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Faculty honors

New professor wins book prize

A&S Communications

Sabrina Karim received the prize for her book, Equal Opportunity Peacekeeping: Women, Peace, and Security in Post-Conflict States.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Crowdfunding campaign supports biology field study

A&S Communications

Gopher tortoises and blue jays… a vintage Army-issue shovel… sun and rain and wind: the hundreds of students who have gone on field courses through the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology over the last 50 years have memories as diverse as the ecosystems they studied.

Physics

Secrets of superfluid helium explored

Cornell Chronicle

When Cornell physicists Robert Richardson, David Lee and Douglas Osheroff received the 1996 Nobel Prize for their discovery of the superfluid state of liquid helium, it was only the beginning. Now a new team of Cornell researchers, building on that work, have found new complexities in the phenomenon, with implications for the study of superconductivity and theoretical models of the origin of the universe.

Sociology

Work: Aspirations, inequalities, markets

Cornell Research

This Cornell Research story focuses on Kim Weeden, the Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 Professor of the Social Sciences and director of the Center for the Study of Inequality, whose work focuses on inequality and opportunity in the United States and other industrialized countries.

Collaborative research

Out of the blue: Medieval fragments yield surprises

Cornell Chronicle

Analyzing pigments in medieval illuminated manuscript pages at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source(CHESS) is opening up some new areas of research bridging the arts and sciences.

Psychology

Mouse tracking may reveal ability to resist temptation

Cornell Chronicle

The devil on your right shoulder is telling you, “Go ahead, grab that candy bar! You know you want it!”Meanwhile, the angel on your left is gently saying, “The apple is a much healthier option, isn’t it?”

Physics

Energy-efficient accelerator was 50 years in the making

Cornell Chronicle

With the introduction of CBETA, the Cornell-Brookhaven ERL Test Accelerator, Cornell University and Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists are following up on the concept of energy-recovering particle accelerators first introduced by physicist Maury Tigner at Cornell more than 50 years ago.

Student research

New Rawlings scholars named in A&S

A&S Communications

Nine rising juniors from the College of Arts & Sciences have been chosen as new Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars.The Rawlings scholars program supports a select group of undergraduate students, from all colleges and many disciplines, by providing resources for and promoting sustained engagement in research in close relationship with faculty and other mentors.

Physics

Surprising nature of quantum solitary waves revealed

Cornell Chronicle

Solitary waves – known as solitons – appear in many forms. Perhaps the most recognizable is the tsunami, which forms following a disruption on the ocean floor and can travel, unabated, at high speeds for hundreds of miles.

Molecular biology & genetics

Bringing bacteria's defense into focus

Cornell Chronicle

By taking a series of near-atomic resolution snapshots, Cornell and Harvard Medical School scientists have observed step-by-step how bacteria defend against foreign invaders such as bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria.The process they observed uses CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) sites, where the cell’s DNA can be snipped to insert additional DNA.

Student experiences

A&S student combines tour guide job, internship for summer in Ithaca

A&S Communications

On the famous list of the “161 Things to Do at Cornell” is spending a summer in Ithaca. From doing research with a professor to assisting with summer programs, students say spending a summer at Cornell can be a rewarding experience.“This is my second summer staying in Ithaca,” said Alice Jenkins ‘18. “I would absolutely recommend staying a summer in Ithaca. It’s the best time of year to explore the beautiful nature in this area.”

Economics

India and the Visible Hand of the Market

The New York Times

Cornell economist Kaushik Basu, the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, professor of economics and chief economist of the World Bank from 2012-16, writes in this New York Times opinion piece, that the Indian government's decision to "demonitize" its currency may have greater long-term side effects than expected.

Astronomy

Cornell dedicates telescope in honor of James Houck

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell astronomers gathered atop Mount Pleasant at sunset June 25 to honor one of their own. The 25-inch reflecting telescope at the university’s Hartung-Boothroyd Observatory was named in memory of the late James R. Houck.

Faculty research

Why We Shouldn’t Drug Test Poor People

The New York Times

Jamila Michener, assistant professor of government, and Julilly Kohler-Hausmann, assistant professor of history, write in this New York Times opinion piece that tying Medicaid benefits to drug testing could imperil Medicaid's long-term viability and create a "vicious cycle of stigmatization and program retrenchment."

Student experiences

A&S student spends enriching summer abroad in Tanzania

A&S Communications

Arts & Sciences student Emma Williams ‘19 is in Moshi, Tanzania for the summer studying the use of family planning among women of reproductive age. Williams, a biology and government double major, is also minoring in global health.