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Astronomy

Space Tech Industry Day a convergence of research, business

Cornell Chronicle

A constellation of scientists, technologists and businesses will offer a glimpse into how space will be explored in the years to come during the inaugural Space Tech Industry Day, a virtual symposium hosted by Cornell on April 23.

Astronomy

From Cornell to NASA to an icy moon of Jupiter

Cornell Chronicle

Laura Jones-Wilson, M.S. ’10, Ph.D. ’12, has long had her sights set on outer space. Cornell faculty, including astronomy professor Terry Herter, helped send her to a dream job with NASA.

Large lab dominated by a blue ring device
Provided The muon g-2 ring sits in its detector hall amidst electronics racks, the muon beamline and other equipment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. This experiment studies the precession (or wobble) of muons as they travel through the magnetic field.
Physics

Elusive particle may point to undiscovered physics

Cornell Chronicle

The muon, a tiny particle, has the giant potential to upend our understanding of the subatomic world.

Distinguished Visiting Journalist Program

Top science journalists explore challenges of covering COVID

A&S Communications

Four science journalists leading the way in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic will discuss their experiences in an upcoming College of Arts & Sciences virtual event April 28.

Creative Writing

Lennon publishes doubleheader of new fantastical fiction

Cornell Chronicle

J. Robert Lennon, who teaches fiction in Cornell’s Creative Writing Program, published two new books on April 6: “Subdivision,” a fantastical novel about memory and trauma; and “Let me Think,” 71 short stories collected from years of observing and chronicling the American absurd in fiction.

Silhouette of person kneeling by a pond
Sociology

Religion follows patterns of politicization during COVID-19

Cornell Chronicle

The analysis confirmed a documented benefit of religion: increased mental health.

Student creative works

‘Asiamnesia’ tackles racial stereotypes in entertainment industry

A&S Communications

“Asiamnesia,” being presented online April 15-17 by the Department of Performing and Media Arts, explores the stereotypes that plague Asian/Asian American actresses throughout their careers, but also celebrates their versatility and endurance.

small helicopter flying over a barren, orange landscape
JPL/ NASA An illustration depicting Mars Helicopter Ingenuity during a test flight on Mars
Astronomy

Roving Mars, by air and land

A&S Communications

The Ingenuity helicopter and other rotorcraft could provide reconnaissance for rovers to help guide their routes.

Humanities

Kennedy recognized by Renaissance Society of America

Cornell Chronicle

The Renaissance Society of America has given William J. Kennedy its Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring “a lifetime of uncompromising devotion to the highest standard of scholarship accompanied by exceptional achievement in Renaissance studies.”

James Walsh
Klarman Fellows

Klarman fellow bridges divide between math and philosophy

Cornell Chronicle

Working in the field of logic, James Walsh, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in philosophy, studies the axiomatic method, a central methodology in mathematics whereby claims are proven from axioms.

Poster for Healthcare Racism in America event
Racism in America

Faculty examine racism ‘embedded’ in US health care

Cornell Chronicle

During the “Racism in America: Health” webinar on March 29, four Cornell faculty members elaborated on ways the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed race-based discrepancies in health care and health outcomes under the American health care system.

Graduate student honors

Grad student wins fellowship to connect research to policy

A&S Communications

Gregor-Fausto Siegmund, a doctoral student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, was recently awarded the Ecological Society of America’s Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award.

Alumni honors

Alumna chosen for Soros Fellowship for New Americans

A&S Communications

Archana Podury ’18, has been named a 2021 fellow in the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants.

Global

Nyabola to speak at Race and Racism Across Borders event

Cornell Chronicle

Writer, activist and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola will discuss her upcoming book, Travelling while Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move, as part of Global Cornell’s Race and Racism Across Borders webinar on April 12.

Alumni news

Kapil Longani ’97: shaping NYC’s COVID-19 response

Cornell Chronicle

Since 2018, Kapil Longani ’97 has served as chief counsel to New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio. Since the start of the pandemic, Longani has helped shape the city’s plans for reopening schools, creating outdoor dining protocols, and thinking through legal issues around COVID testing and vaccine distribution.