at temperatures competitive with state-of-the-art solid-state materials synthesis.

Neurobiology and Behavior

Mice licking could reveal mysteries of the human brain

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers have developed a technique for revealing how the motor cortex in the brain works.

View of Cornell campus from above; under a blue sky
Anthropology, Archaeology

Cornell shares land acknowledgement

Cornell Chronicle

The university’s acknowledgment states that the Ithaca campus is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ, also known as the Cayuga Nation.

Rays of hope

Cornell Lifted raises spirits prior to finals

Cornell Chronicle

Faculty, staff and students awoke to an outsized display of positivity on May 14, finding the Arts Quad filled with more than 500 balloons anchored to messages of gratitude from Cornellians to each other.

Classics

Classics active learning course explores differences in ways of writing

Cornell Chronicle

A classics course provided students with a hands-on understanding of the processes behind writing and writing systems in all parts of the world

Sociology

Student Spotlight: Tianyao Qu

Cornell University Graduate School

Tianyao Qu is a doctoral student in sociology from China.

Illustration of building silhouettes
New Frontier Grants

$2M in New Frontier Grants boost high-impact A&S research

Cornell Chronicle

Research supported by the 14 grants ranges from the physics of quantum computing to the design of new musical instruments.

Estefania Perez ’21 in front of the Supreme Court.
Estefania Perez ’21 in front of the Supreme Court.
Career Development

Pathways program graduates feel prepped for careers

A&S Communications

The Pathways Internship Program helps first-generation students find summer opportunities through career guidance and financial support.

Society for the Humanities

Society for the Humanities 'Afterlives' theme draws record interest

Cornell Chronicle

During 2020, Cornell’s Society for the Humanities chose “Afterlives” as its theme for 2021-22. Scholars from all over the world and all around the College of Arts and Sciences responded to the call, resulting in a record number of applications for the Society’s fellowships.

Performing and Media Arts

Bilingual “Regio (Royal)” highlights lives of immigrant Latinx workers

Cornell Chronicle

“Regio (Royal),” a new theatre production that uses contemporary dance and puppetry to share stories about Latinx immigrant workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, premiers online May 21 and 23, produced by the Department of Performing and Media Arts, College of Arts and Sciences.