Jordan Picket, Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/Provided
Benjamin Anderson, associate professor of history of art and visual studies, surveys the walls on the acropolis in Sardis, Turkey.
A collaboration between Cornell and Harvard has continuously excavated the ancient city.
Patrick Shanahan
Cornell historian Corey Earle shared stories of remarkable women throughout Cornell’s history during an Oct. 25 brunch as part of the Trustee Council Alumni Meeting.
Cornell historian Corey Earle shared stories of remarkable women throughout Cornell’s history during an Oct. 25 brunch as part of the Trustee Council Alumni Meeting.
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WASP-18b, a gas giant known as an “ultra-hot Jupiter"
Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones – one so scorching that it breaks down water vapor, a team co-led by a Cornell expert reports in new research.
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A digitized image from Cornell University Library’s Ithaca House Press Publishing Files collection.
Newly published digital collections at Cornell University Library explore areas of Cornell history. Freely accessible online, the three new collections were digitized from materials held in Cornell University Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collections.
Researchers used single-molecule super-resolution reaction imaging in the study.
Jackson Phillips/Provided
The Pacific tailed frog tadpole is lungless and sucker mouthed and is found in the Pacific Northwest in clear, cold mountain streams where they cling to rocks.
Five professors from across campus will advocate that their discipline is the most important to save for the future in the annual Apocalypse Debate Nov. 6.
This month’s featured titles include short stories, a fantasy book for tweens, and a scholarly look at Carmen adaptations – all by Arts & Sciences alumni and faculty.
Sanae Takaichi’s election may seem surprising in a country that ranked lowest among OECD nations in women’s political representation as recently as 2023, but it is not a victory for gender equality, says professor Kristin Roebuck.
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Quantera founder Terry Bates, Ph.D. ’23, explains the operation of the startup's spectrometer to undergraduate interns Nick DeMayo ’26 and Alexis Sherman ’26, both from Cornell Engineering.
Newly admitted into the Praxis Center business incubator, Quantera aims to improve scientific sample collection.
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Ferrous agglomeration with porcelain shards and a French trading bead, 1788–2003. Musée Maritime de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, LAP.030.52
La Pérouse’s expedition, wrecked in 1788, was intended to rival those of British explorer Captain James Cook and to bring the French renown in scientific knowledge. Through the visual materials related to the voyage and its wreck, Kelly Presutti tells a larger story about the enterprise of empire.
Researchers have uncovered molecules that can preserve crucial cellular processes while blocking malignant proteins, indicating a new approach to fighting cancer.
A Nov. 13 event sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences will feature reflections on the political and social context and consequences of the Covid epidemic.
