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Research

Research interrupted: Lab groups find their way together

Cornell Chronicle

Faculty are helping students come up with solutions – ways they can be productive remotely, read papers and write.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Cornell Tech faculty team visit campus

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Tapan Parikh, associate professor in the department of Information Science and faculty director of the Milstein Program at Cornell Tech, visited campus with other Cornell Tech educators in February to talk with Milstein students about what to expect during their first six-week summer session at Cornell Tech this summer. 

Archaeology Program, Classics

Fine-tuning radiocarbon dating could ‘rewrite’ ancient events

Cornell Chronicle

Radiocarbon dating, invented in the late 1940s and improved ever since to provide more precise measurements, is the standard method for determining the dates of artifacts in archaeology and other disciplines.“If it’s organic and old – up to 50,000 years – you date it by radiocarbon,” said Sturt Manning, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Classical Archaeology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Government

Michener views ‘Obamacare’ through lenses of race, politics

Cornell Chronicle

“Even when policies are intended to winnow racial disparities, politics can undermine the steps necessary to do so."

Government

Coronavirus K-12 closures impact safety, stability for vulnerable students

A&S Communications

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the first NYC public school closures on March 12, adding to the many K-12 schools across the country that are closing or moving to online education to help control the spread of the coronavirus. Equity is a large concern in school closures for those students who depend on subsidized breakfasts and lunches and also may not have a supportive environment outside of school. 

Astronomy

A&S dean’s book stokes children’s imagination, wonder

Cornell Chronicle

“Our connections to the universe run much broader and deeper than the idea that we are stardust."

Connection

Cornellians rally to support each other during transition

"Everyone is just coming together right now."

Remote Learning

Faculty mobilize to provide virtual instruction

Cornell's Center for Teaching Innovation is helping faculty prepare for the shift to virtual learning April 6.

Government

Democrats named Biden, Sanders and Warren as their top picks 18 months ago. What did the primaries change?

Washington Post

Research by Peter K. Enns, professor of government, and colleagues reveals some flaws in the primary system, Enns writes in this Washington Post opinion piece.

Psychology

Researchers sniff out AI breakthroughs in mammal brains

Cornell Chronicle

"“When you start studying a biological process that becomes more intricate and complex than you can just simply intuit, you have to discipline your mind with a computer model."

Campus Advisory

COVID-19 & Reactivation Planning

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Astronomy, Physics, Psychology, Sociology

Radical Collaboration sees new hires, custom approaches

Cornell Chronicle

More than three years into the provost’s Radical Collaboration initiative, about 15 faculty members have been hired across fields and colleges, partnerships continue to spark research and bold approaches into new areas, and each of the strategic task forces feeding the program has crafted its own approach to the effort.

Music, Science and Technology Studies

Cornell celebrates electronic music pioneer Robert Moog

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell and the Ithaca community celebrated the life, work and influence of synthesizer inventor Robert Moog, Ph.D. ’65, with three days of events March 5-7.

Astronomy

AAS names Kaltenegger as Fred Kavli plenary lecturer

A&S Communications

Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor in the astronomy department and director of the Carl Sagan Institute, will give the Fred Kavli Plenary Lecture at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting June 1.

Economics, Sociology

‘First, but never alone’: Cornell joins first-generation initiative

Cornell Chronicle

… peers and shared resources, experiences, challenges and best practices with students and administrators from other …