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A black and white aerial image of Titan's river system.
NASA/JPL A radar image from the Cassini spacecraft of Titan’s liquid methane and ethane rivers and tributaries.
Astronomy

Titan’s river maps may advise Dragonfly’s sedimental journey

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell-led team of astronomers has published the final maps of Titan’s liquid methane rivers and tributaries, as seen by NASA’s late Cassini mission.

man looking at a piece of charcoal
Provided Sturt Manning, director of the Cornell Tree-Ring Laboratory, examines a charcoal sample at the New York State Museum in Albany.
Classics & Archaeology

New timeline clarifies Indigenous history in Mohawk Valley

Cornell Chronicle

A collaboration between the Cornell Tree-Ring Laboratory and the New York State Museum in Albany has established a more precise timeline for some of the most iconic archeological sites in the Mohawk Valley.

Andy Strominger
Physics

Hans Bethe Lecture to illuminate black hole paradox

A&S Communications

This year's Hans Bethe Lecture, “Probing the Edges of the Universe: Black Holes, Horizons and Strings,” will be on Wed., Oct. 27 at 7:30 pm in the David Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.

A blindfolded bronze woman in a toga holding a set of scales
Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash Lady Justice
Archaeology

Attacks upon cultural heritage are 'attacks upon a people'

A&S Communications

Cornell University researchers Adam Smith and Lori Khatchadourian, who have used high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor and document endangered and damaged cultural heritage in the South Caucasus, comment on the case currently before the Hague.

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History

Book explores Nigerian women’s political activism

Cornell Chronicle

… "The Great Upheaval: Women and Nation in Postwar Nigeria,” explores the years immediately following World War II, which were … The years immediately following World War II were pivotal … what kinds of sources did you draw from for your research? Answer: I was very fortunate because I had access to a wide …

telescope
Shami Chatterjee/Provided The new Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, known as FAST, in Guizhou, China, where the 1,652 fast radio bursts were detected.
Astronomy

Detected: 1,652 radio bursts from 3 billion light-years away

Cornell Chronicle

An international team of astronomers including Cornell researchers have detected 1,652 independent millisecond explosions – called fast radio bursts, or FRBs – over a period of only 47 days.

people in tents
Britney Schmidt, associate professor of astronomy and of earth and atmospheric sciences, and her team set up their field site in Antarctica in 2018. They’re currently in Antarctica through February 2022.
Astronomy

Schmidt: Exploring Earth’s oceans to reach Europa

A&S Communications

Britney Schmidt is in Antarctica through February 2022 with a small team of researchers to explore the confluence of glaciers, floating ice shelves and ocean, using a submarine robot called Icefin.

Four lines of light radiating out from a white dwarf star on a blue background.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Bond (STScI) and M. Barstow (University of Leicester) White dwarf Sirius B. This burned-out stellar remnant is a faint companion to the brilliant blue-white Dog Star, Sirius, located in the winter constellation Canis Major.
Astronomy

Surviving a star’s demise: Discovery adds proof of planetary resilience

A&S Communications

Astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute, comments on the discovery of MOA-2010-BLG-477Lb, a Jupiter-sized planet that survived its star’s death.

parents with young boy
Alumni support

Scholarship gift helps pay it forward

Cornell Chronicle

Will Yoon ’01 and Renee Choi ’06 believe in the power of education—and the power of giving back. The couple recently established the Eliana Kim & Choi Family Memorial Scholarship with a gift of $100,000 to support current students.

students working together on a computer
Student entrepreneurs

eLab introduces newest cohort of student startups

Cornell Chronicle

… Jeremy Mathurin, MBA ‘22;  Alex Weiss ‘24; Will Salcedo ‘23; and Kushagra Jain ’23. Afritrip Advisors Morocco  is a travel concierge that … ‘22; doctoral student Fernando Galvan; and Kristinko Mato ‘23. CodeBozu  is an edtech platform that teaches programming …

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Music

Concerto highlights individual voice and the sound of community

Cornell Chronicle

“The Oberlin Concertos,” released Sept. 17, features a composition by Elizabeth Ogonek, which combines voice, piano and percussion.

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Curricular innovation

New moral psychology minor takes on challenging questions

A&S Communications

The curriculum will offer students interdisciplinary engagement with moral psychology theory and research as well as hands-on experience applying moral psychology to practical ethical issues.

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Research applications

Looking for love, finding TNT

Cornell Research

African pouched rats have an extraordinary talent for finding land mines. Alexander Ophir explores why they are so good at detecting explosives.

Eileen Tzng
Tzng
Office of Undergraduate Biology

Tiny spores full of promise

Cornell Research

Eileen Tzng, an undergraduate in the Pawlowska lab, is intent on understanding the relationship between fungal spores and the bacteria they harbor.

Kyle Shen in his lab
Physics

Engineering novel hybrid superconductors

Cornell Research

The Shen lab leverages unique experimental capabilities to detect and investigate systems in which superconductivity may be fragile or exist only at surfaces or interfaces.