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Giving Day

Giving Day brings Cornellians together, shatters records

Cornell Chronicle

In 24 hours, donors raised a record-breaking $10,040,921 to support Cornell students, programs and research on the university’s seventh Giving Day, March 11. Gifts from 14,411 donors poured in steadily throughout the day, with support from all 50 U.S. states, plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C., as well as nearly 80 countries.

Online learning

Event highlights strategies for online teaching

Cornell Chronicle

As instructors and students are still adjusting to the online format imposed on them at the outbreak of the pandemic a year ago, the Cornell Online Learning Community asked speakers and participants at its 7th annual event, “What Works and What’s Next in online teaching and learning?” Over 100 participants gathered virtually on March 9 to look back on a year of online teaching to understand successful strategies to adapt as they continue developing this relatively new learning space.

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Lindsay France/Cornell University Anjan Mani ’23 (left) and Alexander Chung ’21, near the Arts Quad.
Student stories

Students save man from frigid lake after fishing mishap

Cornell Chronicle

“I’ve been a swimmer for 15 years, so I didn’t hesitate to jump in," said Alexander Chung '21.

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Philosophy

What Sarah Everard’s Murder Illuminates—And Might Obscure

The Atlantic

Writing in The Atlantic, Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy, argues that we must consider why the Sarah Everard's murder case has attracted so much attention, to the exclusion of many others.

Asian American Studies

Ignoring anti-Asian crimes furthers white supremacist violence

A&S Communications

Eight people were shot and killed Tuesday night at Atlanta-area massage parlors, six of whom were of Asian descent. Christine Bacareza Balance, director of the Asian American Studies Program and professor of performing & media arts at Cornell University, says such violent acts are a part of the white supremacist systemic violence against Black, indigenous, and all other communities of color.

Government

US-China summit: ‘It's so cold in Alaska’

A&S Communications

Top officials from the U.S. and China will meet in Anchorage on Thursday and Friday for the first high level summit after President Biden took office. Cornell College of Arts and Sciences faculty experts Allen Carlson discusses the political and economic implications of the summit.

Astrophysics

Ancient light illuminates matter that fuels galaxy formation

Cornell Chronicle

Using light from the Big Bang, an international team led by Cornell and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has begun to unveil the material which fuels galaxy formation. Lead author is Stefania Amodeo, a Cornell postdoctoral researcher in astronomy, who now conducts research at the Observatory of Strasbourg, France.

Jewish Studies

Director of Netflix hit “Shtisel” highlights Jewish Studies event

Cornell Chronicle

Yehonathan Indursky, director and writer of Netflix hit “Shtisel,” will talk about the series during an online event hosted by Cornell’s Jewish Studies Program on March 24.

Government

President Clinton to speak on the future of U.S. democracy

Cornell Chronicle

President Bill Clinton will join former U.S. Rep. Steve Israel on March 18 for a conversation about the future of democracy in America. The program launches the new Milstein State of Democracy Addresses.

Religion

Same-sex marriage exposes 'cavernous divide' between Vatican, Catholics

A&S Communications

The Vatican’s orthodoxy office has issued a formal response to a question about whether Catholic clergy have the authority to bless same-sex unions, saying the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” Professors Landon Schnabel (sociology) and Kim Haines-Eitzen (religious studies) comment.

Physics

Cheaper, greener particle accelerators will speed innovation

Cornell Chronicle

A team of scientists at the Center for Bright Beams – a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center led by Cornell – are working on the next generation of superconducting materials that will greatly reduce the costs associated with operating large particle accelerators and lessen their environmental impact. The research could also make it easier for smaller institutions and industry to use these critical tools.

Biological sciences

Students’ vaccine videos go viral

Cornell Chronicle

In viral social media videos, two doctoral students in the field of biomedical and biological sciences explain how messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines work, also creating Spanish versions.

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Neurobiology and Behavior

The biology of hunger

Cornell Research

Nilay Yapici, Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences and assistant professor of neurobiology and behavior, investigates the mysterious brain-body connections that regulate eating behavior.

Blue sign: "Hydrogen Fuel Station"
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Green hydrogen filling station fueled by Cornell research

Cornell Chronicle

Catalyzed by a Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability grant and prompted by other Cornell eco-friendly research over the past decade like the Cornell Fuel Cell Institute and the university’s Energy Materials Center, the Standard Hydrogen Corporation (SHC) and National Grid announced plans March 11 to build the first hydrogen “energy station” of its kind in the nation.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Nearly 1,000 gather for conversation on safer fieldwork

Cornell Chronicle

Witnessing incidents of violence against people of color in the media, two ecology and evolutionary biology doctoral candidates have created a set of best practices on how researchers can stay safe while conducting fieldwork. What started as a list for their graduate field transformed into much more when Monique Pipkin and Amelia-Juliette Demery’s ideas began resonating at Cornell and beyond.