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Climate

From methane to microbes: 2030 Project conveys first grants

9/13/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… feast, but then the microbe can help scientists and farmers free up arable land, nourish livestock and feed farmed fish. … enable farmers, researchers and extension specialists to visit demonstration sites related to soil health … – to capture energy generally wasted as heat. Brett Fors , associate professor of chemistry and chemical …

Ancient stone building with a spire and foliage growing on the roof — Provided St. Hovhannes Church of Chahuk (built in the 12th or 13th century and renovated in the 17th and 19th centuries) was destroyed between 1997 and 2009, as documented in a new report from Caucasus Heritage Watch.

Cultural heritage

Report shows near-total erasure of Armenian heritage sites

9/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The study compiled decades of high-resolution satellite imagery from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

National Cancer Institute/Unsplash breast cancer cells

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Proteins could lead to early breast cancer diagnosis, treatment

9/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

A team of researchers has discovered a non-invasive biomarker that could aid with earlier diagnosis of breast cancer, the most common cancer among women, which will likely affect one in 13 women during their lives.

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Kellogg honored for insight into mechanics of biological systems

9/12/2022 A&S Communications

The 2023 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award is given each year to a woman who has achieved prominence while in the early stages of a career in biophysical research.

Philosophy

Sydney Shoemaker, leading figure of Cornell philosophy, dies at 90

9/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Remembered as a powerful thinker and brilliant teacher, Shoemaker contributed to the outstanding reputation of Cornell philosophy during the second half of the twentieth century,

Economics

At global turning point, economists take stock of 100 years of development

9/9/2022 A&S Communications

Major figures in world economics will gather in Ithaca Sept. 15-17 to re-think the foundations of economics and the nature of regulation – with particular care for the environment.

Wearing a tiara with matching shiney necklace, a sash and medals, the white haired queen looks unsmilingly at the camera. — Photograph taken by Julian Calder for Governor-General of New Zealand Queen Elizabeth II in the Blue Room of Buckingham Palace.

International

King Charles III must quickly determine his path as ruler

9/9/2022 A&S Communications

Cornell faculty reflect on what will happen after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Academic diversity

New Jewish studies major approved in College of Arts & Sciences

9/8/2022 A&S Communications

“These efforts recognize the critical questions Jewishness raises and its place as part of a shared heritage.”

In Memoriam

Eminent physicist Kurt Gottfried, co-founder of Union of Concerned Scientists, dies at 93

9/8/2022 A&S Communications

Gottfried was also the author of a classic text on quantum mechanics and numerous scholarly articles on missile defense, space weapons, nuclear weapons and cooperative security.

Spiral galaxy — ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al. This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy Mrk (Markarian) 1337, which is roughly 120 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Virgo.

Astronomy

UVEX NASA mission advances with Cornell astronomers on team

9/8/2022 A&S Communications

Cornell astronomers Anna Y. Q. Ho and Shrinivas R. Kulkarni are part of the mission team for the UltraViolet Explorer (UVEX) mission, which has advanced toward a 2028 launch with NASA.

Fuel cell research

$8.3M award boosts chemistry research into fuel cells, batteries

9/8/2022 A&S Communications

The funding supports research, as well as the establishment of a small fleet of fuel-cell and battery powered (EV) cars at Cornell.

A.D. White Professors

A.D. White Professors are named; fall visits announced

9/6/2022 Cornell Chronicle

… scientists serving six-year terms. In addition, three full visits by current A.D. White Professors have been scheduled … dual-campus visit in program history. And three “mini” visits are scheduled: Beckles (Sept. 16); sociolinguist John … A.D. White Professors are named; fall visits announced …

White-haired smiling man with hands clasped in front of his stomach, wearing a blue blazer and dress shirt. — Robert Barker, Cornell University Frank Drake speaks at the 2017 40 Years of Cosmic Discovery: Celebrating the Voyager Missions and Humanity's Message to Space Panel.

In memoriam

Frank Drake ’51, astronomy pioneer, dies at 92

9/7/2022 A&S Communications

“Frank Drake was a pioneer of radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence using radio telescopes."

Arts Unplugged

Journalists join A&S professors to discuss global impacts of war in Ukraine

9/6/2022 A&S Communications

Ann Simmons, Moscow bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, and Mark Landler, London bureau chief for the New York Times, join Professors Peter Katzenstein and Jessica Chen Weiss for the Sept. 22 Arts Unplugged event.

Jonathan Miller/Provided Khadija Monis ’24 completed an internship at the Ithaca Doula Access Initiative.

Global Cornell

Afghan students – now Cornellians – look to future

9/6/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Nine Afghan undergraduates from Bangladesh-based Asian University for Women fled their country after the Taliban took control in August 2021, arriving in Ithaca four months later.

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