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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

New insights into metabolites that control aging and disease

A&S Communications

The study presents an unexpected connection between spermidine, a long-known compound present in all living cells, and sirtuins, an enzyme family that regulates many life-essential functions.

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Alumni

For 75+ years, students have made Watermargin a home

Cornellians

The pioneering co-op led the way in creating an interracial, interfaith house as a nondiscriminatory ideal.

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

‘Shredding’ cancer cells: Study of CRISPR-Cas3 brings us a step closer

A&S Communications

Cornell researchers have taken an important step toward harnessing CRISPR gene editing in “targeted, safe and potent” cancer treatment.

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Government

Democratic decline a global phenomenon, even in wealthy nations

Cornell Chronicle

Democratic backsliding is occurring in an unprecedented number of wealthy countries once thought immune to such forces – the United States among them, finds a new analysis led by Cornell political scientists.

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Chris Kitchen Austin Bunn, associate professor in performing and media arts, left, talks with Scott Ferguson, middle, and MIchael Kantor, right.
Alumni

With 'Succession,' another Emmy for producer Scott Ferguson '82, BA '83

Cornellians

The veteran Hollywood exec boasts a resume including Oscar winners, ratings toppers and critical favorites.

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Cornell history

Campus time capsules are blasts from the past

Cornellians

From contemporary ephemera to a missive from Ezra himself, the historic containers are relics of an earlier Cornell.

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American Studies

Opinion: What Oprah gets right about diet culture

CNN

Some Americans felt betrayed when Oprah Winfrey recently revealed that she had taken weight-loss medication, writes Adrienne Bitar, lecturer in the American Studies Program, in a CNN op-ed.

Cornell Cinema
Cornell Cinema

Now showing: Spring 2024 at Cornell Cinema

A&S Communications

Cornell Cinema's spring semester film slate features a mix of contemporary and classic films selected to spark curiosity, inspire understanding, and advance teaching across disciplines.

Michell Chresfield
Jason Koski/Cornell University Michell Chresfield is a scholar of the history of racial formation and identity-making in 20th century America. She is assistant professor of Africana studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Breaking silence: Speak up to honor MLK Jr., historian says

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell historian says one of the most important aspects of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy was his insistence on speaking up against social and economic injustice.

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Anne Dekas The Oceans Across Space and Time research team collected brine from South Bay Salt Works during an initial field trip in 2019.
Astronomy

New research on microbes expands the known limits for life

A&S Communications

The research shows how changes in salinity may affect life in aquatic habitats on Earth and widens the possibilities for where life may be found throughout our solar system.

Kate Manne
Philosophy

‘Fatphobia’ a form of oppression, says philosopher Kate Manne

Cornell Chronicle

In her new book, “Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia,” Prof. Kate Manne draws on personal experience as well as scientific research.

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Frank Vassen/Creative Commons license 2.0 Białowieża forest in Poland
Comparative literature

Pinkham wins British Journalism Award for feature on migrants

A&S Communications

Pinkham’s winning story follows migrants from Syria “wandering in a cold, wet purgatory” on the Polish border of the European Union.

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Alumni achievement

A&S grad wins Marshall Scholarship

A&S Communications

The award allows Andrew Lorenzen ’22 to pursue two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom.

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International relations

The west would harm itself with rash seizures of frozen Russian assets

Financial Times

A watertight legal basis for confiscations is lacking because the US and its allies are not openly at war with Moscow, argues historian Nicholas Mulder in an op-ed.

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Margaret A. Marchaterre/Provided A male midshipman fish, left, and a female swim in shallow Northern California waters. Their midbrain plays a key role in initiating and patterning trains of sounds used in vocal communication.
Neurobiology and Behavior

In chatty midshipman fish, the midbrain awakens a gift of gab

Cornell Chronicle

The midbrain in these fish may serve as a useful model for how mammals and other vertebrates, including humans, control vocal expressions.