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History

Book traces rise of 'free enterprise' as cornerstone of conservatism

Cornell Chronicle

Might today's political rhetoric signal an end to the modern era of free enterprise?

Career experiences

Summer Pathways interns make the most of experiences in D.C., California

A&S Communications

"A place that once seemed intimidating and untouchable became strangely comforting," said Estefania Perez, of her Supreme Court internship.

Chemistry & chemical biology

NIH awards $17.4 million to Cornell for CHESS subfacility

Cornell Chronicle

A single human cell contains thousands of proteins that perform a vast array of functions, from fighting off viruses to transcribing DNA. By understanding the structure of these proteins, researchers can interpret their functions and develop methods for turning them on and off.

English

English professor’s book shortlisted for renowned Christian Gauss Award

A&S Communications

George Hutchinson’s book, “Facing the Abyss,” has been shortlisted for the Christian Gauss Award of 2019, one of the major prizes for literary scholarship in any field. The Phi Beta Kappa Society, which confers the award, will announce the winning titles on October 1.

Astronomy

Fluorescent glow may reveal hidden life in the cosmos

Cornell Chronicle

Astronomers seeking life on distant planets may want to go for the glow.Harsh ultraviolet radiation flares from red suns, once thought to destroy surface life on planets, might help uncover hidden biospheres. Their radiation could trigger a protective glow from life on exoplanets called biofluorescence, according to new Cornell research.

Education Research

NSF funds two discipline-based education research projects

NSF funds two discipline-based education research projectsThe National Science Foundation has funded two discipline-based education research (DBER) projects in the College of Arts & Sciences, contributing to Cornell’s growing DBER profile. Both grants are about $300,000 and three years in length.

Government

Doctoral students win awards for research

A&S Communications

Two government graduate students — one studying the rise of populist radical right parties and the other the politics of domestic violence — have recently been honored with fellowships and other awards for their research.

English

Literary icon Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, dies at 88

Cornell Chronicle

Nobel Prize-winning author and alumna Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, died Monday, Aug. 5, in New York City. She was 88.

Sociology

Study finds racial bias in tweets flagged as hate speech

Cornell Chronicle

Tweets believed to be written by African Americans are much more likely to be tagged as hate speech than tweets associated with whites, according to a Cornell study analyzing five collections of Twitter data marked for abusive language.

Student summer experiences

Students fight violence, support NYC artists during summer experiences

A&S Communications

Students can use Summer Experience Grants to cover living and travel expenses when they take unpaid or minimally-paid positions.

Student experiences

Grants fund students’ summer research experiences

A&S Communications

From hanging out with dart frogs to studying gene expression, students used Summer Experience Grants to explore careers.

Artist’s Impression of WASP-121b
Astronomy

Hubble Uncovers 'Heavy Metal' Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football

A&S Communications

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed magnesium and iron gas streaming from a strange, football-shaped world outside our solar system known as WASP-121b. The Hubble observations represent the first time that so-called "heavy metals"—elements heavier than hydrogen and helium—have been spotted escaping from a hot Jupiter, a large, gaseous exoplanet very close to it star.

Chemistry & chemical biology

Baskin wins young investigator award for lipid research

Cornell Chronicle

When chemical biologist Jeremy Baskin played piano as a child, his parents noticed something unusual: He loved to improvise.

Mathematics

The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet

The New York Times

Cornell mathematician Steven Strogatz, author most recently of "Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe," explains the latest mathematical Twitter upset in a New York Times op-ed.

Physics

Two on A&S faculty awarded DOE early career grants

Cornell Chronicle

Two College of Arts & Sciences faculty members were awarded grants by the U.S. Department of Energy as part of its Office of Science Early Career Research Program. Jared Maxson, Ph.D. ’15 and Brad Ramshaw, both assistant professors of physics, will receive at least $750,000 over five years to support their scientific endeavors.