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Two people work on a very large piece of equipment that's blue and holds a lot of water — Ryan Young/Cornell University Kavya Mittha ’26, left, and Aisha Brundan ’25, working for Prof. Maha Haji, test their bobbing buoy wave energy converter at the DeFrees Hydraulics Lab in Hollister Hall.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

2030 Project Fast Grant awards support energy systems of the future

12/20/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Researchers from five colleges, including Arts and Sciences, have received awards to support work on sustainable energy systems.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Chemist Héctor D. Abruña wins Enrico Fermi Award

12/19/2024 Cornell Chronicle

… The award recognizes scientists, engineers and science policymakers who have given … recognized in this way.” The award recognizes scientists, engineers and science policymakers who have given …

Book cover: Queer Latin American Voices — Provided

Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow co-edits trilingual ‘Queer Latin American Voices’

12/19/2024 A&S Communications

Romance studies scholar Romina Wainberg is co-editor of a collection which contains brief texts and illustrations by Latin American LGBTQIA+ writers and artists, accompanied by responses by queer academics in Spanish, Portuguese or English.

Government and technology

TikTok heading to SCOTUS: ‘Constitutional freedoms versus national security’

12/18/2024 A&S Communications

“The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the TikTok case reflects an inclination to make its mark on a potentially landmark decision – how to balance constitutional freedoms against national security in an era of globalized technology."

Illustration of three television sets, each with a pair of people showing on the screen — Credit: Caitlin Cook/Cornell University

Psychology

We mimic each other, like it or not

12/18/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Mimicry appears to be a fundamental behavior that helps people understand each other, not just when they get along, new Cornell psychology research finds.

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Government

With DoD grant, Cornell to enhance semiconductor supply chain resilience

12/18/2024 Cornell Chronicle

The research team includes faculty, postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students from fields such as computer science, electrical and computer engineering and social sciences.

In memoriam

Mathematician R. Keith Dennis dies at 80

12/18/2024 Cornell Chronicle

… others missed. For instance, he discovered a remarkable mapping in K-theory that was subsequently developed into a …

Ancient ship underbody, just a skeleton of wood — 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

Manning honored for contributions to archaeology

12/17/2024 A&S Communications

Sturt Manning, received the P. E. MacAllister Field Archaeology Award at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) in Boston in November.

"Vote here" sign beside a line of people

Government

Professor’s model perfectly predicted Trump victory

12/17/2024 Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell professor’s election forecasting model correctly picked Trump’s win this year in all 50 states – and would have correctly predicted 95% of states in every election since 2000.

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Global Cornell

Cornell expert: Kenya femicide crisis part of a global trend

12/17/2024 A&S Communications

Kenyan women are taking to the streets and calling for President Ruto to declare femicide a national crisis following the murders of 97 women over three months; professor Sabrina Karim sees it as part of a global trend.