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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Imaging shows microbes turning CO2 into bioplastic

Cornell Chronicle

"We provide quantitative assessments of protein behaviors and also a mechanistic understanding of how the electron transport occurs from the semiconductor to the bacteria cell.”

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kalleheikki Kannisto An enhanced image of the Jovian moon Ganymede, obtained by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft.
Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope sees Jupiter moons in a new light

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell astronomer who is part of JWST’s Early Release Science program report the first detection of hydrogen peroxide on Ganymede and sulfurous fumes on Io, both the result of Jupiter’s domineering influence.

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George Gull At the July 15 "Gas-trophysics Across the Universe" symposium, Ann Martin Ph.D. '11 introduces Gordon Stacey, professor of astronomy.
Astronomy

New support fund for astronomy graduate students announced

A&S Communications

The Riccardo Giovanelli Graduate Student Support Fund was announced July 15 at “Gas-trophysics Across the Universe.”

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Provided MyKayla Williamson on Estate Little Princess
Archaeology

Unearthing the lives of enslaved peoples at a historical St. Croix sugar plantation

Cornell University Graduate School

MyKayla Williamson's archaeological excavation takes place on Estate Little Princess, a plantation where people of African descent lived and worked starting in circa 1740.

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Patrick Shanahan Aidan Goldberg '25 looks at the collection of A.D. White memorabilia in the Cornell Library Rare and Manuscript Collection.
Student research

Uncovering historical mysteries at the A.D. White House

A&S Communications

Aidan Goldberg '25 is spending his summer putting together a history of the A.D. White House.

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Alumni careers

A comic takes on little-known histories

A&S Communications

Andy Warner '06 is the New York Times best-selling author of "Brief Histories of Everyday Objects,” “This Land is My Land,” “Pests and Pets” and “Spring Rain.”

The telescope is a 3-story white rectangle-shaped box with a big opening at the top. with stairs on the outside.
A rendering of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope
Astronomy

Science plans for telescope’s first light focus of CCAT Consortium meeting

A&S Communications

“This was a critical meeting as we are less than two years out from anticipated first light with the facility," said project director Gordon Stacey.

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ESA/Hubble Artist's impression of supernova 1993J, an exploding star in the galaxy M81 whose light reached us 21 years ago
Astronomy

NASA selects Cornell astronomer for ULTRASAT observatory

A&S Communications

Anna Y. Q. Ho and others chosen will pursue science investigations that will contribute to Israel’s first space telescope mission, planned to launch into geostationary orbit around Earth in 2026.

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Ryan Young/Cornell University Reduced from polyester fiber, an array of metal-organic frameworks is shown in the Hinestroza lab. Minor changes in the chemical structure can generate a myriad of colors.
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Blamed for fouling the environment, polyester may help save it

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell team has created a way to reuse some polyester compounds to make fabrics and to halt the proliferation of garment waste in landfills.

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Provided Cornell researchers bulked up highly reactive radical molecules by attaching groups of carbon and hydrogen atoms to their surface, effectively giving each molecule a set of antlers that allowed them to preserve their native reactivity while keeping their partner at a safe distance.
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Bulky size frustrates radical molecules to boost chemical reactions

Cornell Chronicle

The technique, the approach of a new Cornell-led collaboration, could prove to be a boon for creating new and improved derivatives of pharmaceutical compounds.

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Provided Denise Rose, right, worked with other Cornell students on a study of mental health in India.
Student experiences

Serve in Place grants offer international experiences

A&S Communications

"This hands-on experience and research is great preparation for future projects."

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Headway/Unsplash Using data to make policy decisions
Economics

Using data for policy decisions: NSF funds economics study

A&S Communications

Three economics researchers aim to include undergraduate researchers in their 2023-2026 project, “Mostly Harmless Statistical Decision Theory.”

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Noël Heaney/Cornell University Fulbright scholar postdoc Ligia Fonseca Coelho working in her lab in Wing Hall.
Astronomy

Space-ready menstrual cup a giant leap for womankind

Cornell Chronicle

“With AstroCup, what we really wanted was not only to launch the cup but to launch this conversation.”

Ray Jayawardhana
College leadership

A&S dean Jayawardhana named provost at Johns Hopkins

Cornell Chronicle

Rachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.

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Cyrus Moussavi/Provided Thomas Feng, left, a Ph.D. candidate in performance practice, and Hanna Kebbede, the niece of Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru who established the foundation that holds Emahoy’s archive, go through newly discovered cassette recordings by Emahoy at the courtyard of the Debre Genet Ethiopian Orthodox church in Jerusalem. The cassettes, along with manuscripts and recording equipment, were found in Emahoy’s room after her death.
Music

Music student helps expand Ethiopian nun’s musical legacy_image

Cornell Chronicle

Thomas Feng, a doctoral student in performance practice, is identifying and cataloging the piano music of the late Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru, a composer with a cult following.