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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

A&S Communications

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

Signale celebrates decade of success and welcomes new leadership

Music

Cornell chorale, high school collaborate on commission

A&S Communications

“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

A&S Communications

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.

Government

Perceived erosion of democracy spawns new campaign

Cornell Chronicle

During his 16 years representing a Long Island district in Congress, Steve Israel said he saw divisiveness and partisanship grow exponentially. By the time he retired from the House of Representatives in 2017, compromise and respect for democratic norms seemed almost irrelevant, he said, and his biggest fear was not of foreign conflict but internal division.

Asian Studies

Professor to use fellowship for WWI ‘trench art’ study

Cornell Chronicle

Ding Xiang Warner, professor of Asian studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won a yearlong 2021 fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to study etched shell casings and other “trench art” made by some of the Chinese laborers who supported the allied armies during World War I.

College Scholar Program

A&S selects 24 sophomores for College Scholar program

A&S Communications

The scholars design their own interdisciplinary major, organized around a question or issue of interest.

Government, Klarman Fellows

Study: Americans skeptical of COVID-19 contact tracing apps

Cornell Chronicle

Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, technologists and health officials have looked to technologies – including smartphone contact tracing applications – to stem the spread of the virus. But contact tracing apps, which require a critical mass of adopters to be effective, face serious obstacles in the U.S., Cornell researchers have found.

Alumni

Lovevery co-founder named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year

Cornell Chronicle

Entrepreneurship at Cornell has named Jessica Rolph ’97, MBA ’04, co-founder and CEO of early childhood development startup Lovevery, its 2021 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year. Rolph will be honored at the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Eclectic Convergence conference, Nov. 12 in New York City.

Science and Technology Studies

Hilgartner co-leads new COVID-19 policy research

Cornell Chronicle

A comparative analysis of COVID-19 policies across 18 countries, led by researchers from Cornell and Harvard University, reveals that different countries reacted to the pandemic with a variety of policies – resulting in widely varied public health and economic outcomes linked to underlying characteristics of each society.

Government

Roper Center hosts forum on public opinion polling

Cornell Chronicle

While some consider public opinion polls critical to democratic accountability, others question the ability of today’s pollsters to accurately reflect the public’s preferences on issues and candidates.