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Split image showing a rocky landscape on both left (Mars) and right (Atacama Desert in Chile) — Mars photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Atacama photo: Armando Azua-Bustos/Provided On the left is of the Jezero Crater, on the surface of Mars; the image on the right is the Red Stone Jurassic fossil delta of the Atacama Desert in northwestern Chile, a popular geological analog for Mars.

Astronomy

Life on Mars? Better tools needed to get the answer

2/21/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Current state-of-the-art instrumentation being sent to Mars to collect and analyze evidence of ancient life may not be sensitive enough to make accurate assessments, says a Cornell-led study.

U.S.-China relations

The U.S. should deter — not provoke — Beijing over Taiwan. Here’s how.

2/21/2023 The Washington Post

What will fundamentally change the calculus between the U.S. and China? Jessica Chen Weiss analyzes the situation in The Washington Post.

National Academy of Sciences

Mathematician Vogtmann elected to National Academy of Sciences

2/21/2023 A&S Communications

Karen Vogtmann is among 120 members and 30 international members who were elected in 2022, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Society for the Humanities

Family abolition focus of upcoming lecture

2/21/2023 A&S Communications

Sophie Lewis will offer a deep dive into the history of radical movements and explore family abolition, which she characterizes as a turning away from the privatization of care.

man and woman — Provided Jessie Kapstad '24, right, poses with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, during his summer experience last year.

Student experiences

Summer Experience Grant applications now open

2/20/2023 A&S Communications

Summer Experience Grants help support students to take unpaid or minimally-paid summer positions.

blue and yellow flag, light shining through it

International relations

After one year of war, how to break the stalemate in Ukraine?

2/20/2023 A&S Communications

February 24 will mark one year since Russian tanks rolled over the border into Ukraine; two Cornell historians provide insight.

scanned poem from newspaper — Provided Poem from an 1827 edition of Freedom's Journal

Graduate student research

Website sheds light on 19th century Black literary culture

2/13/2023 A&S Communications

The site includes 700 poems that Charline Jao discovered and transcribed.

Classics

Juniors selected for Caplan travel fellowships

2/13/2023 A&S Communications

Kim Montpelier ‘24, Austin Manning ‘24 and Shanzai Ikhlas ‘24 won fellowships through the classics department.

Migrants carry everything they own to find a better life in a new home. — Courtesy of the Cornell Chronicle

Student awards

Migrations announces winners for creative writing, art

2/20/2023 A&S Communications

Four winners of the competition by the Migrations Global Grand Challenge are affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences.

rat eating and playing — Chris Kitchen One of the rats in the Brain Computation and Behavior Lab.

Neurobiology and Behavior

Researchers create custom technology in quest to understand memory

2/20/2023 A&S Communications

A pair of researchers in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior are designing new technology and research methods to discover how brain circuits support learning and memory.

History of Art and Visual Studies

War’s aftermath brought modern painting to Taiwan

2/20/2023 A&S Communications

“Transcending Fragments” is the first detailed account of the life and art of Fong Chung-Ray.

Cornell Concert Series

Renowned string quartet to perform in Cornell Concert Series

2/20/2023 A&S Communications

Hailing from Cremona, Italy, the birthplace of the violin, Quartetto di Cremona will perform works by famed Italian composers Boccherini, Puccini, Respighi and Verdi.

Graduate student research

Student Spotlight: Angie Torres-Beltran

2/17/2023 Cornell University Graduate School

A doctoral candidate in government from central Florida, Torres-Beltran studies how women’s political participation is influenced by gender-based violence and interactions with state institutions.

Two people arms around each other, smiling — Noël Heaney/Cornell University Taylan Özgür Ercan ’25, left, president and founder of the Turkish Students Association and an economics major, and Majd Aldaye ’25, a computer science major

Cornell community

Campus rallies to support Syria, Turkey earthquake survivors

2/16/2023 Cornell Chronicle

With about 70 students on campus from Syria and Turkey affected by the devastation in their countries, students, faculty and administrators have mobilized to create relief efforts.

man and woman in front of chalkboard — Chris Kitchen Marten van Schijndel, left, and Helena Aparicio

Linguistics

Researchers use computational tools to understand linguistic processing

2/16/2023 A&S Communications

Two recently-hired faculty in the Department of Linguistics are expanding the use of computer modeling and experimental techniques as they forge new paths of research in the discipline.

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