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Neurobiology and Behavior

Smell and situation, entangled in our brains

Cornell Research

With an award from the National Institutes of Health, a team of Arts & Sciences researchers is investigating neurological links between smell and context—like location.

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International

Afghan women scholars find safe haven at Cornell

Cornell Chronicle

The nine undergrads will be arriving on campus through December, thanks to robust international and cross-campus collaborations. Cornell has pledged support until they graduate.

David Esparza
David Esparza
Anthropology

Graduate School recognizes over 40 new NSF GRFP recipients

Cornell Chronicle

Arts and Sciences doctoral students David Esparza and Anna Whittemore are among 44 Cornell graduate students selected as new National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) fellows.

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Mapping RNA Regulation in Human Immune Cells

Cornell Research

With an award from the National Institutes of Health, Hojoong Kwak, molecular biology and genetics, will research mechanisms that regulate gene expression.

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Highly Selective, Energy-Efficient Chemical Separations

Cornell Research

With a CAREER award, Phillip J. Milner, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is developing sponge-like crystalline materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOF).

Michelle Wang
Michelle Wang Michelle Wang
Physics

Forces That Drive the DNA Highway

Cornell Research

Motor proteins carry out vital biological processes as they travel along our DNA strands. Michelle Wang investigates the mysteries of how they move.

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Physics

Masks protect better than distancing, study finds

Max Planck-Gessellschaft

New research shows the maximum risks of being infected by the coronavirus for different scenarios with and without masks.

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Cornell Univesity Amaya Garnenez works with Lejla Camdzic, right, in the Stache Lab.
Nexus Scholars Program

Nexus Scholars Program applications now open

A&S Communications

The program connects undergraduates in A&S with opportunities to work side by side on research with Cornell faculty from across the College.

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Psychology

New center will integrate human development research

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell’s new Center for Integrative Developmental Science will strengthen Cornell as a leader in human development research across the lifespan.

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Government

How to transform neighborhoods without destroying them

Cornell Chronicle

"In the wealthiest country on earth, can it possibly be that low-income residents only get to live in wretched places?"

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Music

Popular Music Course Makes its Winter Session Debut

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell’s Winter Session has always been a great way for students to earn credits, but many may not realize that some popular courses, often closed out during the spring and fall semesters, are also available during the winter.

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Student entrepreneurs

eLab student entrepreneurs make their first pitches to NYC alumni

A&S Communications

Students in 20 businesses pitched their ideas to 150 Cornell alumni, investors and friends during the eLab pitch night Nov. 11 at Cornell Tech in New York City.

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Ryan Young/Cornell University Lillie Steen ’23, an undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in archaeology and art history, sifts through excavated soil at St. James A.M.E. Zion Church in Ithaca.
Community collaborations

A 'freedom church' unearths its Underground Railroad history

Cornell Chronicle

… who spoke there in 1852, and possibly Harriet Tubman, who visited Ithaca several times, had family members in the area …

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Ryan Young/Cornell University Adrian Lee '22, left, and Mar’Quon Frederick '22, right, move furniture from Balch Hall into trucks to be taken to homes involved in the Sunflower Housing Initiative.
Community outreach

Cornell, Ithaca College effort moves housing project forward

A&S Communications

… In October, the legislature approved $199,656 for the first year of the program – a vote that was an inspiration … closure of Balch Hall to help set up the apartments for the first residents. And after the other reports are released, a …

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Economics

The most important meeting yet for global pandemic response–and drugmakers

Fortune

As global health leaders meet to chart the future of pandemic response, equity between nations must take top priority, Basu writes.