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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Cross-campus team probes gene-environment interactions

Cornell Chronicle

The new method will help researchers studying genetic and environmental interactions and how they influence disease risk.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Study: Did cobras first spit venom to scare pre-humans?

Cornell Chronicle

New research by Harry Greene, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology, suggests that for some cobras, the venom evolved additional complexity to deter potential enemies– possibly including bipedal, larger-brained hominins like Homo erectus, our extinct close relative.

Classics, Archaeology Program

Historic Alaskan Tlingit 1804 battle fort site found

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell and National Park Service researchers found the fort using geophysical imaging techniques and ground-penetrating radar.

Student honors

Students win State Department Pickering Fellowships

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The fellowships support students who are interested in working in the U.S. Foreign Service.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Abruña wins national award in analytical chemistry

Cornell Chronicle

The ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry adds to a long list of honors Abruña has accumulated during his 37 years at Cornell.

English

NY Times theater critic wins 2019-20 Nathan Award

Cornell Chronicle

Alexis Soloski’s articles about theater during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic “transcended the limits of traditional reviews," the award committee said.

Cornell Library

From vaults to virtual classes, library archives enrich teaching

Cornell Chronicle

… with “a big opening with hundreds of people gathered together,” Green says. “I had the plan. I had the syllabus. I … obtained the book in 1891. It was essential for students to get a good sense of the physicality of these old books for …

Astronomy

Astronomers estimate Titan’s largest sea is 1,000 feet deep

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell astronomers have estimated that Kraken Mare, a sea of liquid methane on Saturn's largest moon, is at least 1,000 feet deep near its center.

Cornell Cinema

Cornell Cinema focuses on collaborations in new virtual world

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After the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered movie theatres last spring, Cornell Cinema director Mary Fessenden had to move to a virtual model in order to offer films last Fall, but she wanted to continue to offer the cinema’s usual variety of films, as well as films with ties to courses. The Fall season did just that, and this spring semester, the Cinema will continue to offer a wide variety of films with course connections.

Government

China’s leaders say that Biden offers a ‘new window of hope.’ Their experts are more skeptical.

Washington Post

What will a new U.S. administration mean for U.S.-China relations? Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, gives four areas to watch as Biden takes office.

Cornell Library

Signale celebrates decade of success and welcomes new leadership

Cornell University Library

… in the series and the publication of the 30th book, Forms of Life: Aesthetics and Biopolitics in German Culture … Signale as one of the chief venues in North America for book publishing in the field of German Studies, founding … see unfold over the subsequent decade: How to publish the very best scholarship in an important discipline faced with …

Music

Cornell chorale, high school collaborate on commission

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“You are human. You are meant to make mistakes. You are meant to be happy. You are deserving. Stay amazing.” These lyrics, inspired by students at Cornell and at Longmeadow High School in Longmeadow, Mass., are part of an online choral/video project the students created in partnership with composer LJ White.

Sociology

Biden’s inaugural ‘theater of unity’ offers rebuke to violence

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On Wednesday, former Senator and Vice President Joe Biden will be inaugurated as President of the United States. His inauguration takes place amid continued challenges presented by COVID-19 and the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Astronomy

NASA extends Cornell-involved Juno, InSight missions

Cornell Chronicle

NASA’s Juno spacecraft – currently orbiting Jupiter, flying close approaches to the planet and then out into the realm of the Jovian moons – and the InSight lander, now perched in Mars’ equatorial region, have both received mission extensions, the space agency announced Jan. 8. Cornell astronomers serve key roles on both projects.

Migrations Initiative

Migrations initiative wins $5M Mellon grant for racial justice

Cornell Chronicle

Migrations: A Global Grand Challenge, part of Global Cornell, has won a three-year, $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative that will bring together scholars across the university and beyond to study the links between racism, dispossession and migration.