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Kaltenegger named inaugural recipient of Barrie Jones Award

Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor of astronomy and director of Cornell's Carl Sagan Institute, has been name the inaugural recipient of the Barrie Jones Award by The Open University (OU), United Kingdom, and the Astrobiology Society of Britain (ASB). The award will be presented in a ceremony on July 7 at the OU campus.

Graphene used as a frequency mixer in Cornell-led research

A professor, a postdoctoral researcher and a graduate student hop onto a trampoline.

Mutant enzyme study aids in understanding of sirtuin's functions

The enzyme sirtuin 6, or SIRT6, serves many key biological functions in regulating genome stability, DNA repair, metabolism and longevity, but how its multiple enzyme activities relate to its various functions is poorly understood.

Prof. Chip Aquadro receives honorary degree

Forty-one years after graduating, on May 22 Charles ("Chip") Aquadro was presented with an honorary Doctor of Science degree from St. Lawrence University, his alma mater, in recognition of his achievements in science. 

College triples Humanities Faculty Research and Travel Grants

Humanities faculty can use funding to bring a speaker to campus, attend a conference or purchase books or other items.

Interning at Federal Court

Chistopher Arce '19 is spending his summer interning at the U.S. Federal Court.

Advising dean, professor collaborate on translation

Although Jonathan Culler’s “Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction” has been translated into 22 languages including Tamil and Macedonian, a French version had never been available.

Mixed-income neighborhoods face steady decline

America has been talking about racial segregation and its effects for decades. Now another kind of separation is grinding away at America’s neighborhoods: income segregation, where people are separated by their wealth, or lack of it.

Renaissance scholar Carol Kaske dies at 83

Professor Emerita of English Carol V. Kaske, who taught at Cornell for 40 years, died June 15 at Cayuga Medical Center. She was 83.A respected and influential scholar, she specialized in English literature of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. She first taught at Cornell in 1963, was named a full professor in 1992 and retired in 2003.

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Economics professor Tapan Mitra gives back to students

The prizes will go to economics graduate students who contribute outstanding papers.

College Scholars showcase research projects

For students who have many interests across diverse disciplines, the College Scholar Program in the College of Arts & Sciencs may fit their needs. This year’s graduating class of College Scholars recently presented their final research projects, focused on topics such the anthropology of food and China’s naval development.

Atkinson Center gives record number of seed research grants

Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future(ACSF) has given $1.5 million from its Academic Venture Fund to a record 14 new university projects. This marks the third consecutive year ACSF has granted more than $1 million.

Relax, it'll be 1,500 years before aliens contact us

If you’re expecting to hear from aliens from across the universe, it could be a while.Deconstructing the Fermi paradox and pairing it with the mediocrity principle into a fresh equation, Cornell astronomers say extraterrestrials likely won’t phone home – or Earth – for 1,500 years.

How the lepidoptera got its spots

By tweaking just one or two genes, Cornell researchers have altered the patterns on a butterfly’s wings. It’s not just a new art form, but a major clue to understanding how the butterflies have evolved, and perhaps to how color patterns – and other patterns and shapes – have evolved in other species.The genes in question are especially interesting because they have been “co-opted” – they previously did some other job at a different place in the development process.