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Nobel Chemistry winner an ‘exemplary scientific citizen'

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded on Wednesday to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their 2012 work on the development of Crispr-Cas9, a method for genome editing. This is the first time a Nobel Prize has been awarded to two women.

Hayes, Lunine to chair Planetary Science 10-year survey panels

The panels "carry considerable influence on how the space agency sets priorities for new missions."

Physicist Teukolsky wins biennial Einstein Prize

Saul Teukolsky, the Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the American Physical Society’s 2021 Einstein Prize, which recognizes outstanding achievement in gravitational physics.

Podcaster kicks off Milstein Program ‘Future You’ speaker series

Yunyun Wang ‘21, Newman Civic Fellow, shared how she has created a podcast combining her interest in inequality issues with research into tech policy, as the kickoff speaker for the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity’s “Future You Speaker Series” Sept. 23.

Seven postdocs honored with achievement awards

Seven postdoctoral scholars have been honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards, as part of Cornell’s celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, celebrated Sept. 21-25. The recipients are:

Postdoc honored by L’Oreal, UN for innovative research

Lea Bonnefoy ’15, a Cornell postdoctoral researcher in astronomy who will soon examine NASA mission landing spots on the Saturnian moon Titan, has been awarded a 2020 L’Oréal-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Young Talents France Prize For Women in Science. Bonnefoy, who was among 20 doctoral candidates and 15 post-doctoral researchers in all selected to represent France, was recognized in the physical chemistry category.

Linguist links language to social change in ‘Words Matter’

In today’s world, where social media and protest signs speak volumes, we hardly need a linguist to tell us that words matter. But a language scholar can help us understand how and why words unite and align people, well as exclude and exploit.

Polls, voters and election 2020: A&S webinar on Oct. 19

Polls don’t tell the whole story and many forecasts in 2016 were proved wrong: what can we expect this year?

Black, Indigenous voices highlighted in Dark Laboratory

The lab will help people tell their stories to the world through technology.

By playing down illness, Trump engages in 'political theater'

Questions swirl about President Donald Trump’s health status following his COVID-19 diagnosis late last week, even as he left the hospital to greet supporters. Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on the history and development of populism and fascism in Europe, weighs in on the president’s public appearance Sunday during treatment and his disregard for public health guidelines:

Jeep’s new ad will support the Carl Sagan Institute

The Carl Sagan Institute is getting a boost from an unexpected source: Fiat Chrysler Automotive’s ad for its new plug-in hybrid, Jeep’s Wrangler 4XE. The ad features the late Carl Sagan’s famous “Pale Blue Dot” monologue and images -- and for every view of the ad on Jeep’s Youtube channel, a donation will be made to the Carl Sagan Institute (CSI).  

Green is the new normal: faculty talk about teaching in fall 2020

RNA analysis at heart of COVID-19 testing

When Cornell faced the challenge of developing its own COVID-19 testing system, Jeff Pleiss stepped forward to offer his lab’s experience.

New play shares emotional journey of young Pakistani woman

As a psychology double major at Cornell University, Mahnoor Azim Tiwana ’20 has a keen interest in studying the human psyche. Inspired by her second major in performing and media arts and minor in fine arts, Tiwana turned an artistic lens on the study of the mind for her original play “keepsakes.”

Regal Cinemas closure reflects serious plight of movie theaters

On Monday, British company Cineworld, which owns Regal Cinemas in the United States, announced it would temporarily close all of its 663 movie theaters in both countries, a move expected to impact 45,000 employees and send the future of the entertainment industry further into uncertainty.