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Two-part illustration: on the left, a three-color wheel; on the right, an elongated tangle of blue, grey and purple threads — Darren Xu A large-scale phylogenetic tree constructed from a diverse set of RNR sequences reveals a small ancestral clade in addition to the three major groups. Cryo-EM characterization of a representative sequence from this clade suggests that the enzyme family adapted to oxygen on earth earlier than previously thought.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Protein family shows how life adapted to oxygen

10/4/2022 Cornell Chronicle

“By understanding the evolution of these proteins, we can understand how nature adapts to environmental changes at the molecular level. In turn, we also learn about our planet’s past.”

Person in lab coat and safety glasses, placing a tube in a rack — Wen Zhang, an organic chemist, has harnessed electrochemistry to promote reactions of carbon-based compounds without relying on rare materials historically used in chemistry.

Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists

Two A&S postdocs receive Blavatnik awards in physics, chemistry

10/4/2022 A&S Communications

Xiaolong Liu, a postdoctoral researcher in physics, and Wen Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher in chemistry, stand out among young scientists in the tri-state area.

Person sitting in a chair, speaking dynamically — Chris Kitchen Anna Shechtman leads a publication workshop for graduate students writing about literature

Klarman Fellows

What is ‘media?’ Klarman Fellow strives to define a capacious concept

10/4/2022 A&S Communications

Scholar, writer and crossword star Anna Shechtman bridges the academic study and the real-world practice of media.

Physics

2022 Bethe Lectures: Harnessing quantum matter for future technologies

10/3/2022 A&S Communications

Physicist Charles Kane will explain how mysterious features of quantum mechanics can be harnessed for future technologies on Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.

Thitirat Boonyanuphong who works at the Statler Hotel, is using Cornell's Part Time Study program to earn credits toward a degree

Part Time Study Program

Part-time study helps employees, visiting students boost careers

9/28/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… been taking classes in Asian Studies since winter 2021 [through SCE], some on campus and some online. This semester … my job at the Statler Hotel, I learned about the program through Michelle La Fave in Cornell’s HR office during orientation. And after that first day, she …

Nine people stand in a line; six of them hold plaques — Roger William Photography postdoctoral scholars honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards

Graduate student research

Seven Postdocs Honored with Achievement Awards

9/29/2022 Cornell University Graduate School

Elizabeth Riley, postdoc in psychology, and Eileen Gonzales, postdoc in astronomy, represent the College of Arts and Sciences among the honorees.

Fruits and vegetables arranged at a market — Jacopo Maia/ Unsplash Fruits and vegetables for sale

American studies

What’s healthy? FDA tackles notoriously difficult definition

9/29/2022 A&S Communications

"Healthy is not a neutral one-size-fits-all concept," says Adrienne Bitar, an expert in the history and culture of American food.

Person lecturing at a podium — Provided Raymond Craib

Teaching awards

Craib and Fiani win graduate, professional teaching prize

9/28/2022 Cornell Chronicle

“These professors have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to teaching and mentoring their students.”

Several people arranged on a stage, playing violins — Members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Cornell Concert Series

Cornell Concert Series presents Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Nicola Benedetti, violin

9/29/2022 A&S Communications

The event takes place Sat., Oct. 15 at 3 pm in Bailey Hall.

White apartment building towers over a street corner — Bianca Neves/Unsplash São Paulo, Brazil

Latin America

What’s next for Brazil: Cornell experts on economics, politics post-election

9/29/2022 A&S Communications

In the first round of Brazil’s elections Oct. 2, former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva face off against right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro; Cornell government professors react.

Person standing in front of a small space craft — Jason Koski/Cornell University Léa Bonnefoy ‘15, a post-doctoral researcher, led a team of Cornell scientists to characterize the Dragonfly mission's landing site on Saturn’s moon Titan. The rotorcraft is expected to launch in 2027 and reach that moon in 2034.

Astronomy

Scientists depict Dragonfly landing site on Saturn moon Titan

9/28/2022 Cornell Chronicle

When NASA’s 990-pound Dragonfly rotorcraft reaches Saturn’s moon in 2034, Cornell’s Léa Bonnefoy '15 will have helped to make it a smooth landing.

Migration

Book: Policymakers are failing ‘climate refugees’

9/27/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The United States must transform its outdated migration policies to address the human devastation that is left in the wake of climate change and environmental catastrophe, Maria Cristina Garcia argues.

Sports history

Acclaimed sports historian to speak on 'the NFL’s Most Important Game'

9/27/2022 A&S Communications

… podcast, will give this semester’s Seymour Lecture in Sports History on Oct. 6. … Louis Moore, acclaimed sports historian and podcaster, will give this semester’s … Acclaimed sports historian to speak on 'the NFL’s Most Important Game' …

Blazing yellow celestial body seen beyond the horizon of another globe, tinted red — European Southern Observatory / L. Calçada In this illustration, exoplanet CoRoT-7b, which is likely five times the mass of Earth, may well be full of lava landscapes and boiling oceans.

Astronomy

Synthetic lava in the lab aids exoplanet exploration

9/27/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers developed a starter catalog for finding volcanic worlds that feature fiery landscapes and oceans of magma.

Person speaking authoritatively from a stage — Ryan Young/Cornell University Ann Simmons, the Wall Street Journal’s Moscow Bureau Chief and the fall 2022 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist Fellow, speaks as part of a panel Sept. 22 in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.

International relations

Panelists: War in Ukraine reshapes world political order

9/27/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Faculty and journalist experts considered the consequences of the ongoing conflict during “Aftershocks: Geopolitics Since the Ukraine invasion."

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