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Physics

Inside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science

3/31/2025 Wired.com

… reviewed or verified,” Han writes in the piece. “Visit arXiv.org today (it’s pronounced like “archive”) and … the tectonic reconfiguration it set off in the scientific community.” Read the story in Wired. … … Inside arXiv—the …

Black and white magnified image; various fields of gray covered with squiggles — Provided Spirochetes are long, slender, spiral-shaped invasive bacteria, associated with Lyme disease and syphilis.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Putting the brakes on bacterial mobility: A new approach to fighting disease

3/28/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria’s ‘motor,’ preventing it from spreading through the body.

A dramatic night sky behind a college campus; a burst of fireworks explodes behind a clock tower with illuminated windows — Jason Koski/Cornell University

Student life

Admitted Class of 2029 channels passions into knowledge

3/28/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Through volunteer work, research and advocacy, the 5,824 students admitted to the Class of 2029 reflect Cornell’s commitment to changing lives through public engagement.

Ecology and evolutionary biology

Ecologist Jed Sparks elected AAAS Fellow

3/28/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Sparks was honored for his distinguished contributions to the fields of ecology and environmental science.

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Faculty awards

Five early-career professors win NSF development awards

3/27/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Researchers studying novel traits in organisms and the fundamental understanding of extreme weather are among the five Cornell assistant professors who've received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

Day-long conference celebrates Cornell Atkinson at 15

3/27/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The evening panel will be moderated by Anne Thompson, NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent and the spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist.

Black and white historic image of three people, wearing ties, looking over a tabletop model of a building — Cornell University file photo Robert Wilson, right, with a model of the Robert Wilson Laboratory, built in 1968 on the Cornell campus.

Cornell Cinema

Cornell Cinema to screen ‘The Accelerator,’ film on physicist Wilson

3/26/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Producer David Raubach will attend the free screening of the documentary April 8 and participate in a discussion following the film.

Faculty honors

French university honors Jonathan Culler for literary contributions

3/26/2025 A&S Communications

On March 26, the University of Paris 8 on March 26 recognized Culler for his contributions to literary and theoretical studies and his close ties with French intellectual movements.

Physics

Quantum mechanics with a twist: spring 2025 Bethe lecture

3/25/2025 A&S Communications

Physicist Shahal Ilani will introduce the emerging field of twistronics, which is revolutionizing our ability to harness quantum phenomena, during a public lecture April 9.

Book cover: The Necromantic State — Provided The Necromantic State

Romance studies

Professor’s book probes afterlife of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela

3/25/2025 Cornell Chronicle

… capital, taking photographs, talking to people and visiting places like Chávez’s tomb in the Cuartel de la … propose “ghost h(a)unting” as an original method that encompasses my efforts to hunt down Chávez’s specter (to find …

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Performing and Media Arts

PMA brings musical to Edinburgh Fringe Festival

3/25/2025 A&S Communications

… Andy Colpitts ’26, a doctoral candidate in PMA, and composer Michael Wookey. With a folk-pop score inflected … mount the show for Edinburgh, Licursi formed a production company and brought on four Cornell alumni as co-producers: … raising funds to cover expenses for the cast and crew. Visit their Indiegogo page to support. Beatrice …

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Sociology

Book calls social scientists to robust ‘multiverse’ analysis

3/25/2025 Cornell Chronicle

To cut through misinformation, noise and fragile claims, sociologist Cristobal Young calls social science researchers to adopt a new approach.

Labor studies

Cook-Gray Lecture will examine transformative labor movement

3/21/2025 ILR School

Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth College, will deliver the 2025 Alice Cook-Lois Gray Distinguished Lecture on April 15: “Poverty Wages, 'We're Not Lovin' It': Gender, Race and Inequality Rising in the 21st Century.”

Entrepreneurship

Student creates company focused on luxury African bags

3/21/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The newest episode of Startup Cornell, a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, features Cornell senior Micere Mugweru ’25, the founder of Mizoma Africa.

Person standing at a podium — Linda Glaser Reading a poem in Quechua

Language Resource Center

Share and hear poetry in many languages at this April 9 event

3/21/2025 A&S Communications

The event celebrates April as National Poetry Month.

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