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Distinguished Visiting Journalists

Journalists to discuss role of reporting in immigration debate

A&S Communications

Three Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters and authors will be on campus Dec. 1 for an event that will also be livestreamed on eCornell. Register now!

Lisette Lorenz
Science & Technology Studies

Student spotlight: Lissette Lorenz

Cornell University Graduate School

Lissette Lorenz is a doctoral candidate in science and technology studies from Miami, Florida.

two women looking at papers
Provided Soledad Chango speaking with students at the International Fair on Sept. 1.
Language

Quechua language instruction returns to Cornell

Cornell Chronicle

… The Quechua language returned to Cornell’s curriculum this fall after a … Language Resource Center … The Quechua language returned to Cornell’s curriculum this fall after a … , she reflected on the impact of teaching Indigenous languages. “Soledad has brought tremendous energy and …

Siyu Huang holding a battery
Provided Siyu Huang, MS ’11, PhD ’13, MBA ’14, founder and CEO of Factorial Energy, with Factorial’s 40-amp-hour solid-state battery cell
Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Electric uprising: Factorial Energy—new lightning, new bottles

SC Johnson College of Business

Factorial Energy has unveiled a 40-amp-hour solid-state battery cell for electric vehicles.

Chinese President Xi Jinping standing at a podium with the US Seal on the front, with Joe Biden behind him and Hilary Clinton to his left dressed in a red pants suit.
Mark Stewart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Xi giving a speech at the U.S. Department of State in 2012, with then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then Vice-President Joe Biden in the background. Seated in the front row is former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Government

Contentious issues between U.S., China unlikely to be resolved by zoom call

A&S Communications

Associate professor of government Allen Carlson comments on the scheduled meeting between President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The cover of Trans Historical showing a person with long red hair and a mustache.
Humanities

New edited volume explores plurality of gender experiences

A&S Communications

“The book is a collection of essays about trans, nonbinary and gender-complicated people across a broad geographic range, from Poland to France to early Colonial America, going all the way back to Byzantine and Ancient Roman writings.”

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Provided Savage snapped this selfie on the Oval Office set while shooting “Veep.”
Alumni

Andrea Savage ’94 makes ’em laugh

Cornellians

Andrea Savage '94 is a a prolific actress and comedy writer.

two people on top of a mountain
Provided Mike Niemack, left, associate professor of physics and astronomy, and Nick Cothard on top of Cerro Chajnantor where the FYST will be built and the instrumentation that they received funding for will be installed.
Astronomy

NSF awards $1.3M to CCAT-prime telescope project

Cornell Chronicle

The award will help researchers develop instrumentation that will measure galactic dust polarization and the oldest light in the universe.

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Physics

Weak coupling shows flaw in strange metal model

Cornell Chronicle

Planckian metals have the potential to power high-temperature superconductors, quantum computers and a host of other next-generation technologies.

Black Lives Matter protest, masked people holding signs of men who have been killed
History

America’s most destructive habit

The Atlantic

Each time political minorities advocate for and achieve greater equality, conservatives rebel, trying to force a reinstatement of the status quo.

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Global reach

Einaudi Center announces new Global Public Voices fellows

Cornell Chronicle

With a focus on inequalities and social justice, this year’s 27 Global Vices fellows will engage with national and international news media

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Campus update

President Pollack shares community updates

Cornell Chronicle

President Martha E. Pollack shares some updates from across the Cornell community.

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Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
Mathematics

When is a basin of attraction like an octopus?

A&S Communications

In dynamical systems research, a “basin of attraction” is the set of all the starting points — usually close to one another — that arrive at the same final state as the system evolves through time.

Daniel Ralph
Physics

Physics professor wins American Physical Society prize

A&S Communications

Professor Dan Ralph was awarded the McGroddy Award by APS.

Margaret Bonds
Music

ONEcomposer returns for second season

A&S Communications

ONEComposer returns for a second season honoring Margaret Bonds.