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Chemistry

Chemistry student enjoys 'making invisible things tangible'

Chemistry major Cathy Ly ‘19 is spending her summer in Ithaca doing research at Cornell, thanks to the J. Emory Morris Fellowship she received from the chemistry department.  “I love doing hands-on work,” said Ly, “and being able to make invisible things tangible, to discover what isn’t immediately apparent to human eyes.” She’s interested in chemistry’s applications to astronomy and material science.

Chemistry

Chemistry professor honored with prestigious ACS award

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Yimon Aye, a Howard Milstein faculty fellow and assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has been honored by the Eastern New York Section of the American Chemical Society as the 2017 Buck-Whitney Award winner. Aye has been invited to give a talk at the awards ceremony Nov. 15 in Troy, N.Y.

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Chemistry

Chemists use electricity to amp up drug manufacturing

Cornell Chronicle

Give your medicine a jolt. By using a technique that combines electricity and chemistry, future pharmaceuticals – including many of the top prescribed medications in the United States – soon may be easily scaled up to be manufactured in a more sustainable way. This new Cornell research appears in Science Aug. 11.

American studies

American Studies alum says major was perfect match for documentary career

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Milos Balac ’11 found out that his language skills in Serbian and French – as well as his time on the Cornell ski team and his American studies courses — have paid off handsomely so far in his career as a documentary filmmaker.Balac, a producer at Film 45 based in Santa Monica, is hard at work these days finishing up a project about Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic.

International students & scholars

Global scholars study English and more

Global Cornell

This summer, 38 undergraduates, grad students, and visiting scholars from 12 nations are enrolled in Cornell's English for International Students and Scholars (EISS) program, according to this story on the Global Cornell website.

Poetry

Belarusian professor releases new poetry collection

Cornell Chronicle

Valzhyna Mort's collection focuses on themes of war and displacement, music and gardens, language and earth.

Neurobiology & Behavior

$9M grant will create neurotech research hub at Cornell

Cornell Chronicle

New tools developed at Cornell will provide neuroscientists an unprecedented glimpse into the inner workings of the brain.

Language Sciences

Cognitive scientist calls for integration in language sciences

Cornell Chronicle

In a new opinion piece in a major publication, Morten Christiansen, professor of psychology, describes how the study of language has fragmented into many highly-specialized areas of study that tend not to talk to each other. He calls for a new era of integration in the paper, published July 31 in Nature Human Behaviour.

Warrior-Scholars Project

Warrior-scholars explore the relevance of 'Our Declaration'

Cornell Chronicle

Whether they served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard, the 15 veterans and reservists of the first 2017 Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) class agreed they gained a greater appreciation for democracy in the United States by seeing people from other countries aspire to a way of life many Americans take for granted.

Performing & Media Arts

Collaborative play transcends borders, cultures

Cornell Chronicle

A new play about borders has found an unusual way to transcend them: by integrating local experiences in each new place it is performed.

Chemistry

Co-founder of chemical ecology celebrates 90 years

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Colleagues are planning a symposium in August to celebrate the birthday of Jerrold Meinwald, Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, who turned 90 in January. The symposium will take place during the meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology in Kyoto, Japan.  

Chemistry

Ukrainian hometown celebrates Nobel prize-winning professor

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The hometown of Roald Hoffmann, the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters Emeritus, has held an event, with lectures and music, to commemorate Hoffmann’s 80th birthday, which was July 18.

Student experiences

Arts & Sciences student spends summer building bridges in U.S.-China relations

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Zhangmin Abigail Chen ‘19, a College Scholar focusing on government and China & Asia-Pacific studies, is pursuing her interests in international affairs and non-profit management as an intern at the Carter Center’s China Program this summer.The Carter Center, founded in 1982 by President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, is a nongovernmental organization commited to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering.

Chemistry

Aye group discovers avenue for precision cancer treatment

Cornell Chronicle

One of the goals of personalized medicine is to be able to determine which treatment would work best by sequencing a patient’s genome. New research from the lab of Yimon Aye, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, could help make that approach a reality.

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Future Paths

Gap year allows alum to pursue passion for working with homeless

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The American studies major says her coursework prepared her to work with a diverse population.