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Student perspectives

Persistence and a little bit of luck: Finding a job during the pandemic

5/27/2021 A&S Communications

Members of the Class of 2021 are showing their resilience, graduating with exciting offers and embracing the next part of their journey.

Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow Zhang named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

5/26/2021 Cornell Chronicle

As a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar, Baobao Zhang, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in government, will investigate challenges governments face when addressing public perceptions of inequalities brought about by new technologies.

Student stories

Applied math/astronomy student receives Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship

5/26/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Ph.D. student Ekaterina Landgren has received a 2021 Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship. The program recognizes women pursuing doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences.

Astronomy

Student Spotlight: Stella Ocker

5/24/2021 Cornell University Graduate School

Stella Ocker, a doctoral candidate in astronomy and space sciences, chose to pursue further study at Cornell due to the intellectually rigorous research and supportive environment.

Linguistics

Linguistics doctoral student named Cobell fellow

5/25/2021 Cornell University Graduate School

Charlotte Logan, a doctoral student in linguistics, was recently selected as a Cobell Graduate Summer Research Fellow. Administered on behalf of the Cobell Board of Trustees by Indigenous Education, Inc., Logan is one of six fellows for 2021.

Physics

Superfluid reacts strangely under pressure change

5/25/2021 Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell-led collaboration identified an unusual behavior of superfluid helium-3 when it undergoes a phase transition between two different superfluid states – a transition that theoretically shouldn’t happen reliably.

Entrepreneurship

Alumnus, professor team creates data insight company

5/24/2021 A&S Communications

Reality Check Insights delivers data insights related to people’s attitudes, preferences and behaviors.

Quantum research

Superconducting quantum material has an organic twist

5/20/2021 Cornell Chronicle

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers has created a cohort of new quantum metamaterials that can achieve superconductivity at temperatures competitive with state-of-the-art solid-state materials synthesis.

Neurobiology and Behavior

Mice licking could reveal mysteries of the human brain

5/19/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers have developed a technique for revealing how the motor cortex in the brain works.

View of Cornell campus from above; under a blue sky

Anthropology, Archaeology

Cornell shares land acknowledgement

5/18/2021 Cornell Chronicle

The university’s acknowledgment states that the Ithaca campus is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ, also known as the Cayuga Nation.

Rays of hope