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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Abruña wins national award in analytical chemistry

Cornell Chronicle

The ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry adds to a long list of honors Abruña has accumulated during his 37 years at Cornell.

English

NY Times theater critic wins 2019-20 Nathan Award

Cornell Chronicle

Alexis Soloski’s articles about theater during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic “transcended the limits of traditional reviews," the award committee said.

Cornell Library

From vaults to virtual classes, library archives enrich teaching

Cornell Chronicle

Through two semesters of remote learning, Cornell's archivists, curators and librarians are finding virtual ways to help instructors teach research, using gems from Cornell University Library’s rare and distinctive (RAD) collections.

Astronomy

Astronomers estimate Titan’s largest sea is 1,000 feet deep

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell astronomers have estimated that Kraken Mare, a sea of liquid methane on Saturn's largest moon, is at least 1,000 feet deep near its center.

Cornell Cinema

Cornell Cinema focuses on collaborations in new virtual world

A&S Communications

… of the pandemic has been the opportunity to easily invite “visiting” filmmakers to offer talks before or after screenings, since those visits are all done virtually, Fessenden said. “We can also …

Government

China’s leaders say that Biden offers a ‘new window of hope.’ Their experts are more skeptical.

Washington Post

What will a new U.S. administration mean for U.S.-China relations? Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, gives four areas to watch as Biden takes office.

Cornell Library

Signale celebrates decade of success and welcomes new leadership

Cornell University Library

Signale celebrates decade of success and welcomes new leadership

Music

Cornell chorale, high school collaborate on commission

A&S Communications

“You are human. You are meant to make mistakes. You are meant to be happy. You are deserving. Stay amazing.” These lyrics, inspired by students at Cornell and at Longmeadow High School in Longmeadow, Mass., are part of an online choral/video project the students created in partnership with composer LJ White.

Sociology

Biden’s inaugural ‘theater of unity’ offers rebuke to violence

A&S Communications

On Wednesday, former Senator and Vice President Joe Biden will be inaugurated as President of the United States. His inauguration takes place amid continued challenges presented by COVID-19 and the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Astronomy

NASA extends Cornell-involved Juno, InSight missions

Cornell Chronicle

NASA’s Juno spacecraft – currently orbiting Jupiter, flying close approaches to the planet and then out into the realm of the Jovian moons – and the InSight lander, now perched in Mars’ equatorial region, have both received mission extensions, the space agency announced Jan. 8. Cornell astronomers serve key roles on both projects.

Migrations Initiative

Migrations initiative wins $5M Mellon grant for racial justice

Cornell Chronicle

Migrations: A Global Grand Challenge, part of Global Cornell, has won a three-year, $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative that will bring together scholars across the university and beyond to study the links between racism, dispossession and migration.

Government

Perceived erosion of democracy spawns new campaign

Cornell Chronicle

During his 16 years representing a Long Island district in Congress, Steve Israel said he saw divisiveness and partisanship grow exponentially. By the time he retired from the House of Representatives in 2017, compromise and respect for democratic norms seemed almost irrelevant, he said, and his biggest fear was not of foreign conflict but internal division.

Asian Studies

Professor to use fellowship for WWI ‘trench art’ study

Cornell Chronicle

Ding Xiang Warner, professor of Asian studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won a yearlong 2021 fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to study etched shell casings and other “trench art” made by some of the Chinese laborers who supported the allied armies during World War I.

College Scholar Program

A&S selects 24 sophomores for College Scholar program

A&S Communications

… the Politics of Vulnerability, and a corresponding migrant visitation group. “The group brought me in direct contact … College Scholar program and read about student projects, visit the College Scholar website . …

Government, Klarman Fellows

Study: Americans skeptical of COVID-19 contact tracing apps

Cornell Chronicle

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, technologists and health officials have looked to technologies – including smartphone contact tracing applications – to stem the spread of the virus. But contact tracing apps, which require a critical mass of adopters to be effective, face serious obstacles in the U.S., Cornell researchers have found.