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Chemistry and Physics

Light-activated micro device expands ‘green’ electrochemistry

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell chemists and nanofabrication experts have joined forces to create a 2 millimeter-wide, wireless, light-activated device to simplify electrochemistry for broad use.

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Melissa '00 and Rob '99 Lewin during a visit to campus in 2020. Provided
Alumni mentors

Alums offer mentoring to students exploring career options

A&S Communications

Melissa Lewin ’00 and her husband Rob ’99 are active backers of Cornell through their support of Cornell’s Public History Initiative and the archaeology program.

Peter Yarrow with guitar, tan jacket, white hair just at the back of his head, white beard and glasses in front of a microphone with three women and a child standing next to him
Lindsay France/Cornell University Peter Yarrow ’59 performs in Bailey Hall at Reunion 2019.
Alumni News

Folk icon Peter Yarrow ’59, of Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at 86

Cornell Chronicle

Musician Peter Yarrow ’59, who drew early inspiration from his time at Cornell before joining the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died Jan. 7 in Manhattan.

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Honors

Postdoc Peiwei Chen named HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow

A&S Communications

The awardees are “outstanding early career scientists who have demonstrated a commitment to making foundational discoveries while building an inclusive culture in academic science,” said HHMI in a statement.

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Neurobiology and Behavior

Mice use their tongues to ‘see’ tactile targets

A&S Communications

Cornell scientists have identified the neural pathway mice use to direct the tongue to tactile targets.

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Psychology

‘Politics, not policy’: Meta ending fact-check program

A&S Communications

Psychology professor Gordon Pennycook, a misinformation expert, says he supports using crowdsourced fact-checking, "but removing third-party (professional) fact-checking strikes me as a major mistake.”

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International politics

Cornell expert on Jean-Marie Le Pen: a ‘driving force’ for French far-right

A&S Communications

“Le Pen wasn’t responsible for the political events which moved the right forward across Europe. Yet, the French National Front created the institutional framework necessary to take advantage of crisis events," says Mabel Berezin.

Justin Trudeau
© European Union 2017 - European Parliament/Creative Commons license Justin Trudeau in 2017
Government

Trudeau resignation surrounded by uncertainty, says Cornell expert

A&S Communications

Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences and professor of government, says it is unclear how a new Liberal leader will be selected in Canada, and whether the Liberal caucus will agree to Trudeau’s wish to stay on until a new leader is chosen.
 

Elizabeth Sanders
Elizabeth Sanders, Ph.D. ’78
Government

Elizabeth Sanders, scholar of U.S. political development, dies at 81

Cornell Chronicle

Elizabeth Sanders, Ph.D. ’78, professor of government emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Dec. 2 in Cullman, Alabama. She was 81.

Mouse peering out of a white paper cup set in a grassy field
Matthew Zipple/Provided A mouse in the study peers out of a hiding spot inside in a semi-natural outdoor enclosure. Scanners placed around the enclosure collected 7.4 million readings from identification tags implanted in the mice to track how they behaved in the environment.
Neurobiology and Behavior

Small wins in early life lead to inequality in adulthood

Cornell Chronicle

Lucky breaks in a male mouse’s youth can lead to large advantages in adulthood, especially in groups that compete for food, territory and mates.

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Neurobiology and Behavior

Pupil size in sleep reveals how memories are sorted and preserved

Cornell Chronicle

The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the pupil is key to understanding how, and when, the brain forms strong, long-lasting memories, Cornell researchers have found.

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Ruth Lawlor

Assistant Professor
American Studies Program, History

President Jimmy Carter
PICRYL/public domain Jimmy Carter portrait
American history

President Carter pushed the U.S. ‘to act as a force for good in the world.’

A&S Communications

Carter's presidency ultimately set in motion many of the trends that have shaped the world we live in today, says Ruth Lawlor, assistant professor at Cornell University and historian of American foreign relations.

Large indoor gymnasium (Cornell's Barton Hall) decorated with pointsettias and filled with people wearing caps and gowns
Jason Koski/Cornell University Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff addressed the 500 graduates and nearly 2,000 guests in the Dec. 22 ceremony, held in Barton Hall.
December graduates 2024

December graduates charted their own course

Cornell Chronicle

The December Recognition Ceremony, held Dec. 22 in Barton Hall, celebrated 500 August and December graduates.

Four people wearing suits, all chomping on slices of pizza and holding plates
Noël Heaney/Cornell University MBA students enjoy complimentary pizza in the Sage atrium after Weiner’s talk.
Alumni

Marketing wisdom, from the alum who helped turn Domino’s around

Cornellians

Each year, now-CEO Russell Weiner ’90 comes back to the Hill to speak about the secret sauce behind the pizza chain’s renaissance