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Provided Model for how inducible genes are regulated and distinct from constitutive (housekeeping) genes. Environmental signals induce transcription factors and cofactors to provide a helping hand in loading the transcription machinery. Otherwise they remain poised and ready, awaiting the signal. Most genes are constitutive and lack this helping hand, so they can only be transcribed infrequently.
Molecular biology and genetics

New research reveals how genes turn on and off

A&S Communications

Yeast has revealed for Cornell researchers a key mechanism in how genes are controlled.

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Physics

$1.25M grant to advance control of 2D materials

A&S Communications

The research will help give unprecedented insight into electron behavior and quantum phenomena.

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International speakers

Scholar offers talk about Brazilian crackdowns and feminist response

A&S Communications

Her talk is one of three in the African Diaspora Knowledge Exchange Series.

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Notable alumni

Morrison, Ginsburg to be honored with U.S. postage stamps

Cornell Chronicle

Both Morrison and Ginsburg graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences.

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Postdoctoral fellowships

Cornell joins Schmidt AI in Science postdoc research initiative

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell, including A&S, will recruit and train a cohort of up to 100 postdoctoral fellows in the fields of natural sciences and engineering. 

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Mordechai Aviam
Program on Freedom and Free Societies

Noted archaeologist to speak on new discoveries in Israel in Cornell lecture

A&S Communications

Israeli archaeologist Mordechai Aviam and his colleagues made headlines by finding possible evidence, near the Sea of Galilee, of the house of St. Peter.

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Ryan Young/Cornell University Members of the Women of Color Athletes executive board, clockwise from back left, Tia Taylor ’25, track and field; Emily St. John ’23, soccer; Sydney Waiters ’24, soccer; Maddie Packer ’25, track and field; Aviva Muńoz ’23, swimming; and Sydney Moore ’24, volleyball, in Goldwin-Smith Hall. Not pictured: Meilee Key ’24 track and field.
Student athletes

Student group, Women of Color Athletics, creates space

Cornell Chronicle

A new group provides female athletes of color at Cornell with a community of women who understand their challenges.

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Shiny Things The World Bank Group headquarters building in Washington, D.C.
Climate change

As Kerry presses World Bank on climate, field staff drive global lending reform

A&S Communications

Prof. Richard Clark comments on U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry's call for the World Bank and other multilateral institutions to expand financing for low-carbon projects in developing countries.

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Biological sciences

Emr receives lifetime achievement award

A&S Communications

Professor Scott Emr's work focuses on a pathway that's a key aspect of membrane biology.

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Asian American studies

Asian American Studies celebrates 35th anniversary

A&S Communications

The Asian American Studies Program will hold a symposium with second director Gary Okihiro and other events this year.

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Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash Monday early morning in Shanghai.
China

Xi’s personalized, opaque rule eroding trust in Chinese economy

A&S Communications

Prof. Jeremy Wallace comments on China's report that its third-quarter gross domestic product grew.

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Flag of the African Union
International politics

Role of African Union scrutinized in Ethiopia, Tigray peace talks

A&S Communications

Prof. Oumar Ba comments on the first formal peace talks between the Ethiopian government and Tigray forces since war broke out two years ago.

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Chris Kitchen / Cornell Madi Fulchiero '23
Spanish

Senior explores concept of space, representation in films

A&S Communications

Madi Fulchiero is studying Spanish and English and focused her senior thesis on two Disney films.

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Credit: Nina Singh/Cornell University Christine Nyaga, founder of current eLab student startup Scited, pitches her business idea to a crowd at Entrepreneurship at Cornell Kickoff on Sept. 8.
Entrepreneurship

eLab announces record cohort of student startups

Cornell Chronicle

Student founders from any field across Cornell may apply; once accepted, participants engage in entrepreneurship bootcamps, conduct customer discovery, refine their business plans and gain access to a network of successful Cornell alumni, all while earning college credit.

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Artificial intelligence and language

AI is changing scientists’ understanding of language learning

The Conversation

And it is also raising questions about innate grammar.