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Romina Wainberg
Chris Kitchen Klarman Fellow Romina Wainberg
Klarman Fellows

Writing against productivity in Latin American fiction

A&S Communications

Klarman Fellow Romina Wainberg is writing a book that explores how early Latin American novelists depicted the act of writing in their fiction, with a particular focus on fictional representations of the writing process.

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Neurobiology and Behavior

Psychedelics excite cells in hippocampus to reduce anxiety

Cornell Chronicle

A classic psychedelic was found to activate a cell type in the brain of mice and rats that silences other neighboring neurons, providing insight into how such drugs reduce anxiety.

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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Ukrainian soldiers, training in Sept. 2024
International relations

Freeing Ukraine to hit targets deep in Russia likely won’t change tide of war

A&S Communications

Cornell expert: “The center of gravity of this conflict is still in the east of Ukraine and Ukrainian disadvantages aren’t really going to be fixed by deep strikes inside of Russia."

Alexandra Easley
Alexandra Easley
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Postdoc spotlight: Alexandra Easley

Cornell University Graduate School

Alexandra Easley is a postdoc in the department of chemistry and chemical biology; her research focuses on new approaches to carbon dioxide capture.

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Simon Wheeler for Cornell University The five 2024 Postdoc Achievement Award recipients, left to right: Jonathan Sogin, Ph.D. ’23; Andrew Orkney; Alexandra Easley; Reum Scott, Ph.D. ’19; and Sabrina Axster.
Graduate student honors

Five postdocs honored with achievement awards

Cornell University Graduate School

The Postdoc Achievement Awards recognize individuals who have made contributions to community and show commitment to promoting inclusion at Cornell and in society.

Peter Kim
Peter Kim '79
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Vaccine pioneer to give Racker Lecture Oct. 3

A&S Communications

Peter Kim ’79 will explore how vaccines work and provide an overview of some of the most influential vaccines in history.

Peter Enns
Government

Election forecasting topic of eCornell keynote address

Cornell Chronicle

Peter Enns, professor in the Department of Government, will offer insights on the art and science of political forecasting and what his current forecast tells us about the 2024 election in an eCornell keynote address, Oct 1 at 2:30 p.m.

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Lenny Gonzalez Splinter Reeds
Music

Splinter Reeds on campus as Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble

A&S Communications

The West Coast's first reed quintet will come to campus Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 as the new Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble, hosted by the Department of Music.

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Government

Speaker Johnson walking tightrope to avoid government shutdown

A&S Communications

Cornell expert: Trump and the far right have House Republicans in a bind.

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Cybersecurity

Ban on Chinese tech in connected vehicles ‘extremely difficult’ to enforce

A&S Communications

Cornell expert: A ban will offer no protection unless it comes with an investment in U.S.-capabilities.
 

Scott Emr
Molecular biology and genetics

Scott Emr awarded 2024 Horwitz Prize for discovering ESCRT pathway

A&S Communications

“This award places Scott Emr in the company of many of the top figures in molecular biology and biomedical sciences from the past 50 years.”

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Psychology

Empowering online communities with NSF grant

A&S Communications

Nori Jacoby, assistant professor of psychology, has been awarded an NSF fellowship for a project to develop algorithms to more effectively harness the intelligence of crowds by improving the quality of collective evaluations

Beate Heinemann
Beate Heinemann
Physics

Leading particle physicist headlines fall 2024 Bethe Lectures

A&S Communications

Beate Heinemann, professor at Universität Hamburg and director for particle physics at DESY in Germany, will share the stories of two outstanding women scientists in a public lecture.

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Provided From the film "Possible Landscapes"
Comparative literature

Professor’s feature-length documentary film debuts at Cornell Cinema

A&S Communications

“Possible Landscapes,” a new feature-length documentary film exploring the lived experience of landscapes and environments in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, will have its debut screening on Sept. 25 at Cornell Cinema.

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Economics

Economics conference considers tech, political impacts on global economy

A&S Communications

Economists from around the world will come to campus Oct. 3-5 to explore the changing global economy.