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Scott Emr
Molecular biology and genetics

Emr wins the World Laureate Association Prize

Cornell Chronicle

Emr and collaborator Wesley Sundquist are recognized for their breakthrough discoveries in the cellular mechanisms of receptor membrane protein transport and degradation.

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Provided Laura and Shelby Holland at an iHeartRadio pitch event
Alumni

Siblings turn their love for dishing on media into a podcast

Cornellians

Tune in to the recent grads behind Sisters Who Watch—which covers everything from reality TV to the Super Bowl and beyond: A&S graduate Shelby Holland '18 and her sister Laura Holland ’22.

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Provided With support from Cornell Atkinson, students conducted fieldwork at an experimental cattle ranch in Florida, studying how plant structures influence methane transport and how deep soil layers affect methane production.
Biology

Student summer research lays path for future scientists

Cornell Chronicle

With support from Cornell Atkinson, graduate students mentored undergraduates to conduct summer research on methane mitigation, food security and climate forecasting.

fruit fly
Molecular biology and genetics

Surprising find reveals asymmetry in identical-looking fruit fly organs

Cornell Chronicle

A new study provides an example of asymmetry, a pattern found throughout biology where a pair of organs or appendages that mirror each other have different proportions and may have different functions.

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Buzz Barstow Nozomi Ando
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Nozomi Ando named to Schmidt Polymaths cohort

Cornell Chronicle

Nozomi Ando, professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Schmidt Polymath, part of a global cohort of eight scientists and engineers who will each receive up to $2.5 million over five years.

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Provided
International studies

Einaudi welcomes SWANA Program

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

The Einaudi Center welcomes the Southwest Asia and North Africa Program and four new program directors this fall.

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Provided As part of her Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Phoebe Dailey Wagner, M.P.S. ’24, visited Niraj Bahugunaji, whose family has lived in their home near the temple grounds of Lakha Mandal in India for more than 300 years.
Research at Risk

Research at risk: Cultural fluency and critical language expertise

Cornell Chronicle

The federal government ended a program that has funded Cornell's Southeast Asia Program and South Asia Program for decades.

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Eelco Böhtlingk/Unsplash Memorial at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, Israel. December 2018
Jewish Studies Program

Holocaust testimony is AI litmus test, and it fails

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell historian argues in a new paper that human historians are vital to capture the emotional and moral complexity behind world events.

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Lindsay France/Cornell University Dryden (right) and Bradley at their talk, “Lives on the Run: Sports, Service, and Leadership.”
Alumni

'Thoughtful, gracious and humble': Remembering Ken Dryden '69

Cornellians

The co-author of Forever Faithful reminisces about the star goalie as a player, a writer, a sports-safety activist, and a man.

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Courtesy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Morse at a ribbon-cutting event for the publication’s new offices in downtown Atlanta.
Distinguished Visiting Journalist

'I love print, but I love journalism even more': Meet Andrew Morse '96

Cornellians

A conversation with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution publisher, former Daily Sun editor, and past Distinguish Visiting Journalist in A&S, whose newspaper will soon be digital-only.

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Sam Chang/Unsplash A road in Taiwan
Alumni

18 Cornellians receive Fulbright awards

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell's 2025–26 Fulbrighters, including several A&S alumni and students, will conduct research, study and teach English in Canada, France, Honduras, India, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Norway and Taiwan. Most will be on site by October.

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Clark Ma/Unsplash
Sociology

Sense of place trumps tax breaks in choosing where to live

Cornell Chronicle

There’s no place like home — and even when state-by-state income tax disparities make it profitable to move, high-wage earners seem to agree, according to new Cornell-led research.

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Provided Freedom Party 2025 poster
Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures

Inaugural “Freedom Party” in downtown Ithaca centers on community connection

A&S Communications

A Sept. 27 event taking inspiration from the foundations of the Harlem Renaissance will highlight collaboration, resource sharing and storytelling.

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Events

Three Nobel Laureates to speak on campus this semester

A&S Communications

This fall, the Cornell community has the chance to hear from three Nobel Laureates in one semester, two of whom are alumni: Claudia Goldin ’67, Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, and Richard Thaler.

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Adam T. Smith/Provided Open through Dec. 31, 'Sacred Ground' highlights findings from a four-year archaeological excavation of Ithaca’s St. James A.M.E. Zion Church conducted by Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca school children from 2021–2024.
Ithaca community engagement

‘Sacred Ground’ exhibit receives Historic Ithaca preservation award

A&S Communications

Open now through Dec. 31, the exhibit highlights findings from a four-year archaeological excavation of Ithaca’s St. James A.M.E. Zion Church conducted by Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca school children from 2021–2024.