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Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, delivers the 2025 Ef Racker Lecture. Ryan Young/Cornell University
Alumni accomplishments

Nobel laureate shares research exploring the origins of life

A&S Communications

Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, shared decades of research into one of biology’s most puzzling mysteries – the origins of life – during the 2025 Ef Racker Lecture.

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Chris Kitchen Zhilei Zhao and parrots
Neurobiology and Behavior

Zhao wins Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty award

A&S Communications

Zhao researches the neural mechanisms of parrot vocalizations in the Goldberg lab.

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Physics

Using AI to learn quantum complexity

A&S Communications

Cornell physicists and computer scientists have developed a machine learning architecture inspired by the large language models (LLMs) behind ChatGPT to help them study the vastly complicated interactions that happen when nature's smallest particles interact.

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Government

Gaza ceasefire shouldn’t be considered a “peace deal”

A&S Communications

Uriel Abulof, a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department, calls it “a survival pact for leaders who thrive on conflict and enmity."

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Neurobiology and Behavior

Neuroscientist Azahara Oliva receives Packard Fellowship

A&S Communications

… their natural environment.  “I’m honored to be part of the 2025 multidisciplinary class of Packard Fellows and look …

Claudia Goldin '67
Ryan Young/Cornell University Claudia Goldin '67
Economics

Nobelist explores women’s role in the workplace—and lives it

Cornellians

Economist and Harvard professor Claudia Goldin ’67 studied under eminent Big Red faculty members Alfred Kahn and Walter LaFeber

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Brent Ninaber/Unsplash Antananarivo, Madagascar
International politics

African Union must condemn Madagascar coup, says Cornell expert

A&S Communications

Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies at Cornell University, said the move is another coup d’etat that Madagascar, and the African continent, does not need.

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International politics

Hot-mic moment with President window into ‘transactional foreign policy’

A&S Communications

Trump has turned U.S. foreign policy into a tool for petty corruption and insider deal-making instead of supporting U.S. national interests, says a Cornell government faculty member.

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Provided Heather Alexander during a school visit
Alumni

Prolific children’s author offers some halloween-season chills

Cornellians

The latest book from Heather Alexander ’89 is Haunted USA, which compiles spooky tales from all 50 states.

Thomas Hartman
Physics

Fuchs, Hartman elected to American Physical Society

Cornell Chronicle

Thomas Hartman is a professor in the Department of Physics in the College of Arts & Sciences.

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Kate Blackwood/College of Arts and Sciences Tanenhaus conversing with Dean Peter John Loewen during “The Man Who Built a Movement: How William F. Buckley Invented Modern Conservativism" on Oct. 9
Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Master storyteller shares secrets

A&S Communications

Author and editor Sam Tanenhaus reminded listeners that politically complex, and even morally ambiguous, material makes for great storytelling.

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Cornell Cinema

The Phantom of the Opera: Live score by Invincible Czars

A&S Communications

This October, Cornell Cinema will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the silent movie “The Phantom of the Opera,” with live musical accompaniment by The Invincible Czars.

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David Fucsku/Unsplash The ancient Agora of Athens, Greece
Government

Public speeches challenged assumptions in ancient Greece

Cornell Chronicle

In a new paper, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow Davide Napoli argues that public speeches in ancient Greece aimed not to express personal views, but to undermine entrenched ideas and challenge common-sense conclusions.

Debra Castillo
In Memoriam

Remembering Prof. Debra Castillo, champion of Latinx students, community

A&S Communications

Professor Debra Castillo, Stephen H. Weiss presidential fellow and Emerson Hinchliff professor of Hispanic Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, died Oct. 5 at the age of 72.

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Ben Ealovega Violinist James Ehnes
Music

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra to perform with violinist James Ehnes Oct. 26

A&S Communications

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with violin soloist James Ehnes will perform a program entitled “Postcards from Paris” in the next Dallas Morse Coors Concert Series (DMCCS) production of the 2025-26 season.