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Carnegie Institution for Science Archives Vera Cooper Rubin, MS ’51 using an image tube spectrograph on a telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
Astronomy

Barrier-breaking astronomer graces a U.S. quarter

Cornellians

Immortalized in a series honoring notable women, Vera Cooper Rubin, MS ’51, is the first Cornellian ever featured on a coin.

Red brick gothic house
Sreang Hok/Cornell University. The A.D. White House
Visiting professors

Three A.D. White Professors-at-Large on campus this spring

A&S Communications

This semester, visiting A.D. White Professors-at-Large will explore themes of democracy, reparatory justice and Latin American narratives during public talks.

Robert Fay
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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Chemist Robert Fay, emeritus professor, dies at 88

Cornell Chronicle

Robert C. Fay, emeritus professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Feb. 6 in Fairfax, Virginia. He was 88.

Field of semiconductors
Government and technology

Cutting CHIPS funding could be ‘politically challenging’ for some GOP lawmakers

A&S Communications

Given its bipartisan support and national security implications, CHIPS funding will be difficult to cut, says professor Sarah Kreps.

Sona Jobarteh
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Cornell Concert Series

Cornell Concert Series hosts Sona Jobarteh, musician of the West African griot tradition

A&S Communications

A living archive of the Gambian people, Sona Jobarteh innovates to support a more humanitarian future.

Three people cluster around a computer in a science lab
Ryan Young/Cornell University
Physics

Peer recognition crucial for success in physics research

Cornell Chronicle

Even when women receive similar amounts of recognition from peers as men for excelling in physics classes, they perceive significantly less peer recognition, new research has found.

Six people sit in a row, during a panel discussion event
Jason Koski/Cornell University In Goldwin Smith Hall on Feb. 28, Peter Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of government, spoke during the “Science Under Siege?” faculty panel discussion hosted by the Department of Science and Technology Studies.
Research

Panels discuss federal research funding threats, opportunities

Cornell Chronicle

Experts discussed support for science research during a pair of panels organized by faculty and students on Feb. 28.

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Cornell University file photo Joseph A. Burns, Ph.D. ’66, emeritus professor of engineering and astronomy, and a former vice provost and dean of the Cornell faculty, speaks at Charter Day Weekend in 2015.
In memory

Joseph Burns, emeritus professor, former dean of faculty, dies at 83

Cornell Chronicle

Joseph A. Burns, Ph.D. ’66, emeritus professor of engineering and astronomy, and a former vice provost and dean of the Cornell faculty, died Feb. 26 in Ithaca.

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Government

No winners in looming trade war with Mexico, Canada and China

A&S Communications

The effects of tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico are already felt, and the consequences will increase in the coming weeks, says government professor Gustavo Flores-Macías.

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Government

Trump administration’s shift from European allies could be ‘devastating’

A&S Communications

Prof. Thomas Pepinsky comments on Pres. Trump's foreign policy.

Illustration showing a crowd of people, a network of dots and lines, and some binary code
Laura Chichisan/College of Arts and Sciences In a world that’s growing more connected every day, economists and computer scientists need to work together. Cornell researchers have thought this way for years, and the rest of the world is catching on.
Research Collaboration and Impact

Where computer scientists and economists talk to each other

A&S Communications

In a world that’s growing more connected every day, economists and computer scientists need to work together. Cornell researchers have thought this way for years, and the rest of the world is catching on.

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Cornell Center for Social Sciences

Cornell Center for Social Sciences names 2025-26 Faculty Fellows

Cornell Chronicle

12 faculty members from seven colleges have been named 2025-26 Faculty Fellows with the Cornell Center for Social Sciences.

Juan Pablo Jordán
Provided Juan Pablo Jordán
Ecology and evolutionary biology

Cornell Atkinson awards support graduate student biodiversity and sustainability research

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Atkinson is supporting 36 graduate students – including some in A&S – whose work protects biodiversity, improves health, reduces climate risk and more.

Person standing behind a bar decorated with a hockey jersey, a beer & shot list and a mounted moose head. Lots of neon lights and two illuminated shelves of liquor bottles
Joe Wilensky As a Canadian-themed hockey bar, The Canuck is unique in NYC
Alumni

O Canada! Former Big Red player runs popular hockey bar in NYC

Cornellians

A passion project for Denis Ladouceur ’02, who majored in economics in A&S, The Canuck is a haven for his countrymen—offering beer, poutine, and games on TV.

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Performing and media arts

PMA presents event with John Cameron Mitchell

Department of Performing & Media Arts

Mitchell is best known as the writer/director/star of the rock musical and film “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”