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Wall art showing the faces of Mary Beth Norton, Isabel Hull and Margaret Washington above a drawing of McGraw Hall. — Provided Artwork by Prof. Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik depicting first three women hired by the Department of History and McGraw Hall.

History

History department honors first women hired

1/13/2025 A&S Communications

The centerpiece is a wall-size homage to three of the first women hired and McGraw itself, drawn by Prof. Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik.

Barry Adams, former vice provost and literature scholar, dies at 89

1/9/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Barry Banfield Adams, professor of literatures of English emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Dec. 31 at home in Brooktondale, New York. He was 89.

Pile of tiny squares: SPECS devices — Provided SPECS devices

Chemistry and Physics

Light-activated micro device expands ‘green’ electrochemistry

1/9/2025 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.

two people on a park bench — Melissa '00 and Rob '99 Lewin during a visit to campus in 2020. Provided

Alumni mentors

Alums offer mentoring to students exploring career options

1/9/2025 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

1/7/2025 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.

Peiwei Chen with glasses in lab, holding up vial to look at — Heather Ainsworth / AP Images for HHMI

Honors

Postdoc Peiwei Chen named HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow

1/8/2025 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.

Two mice perched on flowers and facing each other

Neurobiology and Behavior

Mice use their tongues to ‘see’ tactile targets

1/7/2025 A&S Communications

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

hands typing on a computer — Sergey Zolkin/Unsplash

Psychology

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

1/7/2025 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.”

Surprise - French Flag — Latrach Med Jamil/Unsplash

International politics

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

1/7/2025 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.

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

Government

Trudeau resignation surrounded by uncertainty, says Cornell expert

1/6/2025 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.

Government

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

1/3/2025 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

1/3/2025 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.

person sleeping — Alexander Grey/Unsplash

Neurobiology and Behavior

Pupil size in sleep reveals how memories are sorted and preserved

1/2/2025 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.

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.’

1/2/2025 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.

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