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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Highly Selective, Energy-Efficient Chemical Separations

12/6/2021 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).

Physics

Forces That Drive the DNA Highway

12/6/2021 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.

a pile of surgical masks — Photo by Jievani Weerasinghe on Unsplash

Physics

Masks protect better than distancing, study finds

12/6/2021 Max Planck-Gessellschaft

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

Two students wearing lab coats examining a beaker of something yellow in a lab. — Cornell Univesity Amaya Garnenez works with Lejla Camdzic, right, in the Stache Lab.

Nexus Scholars Program

Nexus Scholars Program applications now open

12/6/2021 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.

Psychology

New center will integrate human development research

12/2/2021 Cornell Chronicle

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

Government

How to transform neighborhoods without destroying them

12/2/2021 Cornell Chronicle

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

Student entrepreneurs

eLab student entrepreneurs make their first pitches to NYC alumni

11/30/2021 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.

Three women singing — Provided The Ronettes

Music

Popular Music Course Makes its Winter Session Debut

11/30/2021 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.

people looking at a piece of wood — Ryan Young/Cornell University Brita Lorentzen ’06, Ph.D. ’15 (left), research associate and manager of the Cornell Tree-Ring Laboratory, and Sturt Manning, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in Classical Archaeology in the College of Arts and Sciences, examine wood in the belfry of St. James A.M.E. Zion Church in Ithaca.

Community collaborations

A 'freedom church' unearths its Underground Railroad history

12/1/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Church members and a multidisciplinary team of Cornell faculty and students are learning more about St. James A.M.E. Zion Church by doing an archaeological dig.

students moving furniture — 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

11/30/2021 A&S Communications

Research from a team of Cornell and Ithaca College faculty and students provided key insights to Tompkins County legislators as they recently approved funding for a new housing program to help formerly incarcerated people.

Voting sticker help up by a smiling person

Mathematics

Modeling suggests friendships may lead to lopsided elections

11/29/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Have you ever thought about not voting because your candidate’s victory seems assured? Think again.

Physics

arXiv founder Ginsparg wins Einstein Foundation Berlin Award

11/29/2021 A&S Communications

The inaugural Einstein Foundation Berlin Award for Promoting Quality in Research by the Einstein Foundation has been awarded to Paul Ginsparg, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of information science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, for his work in developing arXiv.org, the first platform to make scientific preprints immediately available globally.