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Flat ground and four construction vehicles; mountians in background
Provided A hole 22 meters in diameter near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in Chile’s Atacama Desert, at an elevation of 18,400 feet stands ready for the cement foundation on which the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope will one day rest.
Astronomy

Major progress made in construction of Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope

Cornell Chronicle

Astronomy …

Modern building, illuminated windows a sunset
Renzo Borgatti/Creative Commons license 2.0 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, outside Batavia, Illinois
Physics

Graduate student selected for DOE program

Cornell Chronicle

Physics …

Benjamin Feldman
Student honors

A&S student named Carnegie Fellow

A&S Communications

Government …

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Etienne Desclides/ Unsplash Ferrofluids were invented in 1963 by NASA to create liquid rocket fuel that could be drawn toward a fuel pump in a weightless environment by applying a magnetic field.
Physics

Mechanism ‘splits’ electron spins in magnetic material

Cornell Chronicle

Physics …

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Extraordinary Journeys

'I did not close myself off from my potential'

Comparative Literature …

People administer COVID tests at an outdoor table
Social science research

Misperceptions can threaten scientific advancement

Cornell Chronicle

Government …

woman
Extraordinary Journeys

'I learned to ask questions from curiosity rather than a need to be right'

American Studies Program …

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National Academy of Sciences

Four elected to National Academy of Sciences

Cornell Chronicle

Physics …

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Extraordinary Journeys

'We lobbied Tompkins County to support a housing program for formerly incarcerated people'

Economics …

woman
Extraordinary Journeys

'There is always more than one side to a story'

Levinson Program in China and Asia-Pacific Studies …

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Extraordinary Journeys

'I did research on human rights violations in Syria and Nigeria'

Psychology …

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Extraordinary Journeys

'I’m amazed at how much I developed as a writer'

German Studies …

man
Extraordinary Journeys

'Exploring my curiosities allowed me to discover new interests'

Chemistry and Chemical Biology …

man
Extraordinary Journeys

'I feel a sense of community and family as part of the track and field team'

Science and Technology Studies …

woman
Extraordinary Journeys

'I've been thrown into the entrepreneurship world and learned so many lessons'

Alanna Zhou Computer Science Saratoga, Calif. What are the most valuable skills you gained from your Arts & Sciences education? I thought that I'd only be studying computer science in Arts & Sciences, but I ended up learning a lot more about other things …