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Two people sit at a desk on the set of a late night TV chat show
Pete Souza/White House Jimmy Kimmel Live! video taping in 2015
Philosophy

Satire under siege: Cornell humor expert on ‘Kimmel’ comeback

A&S Communications

“Political leaders – of all stripes – hate two things: unfettered speech and being mocked. With Jimmy Kimmel, the administration got a chance to squelch both."

Sally Satel
Provided Sally Satel
Freedom and Free Societies

Talk explores medicine and social justice activism Oct. 6

A&S Communications

The role social justice advocacy should play in medicine will be examined by Sally Satel, a practicing psychiatrist and lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine, in her talk, “Medicine in the Age of Social Justice Activism.”

Jonathan Culler
Literary scholarship

Culler receives 2026 Wayne C. Booth Lifetime Achievement Award

A&S Communications

A specialist in literary and cultural theory and French literature of the 19th century, Culler will receive the award in June 2026 during the International Society for the Study of Narrative conference in Denmark.

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Hollie Santos/Unsplash
Psychology

Safety first: Babies heighten adults’ perception of threats

Cornell Chronicle

In a threatening situation, the world looks more dangerous when caring for an infant, finds new research that used a virtual baby to explore parenting dynamics.

Person looks carefully at physics lab equipment
Cornell University file photo Students at work in a Cornell physics lab in early 2020.
Physics

Revitalizing introductory physics labs with NSF support

Cornell Chronicle

Through The Introductory Physics Lab Institute, professor Natasha Holmes shares best practices in physics labs.

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John Benning

Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Nine people standing in a grassy area
Provided The 2025 Postdoc Achievement Award recipients, left to right: Heather Kim, Jennifer Grauer, Adam Beard, Shawna Cook, Inbal Ravreby, Bryan MacNeill, Lucinda Li, Bailey Flynn, and Bec (Rebecca) Schmitt.
Postgraduate awards

Nine postdocs honored with achievement awards

Cornell University Graduate School

Inbal Ravreby, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in psychology, received an Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership.

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Casey Martin Cornell Symphony Orchestra
Live performance

Music Oct. 2-5: Homecoming concerts and historical keyboards

A&S Communications

Cornell orchestras, vocal ensembles and the Center for Historical Keyboards plan performances.

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Provided Deskaheh
History of Art and Visual Studies

‘Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignty’ exhibit opens Sept. 24

A&S Communications

The outdoor exhibit celebrates the centenary of Deskaheh Levi General’s 1923 intervention on behalf of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy at the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Book cover: Unfiltered Regard for China
Provided
History

Politics gets personal for China scholar

Cornell Chronicle

Historian Peidong Sun began her new book “Unfiltered Regard for China: French Perspectives from Mao to Xi” amid profound personal upheaval: An exit ban from China and a move to France.

Scott Emr
Molecular biology and genetics

Emr wins the World Laureate Association Prize

Cornell Chronicle

The award is for breakthrough discoveries in the cellular mechanisms of receptor membrane protein transport and degradation.

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Provided Laura and Shelby Holland at an iHeartRadio pitch event
Alumni

Siblings turn their love for dishing on media into a podcast

Cornellians

Tune in to the recent grads behind Sisters Who Watch—which covers everything from reality TV to the Super Bowl and beyond: A&S graduate Shelby Holland '18 and her sister Laura Holland ’22.

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Provided With support from Cornell Atkinson, students conducted fieldwork at an experimental cattle ranch in Florida, studying how plant structures influence methane transport and how deep soil layers affect methane production.
Biology

Student summer research lays path for future scientists

Cornell Chronicle

With support from Cornell Atkinson, graduate students mentored undergraduates to conduct summer research on methane mitigation, food security and climate forecasting.

fruit fly
Molecular biology and genetics

Surprising find reveals asymmetry in identical-looking fruit fly organs

Cornell Chronicle

A new study provides an example of asymmetry, a pattern found throughout biology where a pair of organs or appendages that mirror each other have different proportions and may have different functions.

Person posing in a lab
Buzz Barstow Nozomi Ando
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Nozomi Ando named to Schmidt Polymaths cohort

Cornell Chronicle

Members of the cohort of eight scientists and engineers will each receive up to $2.5 million over five years.