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Astronomy

Preserving our 'pale blue dot' is focus of first Sagan lecture

Cornell Chronicle

Lord Martin Rees, who has probed deep into the cosmos, studied gamma-ray bursts and galactic formations, spoke May 8 at Cornell’s David L. Call Alumni Auditorium on issues closer to home: the preservation of our “pale blue dot.”

Jewish studies

Jewish studies' lecturer Sampson is an NYC hero

A&S Communications

Elissa Sampson, visiting scholar and lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program, will be honored May 18 with a Lower East Side Community Hero Award as part of the Lower East Side History Month celebration in New York City. The award recognizes community members “whose contributions have been deeply meaningful and yet are often the ‘unsung’ heroes of the neighborhood,” according to the award announcement.

Diversity awards

Student, staff, faculty diversity honored with OADI awards

Cornell Chronicle

As a first-generation college graduate and a woman of color, Cornell trustee Laura Wilkinson, J.D. ’85, MBA ’86 – former deputy assistant director of the Federal Trade Commission, now an antitrust lawyer and partner in private practice – had little difficulty writing her keynote speech for the fourth annual Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives’ (OADI) Honors Awards Ceremony May 5.

Global Cornell

Bringing the world to campus

Global Cornell

This year’s Cornell Model United Nations Conference brought more than 800 high school students to campus in April. The conference, which is organized annually by the Cornell International Affairs Society, included high school delegates who hailed from across the United States and from around the world.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

SIRT6's ability to suppress cancer cell growth is explained

Cornell Chronicle

The group found that preventing a certain type of reaction slows cell division and, therefore, cancer cell proliferation.

Philosophy

A political philosopher speaks

Cornell Research

The research of Richard W. Miller, professor of philosophy and director of the Program on Ethics & Public Life, is explored in this recent Cornell Research story.

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Anthropology

Anthropologist explores toxicity and healing in East Africa

A&S Communications

For the past four years, Stacey Langwick has worked with producers of therapeutic foods and herbal medicines in Tanzania.

In Memoriam

Renowned biochemist David B. Wilson dies at 77

Cornell Chronicle

David B. Wilson, professor of molecular biology and genetics and a world leader in the field of enzymology, died April 29. He was 77.

International studies

Einaudi speaker touts value of international education, languages

Cornell Chronicle

Multilingualism and the ability to understand cultures helps in solving global crises such as climate change and military conflicts, said Obama administration official Mohamed Abdel-Kader May 10 as part of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies’ Distinguished Speakers Series.

Award

Musicologist Andrew Hicks awarded Berlin Prize

A&S Communications

Andrew Hicks, assistant professor of music and medieval studies, has been awarded a prestigious Berlin Prize from the American Academy in Berlin.