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Innovation

Symposium explores possibilities of origami nanomachines

6/27/2017 Cornell Chronicle

On June 16-17, the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) held a symposium in the Physical Sciences Building to explore using origami to create machines at the micron scale using atomically thin materials.

Economics

Kaushik Basu takes the helm of the International Economic Association

6/26/2017 A&S Communications

Kaushik Basu, C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences, began his three-year term as president of the International Economic Association (IEA) on Friday, June 23.

Sustainability

Ponder a fossil fuel-free world, then think art

6/20/2017 Cornell Chronicle

Disappearing ozone, rising seas and a world of environmental strife have forced all of the globe’s citizens to great underground cities – powered by renewable energy. It’s quite the fictional vision.For Cornell’s 2017 Imagining Energy Futures: Undergraduate Science, Art and Design competition, the fictional short story “Underground: Project Gaia” by Reade Otto-Moudry ’17, Kayla Aulenbach ‘19 and Ashley Herzig ’18 won the $500 top prize.

Government

Republicans doubt 'global warming' more than 'climate change'

6/20/2017 Cornell Chronicle

On the heels of President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, a new Cornell study finds that climate-science labels do matter.The U.S. public doubts the existence of “global warming” more than it doubts “climate change” – and Republicans are driving the effect, the research found.

Faculty Honor

Hayes, Kinzler recognized by World Economic Forum

6/20/2017 Cornell Chronicle

Alexander Hayes ’03, M.Eng ‘03, assistant professor of astronomy, and Katherine Kinzler, associate professor of psychology and human development, are among 52 scientists under the age of 40 named Young Scientists 2017 by the World Economic Forum (WEF), “the most forward-thinking a

Faculty awards

Carpenter advising awards honor four on faculty

6/16/2017

Vice Provost Rebecca Stoltzfus presented Cornell faculty members Austin Bunn, Ella Maria Diaz, Michael Goldstein and Irby Lovette with 2017 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards at a May 27 trustee-faculty dinner.

Award

Alejandro Madrid receives highest honor from Royal Musical Association

6/19/2017 A&S Communications

Alejandro L. Madrid, professor of music, has been awarded the Royal Musical Association’s Dent Medal.

Career development

Alumni offer advice to A&S students at summer networking events

6/19/2017 A&S Communications

Students in the College of Arts & Sciences will have the opportunity to meet and network with alumni in a diverse array of career fields at a series of networking events this summer.The college’s Career Development Center and the Arts & Sciences Career Connections Committee have planned five events in New York City and Washington D.C. beginning June 19.

English

Forms: Their rhythms, shapes, designs

6/16/2017 Cornell Research

We don’t realize it, but forms are all around us—ordering our lives—says Caroline E.

Student research

A London theatre experience

6/16/2017 Cornell Research

Arts & Sciences student and English major Molly Karr '18 writes about her study abroad experience with a London acting troupe in this Cornell Research piece.

Archaeology & Anthropology

The native archaeology of the Finger Lakes

6/16/2017 Cornell Research

Through his writing, archaeology, and outreach, Kurt Jordan, associate professor of anthropology, works alongside Native partners to better understand the indigenous history of the Finger Lakes region.

Science & Technology studies

Working group: Give citizens say in nuclear accident plans

6/15/2017 Cornell Chronicle

As nations search for ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, the long-simmering debate over nuclear power has heated up. Nuclear advocates, opponents and governments argue over nearly every aspect of the technology, from the cost of construction to the challenge of waste storage to the industry’s relationship with nuclear weapons programs.

Neurobiology & Behavior

Neurobiologist Nilay Yapici named Pew scholar

6/15/2017 A&S Communications

A Cornell researcher studying neural circuits that regulate hunger sensation and food intake has received a prestigious award from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

In Memoriam

Clifford Earle, emeritus professor of math, dies at 81

6/14/2017 Cornell Chronicle

Clifford J. Earle, professor emeritus of mathematics, whose nearly 40-year tenure at Cornell included three years as chair of the math department, died June 12 at Hospicare in Ithaca. He was 81.Born Nov. 3, 1935, in Racine, Wisconsin, Earle earned his bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College in 1957, and his master’s (1958) and doctorate (1962) from Harvard University.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Baskin, Chang win Beckman Young Investigator award

6/14/2017 Cornell Chronicle

Assistant professors Jeremy Baskin, from the College of Arts and Sciences, and Pamela Chang, from the College of Veterinary Medicine, are among eight assistant professors across the nation to be named a Beckman Young Investigator, a prize is given to promising young faculty members in the early stages of their academic careers in the chemical and life sciences.

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