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Astronomy

Science for new telescope advances at virtual conference

Two weeks before the first annual CCAT-prime collaboration meeting was scheduled to be held April 7 at the University of Waterloo, the COVID-19 pandemic forced a switch to an online format. Because the telescope is an international project with scientists in wildly disparate time zones, conference organizers faced major challenges.

Neurobiology & Behavior

New imaging technique sheds light on adult zebrafish brain

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Neurotech team's research could have implications for the study of human brain disorders, including autism.

Government

COVID-19 impact: Rachel Beatty Riedl on Africa’s response

Cornell Chronicle

Rachel Beatty Riedl, an expert in international studies, says Africa is the first place to look for an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, given Africa’s success in dealing with the Ebola virus.

Humanities

First cohort of Humanities Scholars chosen by Arts & Sciences

A&S Communications

The students come from three colleges and are majoring in 20 different disciplines.

Sociology

Victor Nee elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Cornell Chronicle

Nee is among 276 newly elected fellows honored for individual achievements in academia, the arts, business, government and public affairs.

Music

Department of Music shares performances online

Cornell Chronicle

The department is sharing a variety of faculty and student projects on a new Quarantunes page.

Government

Problem Solvers Caucus strives to lead pandemic response

Cornell Chronicle

A bipartisan group of lawmakers hopes to shape Congress’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic and encourage a less divisive – and more productive – climate in Washington, a pair of members said during a Cornell forum April 23.

Government

Separation of powers at stake in US House v. Trump

A&S Communications

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held arguments by phone on Tuesday in a case pitting the Trump administration against the House of Representatives over the latter’s power to enforce a subpoena for former White House Counsel Donald McGahn’s testimony.

History, American Studies

COVID-19 impact: Lawrence Glickman on crisis at hyperspeed

Cornell Chronicle

Historian Lawrence Glickman says the simultaneous public health disaster and economic meltdown may lead us to rethink the country’s values. However, “given … how rare it is for fundamental transformations to happen, my money would be on this pandemic not fundamentally altering our basic structures of society,” he says.

Government

Republicans are relying on the Affordable Care Act to respond to the pandemic

Washington Post

The coronavirus pandemic's fast-moving destruction has pushed Republicans to rely on the Affordable Care Act, the Obama-era legislation that was once the Republican Party's nemisis, writes Suzanne Mettler, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, in a Washington Post op-ed.

Government

Google-Apple contact tracing model gains ground, centralized approach ‘doomed to fail’

A&S Communications

Faced with a devastating and unresolved pandemic, governments worldwide are grappling with how to begin re-opening their economies, while protecting the health of their citizens. And many are looking to the smartphones in our pockets as a contact tracing tool to keep tabs on the coronavirus and limit its spread.

Physics

Lab instructors adapt to remote teaching

Cornell Chronicle

Teaching labs remotely “gave us this opportunity to really pause and think about what are our goals for the students.”

Romance Studies, Comparative Literature

Book on ’60s film has insight on work in modern times

Cornell Chronicle

"What is the dividing line between work and life?”

Mathematics

Game theory suggests more efficient cancer therapy

Cornell Chronicle

Cancer cells not only ravage the body – they also compete with each other.Cornell mathematicians are using game theory to model how this competition could be leveraged, so cancer treatment – which also takes a toll on the patient’s body – might be administered more sparingly, with maximized effect.

Psychology

The Pandemic Could Lead to More Discrimination against Black People

Scientific American Blog Network

African-Americans are already afflicted disproportionately by COVID-19, but economic collapse could make things even worse, writes Amy Krosch, assistant professor of psychology, in an op-ed in Scientific American Blog Network.