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Rays of Hope

First-year student continues work on N.J. emergency squad

A&S Communications

"We have this chronic anxiety about having enough supplies and equipment."

Rays of Hope

Cornell Concert Series works to keep the music playing

Cornell Chronicle

Social distancing measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 canceled the last two shows of the spring 2020 Cornell Concert Series, challenging organizers to connect performers with fans in new ways.

Classics

A 500-year-old book for our time, newly translated

A&S Communications

When Michael Fontaine began translating the Latin poem “How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing” by Vincent Obsopoeus, he could not have known it would be published in the middle of a pandemic. Ironically, much of the advice offered in this 500 year-old text seems eerily appropriate to this time of social distancing -- Obsopoeus tells readers that the best way to drink is at home.

Marine Biology

Freshman’s marine bio TikTok scores mass following

A&S Communications

Many of John Dombrowski's ‘23 ideas have come from Cornell classes, he said.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Ando receives award for work in crystallography

A&S Communications

Nozomi Ando, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has received the 2020 Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award from the American Crystallographic Association. The purpose of this award is “to recognize outstanding achievement and exceptional potential in crystallographic research demonstrated by a scientist at an early stage of their independent career.” 

Government

TeleTown Hall: building treatment capacity in pandemic

Cornell Chronicle

How long will it take to develop a vaccine for COVID-19? And how quickly can it be scaled up to inoculate everyone?With lives and livelihoods on pause, Cornell’s Institute of Politics and Global Affairs hosted a TeleTown Hall April 8 to explore these questions.

Physics

CNF jump-starts startups in New York state

Cornell Chronicle

Electroplating – the process of using electricity to deposit one metal onto another – originated in the 19th century and can be found in everything from pennies to gold-topped cathedrals.

Government

'Not even debatable' that authority to reopen economy lies with states

A&S Communications

In Monday’s coronavirus press briefing, President Trump said that he has “total authority” to reopen the economy, in contrast to plans being made by governors and local officials across the country to lift restrictions.

Faculty Award

Classics scholar awarded Guggenheim fellowship

Cornell Chronicle

Eric Rebillard, the Avalon Foundation Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Classics, in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2020 fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.A historian of early Christianity and late antiquity, Rebillard is one of 175 writers, artists, scholars and scientists awarded the Guggenheim fellowship this year, selected from nearly 3,000 applicants.

Mathematics, Science and Technology Studies

Cybersecurity requires international cooperation, trust

Cornell Chronicle

Most experts agree that state-sponsored hackers in Russia are trying to use the internet to infiltrate the U.S. electrical grid and sabotage elections.And yet internet security teams in the U.S. and Europe actively seek to cooperate with their Russian counterparts, setting aside some of their differences and focusing on the issues where they can establish mutual trust.

Economics

Floundering economies look to IMF, World Bank for meaningful change

A&S Communications

With the coronavirus pandemic challenging the wellbeing of people and countries around the world, global financial institutions face the tremendous task of coordinating economic policies and offering relief for the most vulnerable countries. Such effort will be on display this week, as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their annual spring meetings.

Government

Op-Ed: China’s coronavirus statistics aren’t the real problem

The Los Angeles Times

Jeremy L. Wallace, associate professor of government, and Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, argue that U.S. officials cannot blame China’s suspect data and delay in announcing the coronavirus outbreak for their own inadequate preparation for the virus, in an opinion piece for the L.A. Times.

American Studies

Snail mail to Wi-Fi: Cornell’s history of remote instruction

Generations before Cornell’s shift to online classes this semester due to the coronavirus pandemic, the university was making strides in remote instruction – including some of the earliest, and one of the largest, distance learning programs in the United States.

Rays of Hope

Smooth start to virtual instruction, thanks to weeks of prep

On April 6, Cornell instructors led 6,600 Zoom meetings with a total of 89,000 participants.

Comparative Literature, Performing & Media Arts, Latino/a Studies

First-gen faculty use experience to mentor first-gen students

Cornell Chronicle

“We think a bit more about communities, instead of more narrowly focused disciplinary pursuits.”