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Student experiences

Ask our Ambassadors: Why choosing a humanities major was right for me

4/20/2022 A&S Student Ambassador

… there are infinite pathways you can take to decide on your major. … I spoke to a student who was curious about my choice to major in both history and Africana studies. He explained to … to take more general history courses and wound up declaring majors in both history and Africana studies. In the …

Quantum science

Quantum computing pioneer to share insights in Bethe lectures

4/19/2022 Cornell Chronicle

On April 27, physicist John Martinis will explain the basic concepts behind quantum computing for a general audience.

Person wearing bizzare eye gear, bathed in green and blue light — Provided Video Still from Patricia Domínguez's “Madre Drone”

Imagining artistic futures

2022 Cornell Biennial artist preview

4/18/2022 Cornell Chronicle

With the theme “Futurities, Uncertain," the fifth Cornell art biennial will feature artworks, installations, and performances.

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Genetics affects functions of gut microbiome

4/18/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Collaborative research explores how the gut microbiome is shaped by the genome of its human host.

Music

Concerto Competition winner to perform with Cornell Symphony Orchestra

4/19/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Nanor Seraydarian will perform Ernest Chausson’s “Poème” as a featured soloist alongside the Cornell Symphony Orchestra at Bailey Hall

Scientists talk in a lab — Jason Koski/Cornell University Qihao Li, left, Geoff Coates, the Tisch University Professor of Chemistry and Héctor Abruña, the Émile M. Chamot Professor in the Department of Chemistry, discuss hydrogen energy.

Clean energy

Cornell joins NY-led group to propose hydrogen energy hub

4/18/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell chemists and Cornell research-startups aim to propose a Northeast research hub to make hydrogen a viable, clean-energy alternative to carbon-based fuels.

Alumni

Sgt. Scott Grantz ’99 Serves His Alma Mater on the CUPD

4/14/2022 Cornellians

The Ithaca native and Arts and Sciences grad embodies a community-based approach to public safety

Unmanned aerial vehicle parked on a runway — John Schwab/US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) at Beale Air Force Base, CA.

International relations

International OK shapes public perceptions of drone warfare

4/14/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Government department researchers find that armed drone strikes earn more public support and legitimacy when they have international approval from organizations such as the UN.

Student experiences

Ask our Ambassadors: What's the College Scholar Program?

4/13/2022 A&S Student Ambassador

The College Scholar Program allows students to pursue their own interdisciplinary major.

Faculty Honors

Musicologist and poet awarded Guggenheim fellowships

4/12/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Alejandro L. Madrid, professor and chair of music, and Valzhyna Mort, associate professor of literatures in English, were honored as fellows.

Two hands holding a cellphone and scrolling through a Twitter feed. — Marten Bjork/Unsplash

Government

Russian trolls tried to distract voters with music tweets in 2016

4/11/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The researchers' finding has implications for the 2022 midterm elections.

A huge pile of white styrofoam shipping boxes jumbled together. — Jonas Gerlach/ Unsplash

Sustainability

Light, oxygen turn waste plastics into useful benzoic acid

4/11/2022 Cornell Chronicle

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

Surprise - French Flag — Latrach Med Jamil/Unsplash

French elections

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

4/11/2022 A&S Communications

Sociologist Mabel Berezin, an expert on nationalist and populist movements in Europe, comments on the French elections.

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

4/11/2022 A&S Communications

The event is part of the Spring 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series for the Creative Writing Program

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

4/6/2022 Cornell Chronicle

An Army combat medic veteran from a justice-involved family, Hodges has dedicated his academic study, campus leadership and social justice advocacy to understanding and offering alternatives to the current model of policing.

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