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Research

Twenty Affinito-Stewart research grants awarded for the 2022-2023 academic year

12/15/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) awarded Affinito-Stewart research grants totaling $195,166 to 20 Cornell faculty members.

Government

A Professor Who Challenges the Washington Consensus on China

12/15/2022 Washington Post

Jessica Chen Weiss, Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies, is profiled in the New Yorker magazine.

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Interdisciplinary research

Fruit flies use two muscles to control pitch for stable flight

12/14/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… signal determines, through the wing muscles, the new wing-stroke parameter that will provide a corrective aerodynamic …

History

‘Losing Istanbul’: Personal histories illustrate an empire’s end

12/14/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Mostafa Minawi gives the reader a street-level understanding of what it was like to live through the final decades of the Ottoman Empire.

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Structural biology workshop builds intercampus connections

12/13/2022 Cornell Chronicle

More than 100 Cornell researchers from Cornell's Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine gathered for a two-day workshop in October to discuss research on the three-dimensional structures of macromolecules.

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Physics

Physicist receives DOE grant for particle accelerator research

12/13/2022 A&S Communications

With $410,000 Ivan Bazarov will research long lifetime spin-polarized electron sources in particle accelerators.

Two people stand in front of a display table for the product Pretaa — Provided Michael at a recent symposium on addiction disorders with Eliza Foltz, Pretaa’s chief revenue officer, who is currently in her third year of recovery.

Alumni

Michael Madon ’94 enlists smart technology to help people battle drug addiction

12/12/2022 Alumni Affairs & Development

Pretaa, inspired by the Latin meaning ‘to be ready,’ draws upon Madon's Cornell English degree, his Wharton MBA, his military training and his technical expertise.

Antropology

‘Genetic Afterlives’ receives book prize

12/9/2022 A&S Communications

Anthropologist Noah Tamarkin has received the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies in the category of social science, anthropology, and folklore.

items in plastic bags — Chris Kitchen Some of the artifacts discovered at the site this fall.

Community engagement

Excavation uncovers 2K more artifacts at St. James church site

12/9/2022 A&S Communications

This semester’s work also featured an end-of-semester mini-field course for local children and youth presented by two Cornell students.

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Uniquely Cornell

Fictional civilization leaves behind lasting legacy

12/7/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Llhuros – its relics, rituals, poetry, and music – as well as the academic commentary it inspired, "documents just one tiny little sliver of Cornell’s history. But it’s a fascinating one.”

three women — Provided Arden Podpora, center, with other delegates to the COP27 conference.

Student experiences

Students enthused by COP27 reparations agreement

12/8/2022 A&S Communications

During COP27, Podpora and Fenningdorf helped with Cornell’s exhibit and other side events, as well as attended various sessions and workshops.

Global Cornell

Global Public Voices fellows to speak out on democratic threats

12/8/2022 Cornell Chronicle

This year, 27 fellows, including three from Arts & Sciences, will engage with national and international news media to make their voices heard on several issues.