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The Chinese flag, red with a circle of gold stars, waving on a flagpole against a blue sky.
Image by 文 邵 from Pixabay
Government

The catastrophic success of China’s zero-COVID policy

Los Angeles Times

In this op-ed, Prof. Jeremy Wallace explains the pitfalls of China's approach to the pandemic.

A dark-skinned man, bald White woman and African-American woman holding bouquets of flowers and their award certificates
Roger William Photography
Awards

Twenty-five receive awards recognizing inclusive excellence

Cornell University Graduate School

… The awards recognize the excellence represented within the graduate community and celebrates students for their accomplishments. … Chemistry and Chemical Biology … Molecular Biology and Genetics … Neurobiology and Behavior … Celebration on May 12 in G10 Biotech. This annual event recognizes the excellence represented within the graduate …

greenhouse with plants
Engaged learning

Students tackle community projects in moral psychology course

A&S Communications

Students spent the semester working with local non-profits addressing issues from migrant family justice to food insecurity to sustainable agriculture.

The sun shining over a field next to a powerplant spewing huge clouds into the air.
Image by catazul from Pixabay Coal-fired power station Neurath in Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Sustainability

Spongy material captures carbon dioxide in cavities

Cornell Chronicle

The materials are made from sugar and low-cost alkali metal salts, so they would be inexpensive enough for large-scale deployment.

Mark Sarvary looking at a student's computer during a class.
Matt Hayes/Provided Senior lecturer Mark Sarvary instructs a student during class in 2017.
Education Innovation

Students want some online learning features in ‘new normal’

Cornell Chronicle

“Almost everyone has enjoyed being back in person and having that sense of community, but Zoom and other technologies are still powerful tools in our arsenal.”

An African man's head with a ray-like collar above the face of a roaring lion with other artwork from the Sculpture Shoppe exhibition in the background.
Chris Kitchen “Rising Warrior Within” by artist Sherwin Banfield
Town and Gown

Contemporary and ancient art exhibit enlivens Ithaca Mall

Cornell Chronicle

The “Sculpture Shoppe” exhibition displays selections from Cornell’s plaster cast collection of Greco-Roman sculptures alongside – and sometimes within – contemporary artists’ responses to cast culture and classical art.

Three computer monitors with lists of numbers against a window showing skyscrapers lit up at night with more numbers superimposed on top of them.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
International relations

Digital focus of Asia trade plan will help U.S. companies, allies

A&S Communications

… can trade with each other, the stronger economically and strategically they will be. The U.S. walking away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership suggests protectionist forces are strong but … a boon to American companies and help U.S. allies in a strategically important region,” says Kreps.  For interviews …

View of Earth from space: dark blue with spots of yellow light
NASA/Unsplash
Global research

Einaudi awards fund global research and activities

Cornell Chronicle

Seed grants, student travel grants and internships totaling $355,000 in the 2021–22 academic year supported international work done by many A&S faculty and students.

Vaibhav Sharma
Provided Vaibhav Sharma
Graduate student life

Student Spotlight: Vaibhav Sharma

Cornell University Graduate School

Vaibhav Sharma, doctoral candidate in physics from Delhi, India, studies the quantum mechanical behavior of ultracold atoms.

woman sitting outside
Dave Burbank Angel Nugroho ’22, an information science and archaeology major, studied the increase in pseudo archaeological posts on social media platforms.
Humanities Scholars Program

Humanities students present diverse research projects

A&S Communications

Humanities students studying an array of topics presented their work at the A.D. White House.

woman at podium
Chris Kitchen Anna Hu '22 presents her research project.
Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program

College Scholars tackle interdisciplinary research projects

A&S Communications

This year’s graduating class of Robert S. Harrison College Scholars presented their final theses during a daylong event May 7 in Goldwin Smith Hall.

World map, color coded
Canuckguy et al./Creative Commons license 3.0 Fitch ratings of world countries
Economics

Self-fulfilling rankings boost agencies’ power, influence

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers developed a theoretical model that suggests an explanation for ratings produced by firms like Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch, or the World Bank.

Historical photo of two people working on a large machine
The 300 MeV synchrotron was Cornell's first, fabricated and operated in the basement of Newman Lab. The 300 MeV synchrotron was completed in 1949 and was in use until 1951. Parts of it were then used in later synchrotrons.
Science history

CHESS celebrates 75 years of synchrotron light

Cornell Chronicle

Sixty feet below the Cornell University campus, at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), researchers utilize X-rays that are 100 million times more intense than Röntgen's first beams of light.

Interior of a building with arched ceiling and smooth floors; Soviet symbol carved into far wall
Mehrnaz Taghavishavazi/Unsplash Proletarskaya Station, Saint Petersburg, Russia
International politics

Is Russia headed for a return to Stalinism?

Washington Post

Putin can’t reconstruct the regime that Stalin built, or save Russia from chaos, professor Sidney Tarrow writes in Washington Post analysis.

Graduating A&S Seniors in the class of 2022
Extraordinary Journeys, the Class of 2022
Extraordinary Journeys

Grateful to be together: Meet the extraordinary class of 2022

A&S Communications

Hear about the Cornell experiences of some of the amazing students in our graduating class.