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Sustainability

Light, oxygen turn waste plastics into useful benzoic acid

Cornell Chronicle

The new reaction can even take place in a sunny window, as the researchers demonstrated in their experiments.

Surprise - French Flag
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French elections

Surprise, no surprise: round 1 of the French presidential election

A&S Communications

… Europe and associated threats to democracy, comments on the first round of the French presidential election: "Fear was … from Round Two, fear that Marine Le Pen would come in first place, and fear that it would be a run-off between far … Le Pen.   "None of that exactly happened. Macron came in first followed by Le Pen and then Melanchon. The numbers …

M. NourbSe Philip wearing glasses and a checkered top, leaning on her hand.
M. NourbSe Philip
Literatures in English

PEN/Nabokov award winner M. NourbSe Philip to read her poetry April 14

A&S Communications

… copies of “Zong!”; “She Tries Her Tongue” and “Bla_k?” on-site at the book signing following the reading from Ithaca’s …

Conor Hodges in suit and tie, smiling and holding his award plaque, flanked by other alumni.
Sheryl Sinkow/Cornell University Left to right: Kraig Kayser MBA '84, Karl Hausker '79, Conor Hodges '21, Cindy Wolloch '64, and Itai Dinour '01
Awards

John F. Kennedy Award recipient reimagines public safety

Cornell Chronicle

… of the  Class of 1964 John F. Kennedy Memorial Award , has first-hand experience of the ways in which militarized …

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Linguistics

After ‘mama,’ children’s first words include ‘this’ and ‘that’

Cornell Chronicle

A new Cornell study by Klarman Fellow Amalia Skilton is the largest ever, by sample size, of early vocabulary development in an Indigenous language.

Alejandro Martínez-Marquina
Klarman Fellows

Klarman fellow questions common financial decisions

Cornell Chronicle

… people make financial decisions where it goes against their best interest, and we don’t fully understand why,” he said. …

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Eunice Ngai
Student experiences

Ask our ambassadors: International student resources and community

A&S Student Ambassador

International student Eunice Ngai ‘24 shares resources and advice.

Three people look at an artifact on a lab table
Carol Jennings/College of Veterinary Medicine Carol Anne Barsody, left, imaging specialist Michael Haner and Frederic Gleach ready the mummy bird for radiographs and a CT scan at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals.
Anthropology collections

Cross-college researchers unravel mummy bird mystery

Cornell Chronicle

… in at 942 grams, roughly the same as a quart of milk. As best they can tell, the bird is somewhere on the order of …

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International relations

Russia’s role in U.N. questioned amid war in Ukraine, atrocities

A&S Communications

Historian Cristina Florea comments on the United Nations General Assembly vote on expelling Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council.

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European politics

Marine Le Pen to ‘win’ French election, even if she loses

A&S Communications

… The first round of the French Presidential election is scheduled …

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Mathematics

Rational neural network advances machine-human discovery

Cornell Chronicle

This machine-human partnership is a step toward the day when artificially intelligent deep learning will enhance scientific exploration of natural phenomena such as weather systems, climate change, fluid dynamics, genetics and more.

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Ian Hutchinson/Unsplash Protest outside the White House in support of Ukraine
Government

Why aren’t Americans rallying around Biden during a war?

Washington Post

More Republicans disapprove of President Biden than Democrats disapprove of Trump: analysis by government professors Peter Enns and Douglas Kriner in the Washington Post.

Grey sculpture overlooking river and city
Robert Anasch/Unsplash Kyiv, Ukraine
International conflict

Opinion: Putin knows that controlling history is the key to total power

CNN

Cristina Florea, assistant professor of history writes that Russia’s assault on Ukraine could severely damage the historical record of iconic physical structures, archives and documents.

Catherine Cherry in a white sweater, smiling, with Cornell's Libe Slope in the background.
Student experiences

Ask our ambassadors: Easing the transition from high school to college

A&S Student Ambassador

A student reflects on her transition to Cornell.

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Provided Cornell professor Jamila Michener testified March 29 before a congressional committee.
Government

Michener testifies to House on role of universal health insurance

Cornell Chronicle

… and Girls, “An Economy for All: Building a Black Women Best Legislative Agenda.” The 133-page report details the …