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French politics

Youth vote factoring heavily in French elections

A&S Communications

In Sunday's election, Marine Le Pen's National Rally party was thwarted, but she will live to fight another day, says Cornell populism expert Mabel Berezin.

Research equipment at the Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS).
Cornell University Research equipment at the Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS).
Physics

DOE funds new Cornell accelerator science trainee program

A&S Communications

The program’s goal is to “produce a diverse body of broadly educated fellows” in areas targeted by DOE’s Office of Science, including RF superconducting structures, high brightness electron sources for linear accelerators, physics of large accelerators and system engineering, and operation of large-scale accelerator systems.

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Economics

Belot research investigates employment match quality

ILR School

A new study examines the advantages and drawbacks of various measures of match quality and presents novel evidence from a survey sample of U.S. employees where several measures were collected simultaneously.

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Graduate student projects

Pinkonomics Podcast covers women in the economy

A&S Communications

Arundhati Singh approached the task using game theory and logic, to “strategize how women can go forward in this economic game that we seem to be stuck with."

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Sociology

How girls fare when only a son will do

Cornell Chronicle

“Gender plays out in many different ways across the world...even when both spouses agree on wanting more sons than daughters, this isn’t consistently correlated with girls getting less education," said sociologist Vida Maralani.

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Serge Petchenyi/Cornell University From left, Steven Jackson, vice provost for academic innovation; Derina Samuel, Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) associate director; Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching award winners Judith Tauber and Amanda Domingues; and Rob Vanderlan, CTI executive director.
Awards

CTI announces winners of the Cornelia Ye Award for excellence in graduate teaching

Cornell Chronicle

Doctoral candidates Judith Tauber and Amanda Almeida Domingues are the 2023-2024 recipients of the Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

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Sociology

Populism Expert: Macron miscalculated badly

A&S Communications

Prof. Mabel Berezin, an expert on international populism, comments on the results of Macron’s calling snap elections.

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Faculty excellence

A&S honors 10 faculty with endowed professorships

A&S Communications

With these new appointments, the number of A&S faculty appointed to endowed professorships since fall 2018 has reached 76.

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Jesse Winter Amy Mulderry ‘96, interim president of CarelonRx, part of Elevance Health, hosted the event this year at Elevance’s office space in Manhattan.
Career Services

Alums share career advice during NYC event

A&S Communications

Students at a June Career Connections event networked with 15 alumni from A&S with various careers in the finance industry.

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Music

Restored Moog synthesizer featured on new album

A&S Communications

A new album of music — played on several innovative new instruments created and restored at Cornell, including a Moog synthesizer —will debut June 28 from the band EZRA, which includes a Cornell faculty member.

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Kyrenia Ship Excavations/Provided The Kyrenia was the first major Greek Hellenistic-period ship to be found with a largely intact hull. It was excavated and reassembled for scientific study.
Archaeology

Almonds, pottery and wood help date famed Kyrenia shipwreck

Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Tree-Ring Laboratory identified the likeliest timeline of the Hellenistic-era ship's sinking as between 296-271 BCE, with a strong probability it occurred between 286-272 BCE.

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Social media

Cornell expert on SCOTUS ruling in social media dispute

A&S Communications

The Supreme Court has sided with the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts; associate professor of psychology Gordon Pennycook, who studies misinformation, comments.

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US Marine Corps/ Public Domain A UN peacekeeper in Haiti
Government

Kenyan police bring 'spotty' track record to Haiti

A&S Communications

The U.N.-backed mission, led by Kenya, must have full understanding of the local context before engaging in any political or police action, says Sabrina Karim, assistant professor of government.

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Jason Koski/Cornell University After taking up juggling at age 10, Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse won the World Juggling Federation’s junior title at 12 – two years before becoming the youngest to win its advanced overall championship.
Mathematics

Going for Paris gold, math scholar aids juggling’s Olympic bid

Cornell Chronicle

Doctoral student Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse could be crowned the world’s best juggler in a June 30 competition that aims to help build a case for juggling as an Olympic sport.

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Music

Teaching conducting in extended reality

Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation

A virtual reality setting can enable conducting students to engage with gestures in low stakes environment.