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In this artistic rendering of the Tau Boötes b system, the lines representing the invisible magnetic field are shown protecting the hot Jupiter planet from solar wind.
Jack Madden/Cornell University
Undergraduate research

Peering through alien atmospheres

Cornell Research

Jonathan Barrientos is exploring the possibility of life on Earth-like planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets.

J Nation blowing on an instrument made out of long white pipes, with a yellow balloon attached
Provided Cornell Physics junior J Nation performing on their balloon-powered “foghorgan.”
Education Innovation

Instrument-building festival challenges, inspires

Cornell Chronicle

Hosted by the Cornell ReSounds Project, the FutureSounds Festival featured guest builders and performers as well as newly designed instruments and compositions by Cornell students.

The three researchers are sitting around a desk and Ailong Ke is pointing to an image of the IscB molecule on the computer screen.
Provided From left to right: Chunyi Hu, Gabriel Schuler and Ailong Ke.
Nanoscience

Discovery offers starting point for better gene-editing tools

Cornell Chronicle

“Transposons are specialized genetic hitchhikers, integrating into and splicing out of our genomes all the time...by defining these enzymes in high resolution, we can tap into their powers.”

Ray Jayawardhana
College leadership

Jayawardhana reappointed A&S dean, named Bethe professor

Cornell Chronicle

“Dean Jayawardhana has been an exceptional leader of the university’s most academically diverse college,” Provost Michael Kotlikoff said.

17 students in a group
Simon Wheeler Milstein seniors gathered for a reception and dinner with faculty, staff and other mentors on May 4.
Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

First class of Milstein students heads toward graduation

A&S Communications

Twenty Milstein Program seniors will graduate this year with degrees in everything from biology to linguistics to computer science to physics.

woman at waterfall
Student success

Cornell celebrates bumper crop of Fulbright students

Cornell Chronicle

Seven 2021 graduates and recent Cornell alumni accepted Fulbright U.S. Student awards to research, study or teach English during the 2021-22 academic year, 15 were chosen for 2022-23.

woman outside
Provided Najva Akbari, an optics expert in the lab of Chris Xu in the College of Engineering.
Neurotechnology

Mong fellowship advances neuroimaging collaboration

A&S Communications

Their work could have future implications for human health, setting a path for research into understanding brain function.

Wei Wang, in a blue shirt and black plastic-framed glasses, sits in a lab looking at an instrument while he adjusts another instrument with his right hand.
Noël Heaney/Cornell University Doctoral student Wei Wang of the Itai Cohen Group helped design an artificial cilial system using platinum-based components that can control the movement of fluids at the microscale.
Physics

Artificial cilia could someday power diagnostic devices

Cornell Chronicle

The technology could enable low-cost, portable diagnostic devices for testing blood samples, manipulating cells or assisting in microfabrication processes.

woman outside
Graduate student spotlight

Student Spotlight: Tessy Schlosser

Cornell University Graduate School

Tessy Schlosser is a doctoral candidate in government from Mexico City, Mexico.

Yellow "polling place" sign and voters
Owen Yancher, Creative Commons license 4.0 Voters line up outside a Voter Assistance Center in Davis, California to cast their votes early in the 2020 General Election.
Government

Where red and blue meet: cancel culture, fair elections

Cornell Chronicle

A new survey of American voters finds glimmers of hope that Democrats and Republicans can agree on steps needed to shore up an increasingly shaky democracy.

Tents on the quad
Reunion 2022

Reunion 2022 features host of A&S events

A&S Communications

A number of special events are planned in the College of Arts & Sciences to celebrate Reunion 2022.

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.

raised bed garden
Ade Lawrence A raised bed at EcoVillage
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.