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Vials of colored substances
Ryan Young/Cornell University Reduced from polyester fiber, an array of metal-organic frameworks is shown in the Hinestroza lab. Minor changes in the chemical structure can generate a myriad of colors.
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Blamed for fouling the environment, polyester may help save it

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell team has created a way to reuse some polyester compounds to make fabrics and to halt the proliferation of garment waste in landfills.

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Provided Cornell researchers bulked up highly reactive radical molecules by attaching groups of carbon and hydrogen atoms to their surface, effectively giving each molecule a set of antlers that allowed them to preserve their native reactivity while keeping their partner at a safe distance.
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Bulky size frustrates radical molecules to boost chemical reactions

Cornell Chronicle

The technique, the approach of a new Cornell-led collaboration, could prove to be a boon for creating new and improved derivatives of pharmaceutical compounds.

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Provided Denise Rose, right, worked with other Cornell students on a study of mental health in India.
Student experiences

Serve in Place grants offer international experiences

A&S Communications

"This hands-on experience and research is great preparation for future projects."

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Headway/Unsplash Using data to make policy decisions
Economics

Using data for policy decisions: NSF funds economics study

A&S Communications

Three economics researchers aim to include undergraduate researchers in their 2023-2026 project, “Mostly Harmless Statistical Decision Theory.”

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Noël Heaney/Cornell University Fulbright scholar postdoc Ligia Fonseca Coelho working in her lab in Wing Hall.
Astronomy

Space-ready menstrual cup a giant leap for womankind

Cornell Chronicle

“With AstroCup, what we really wanted was not only to launch the cup but to launch this conversation.”

Ray Jayawardhana
College leadership

A&S dean Jayawardhana named provost at Johns Hopkins

Cornell Chronicle

Rachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.

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Cyrus Moussavi/Provided Thomas Feng, left, a Ph.D. candidate in performance practice, and Hanna Kebbede, the niece of Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru who established the foundation that holds Emahoy’s archive, go through newly discovered cassette recordings by Emahoy at the courtyard of the Debre Genet Ethiopian Orthodox church in Jerusalem. The cassettes, along with manuscripts and recording equipment, were found in Emahoy’s room after her death.
Music

Music student helps expand Ethiopian nun’s musical legacy_image

Cornell Chronicle

Thomas Feng, a doctoral student in performance practice, is identifying and cataloging the piano music of the late Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru, a composer with a cult following.

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Jesse Winter Students and alumni met for a summer networking event June 26 in New York City.
Networking and careers

Networking events help students explore career pathways

A&S Communications

… on a spreadsheet.” The finance event in New York City June 26 included time for informal networking, as well as … who have just graduated. They know the logistics of how you get that first interview and know where the open seats are … Winter Alumni shared career advice with students at a June 26 networking event. …

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Physics

Breakthrough identifies new state of topological quantum matter

Cornell Chronicle

A crystalline yet superconducting state in a new and unusual superconductor could have significant consequences for quantum computing.

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Physics

Machine learning enhances X-ray imaging of nanotextures

Cornell Chronicle

Intricate nanotextures in thin-film materials offer scientists a new, streamlined approach to analyzing potential candidates for quantum computing and microelectronics.

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Mathematics

New center merges math, AI to push frontiers of science

Cornell Chronicle

The Scientific Artificial Intelligence Center is being launched with a grant from the Office of Naval Research.

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Sreang "C" Hok/Cornell University Student checking out books in the Mui Ho Fine Arts Library.
Alumni

Novels set at ‘Cornell’ bring you home to the Hill

Cornellians

The University has served as a backdrop for literary fiction, mysteries, tales inspired by real-life events, and more.

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Faculty honors

Three A&S professors among finalists for Falling Walls summit

A&S Communications

The Falling Walls Science Summit 2023, set for November 7-9 in Berlin, will explore the forefront of scientific trends that shape the world.

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Psychology

Online ‘sexual double standard’ disadvantages women

Cornell Chronicle

In a new Cornell psychology study, female applicants for scholarships or jobs were viewed less favorably than males when study participants, acting as decision-makers, were shown “sexy” social media photos of the applicants.

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Jason Koski/Cornell University The A. D. White Reading Room in Uris Library.
Graduate student research

Funding for fluency: Grants support summer language study

Cornell University Graduate School

Thirteen doctoral students were awarded grants for 2023, with destinations including France, Indonesia, Jordan, and more.