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Four people stand in front of a building, wearing dress coats and hats
Provided by the family of Dr. Edward Hart Martin Luther King Jr. and colleagues stand outside Anabel Taylor Hall on Nov. 13, 1960, during King’s first visit to Ithaca. Left to right: Kenneth Hagood ’60, a Cornell student organizer; Martin Luther King Jr.; the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a co-founder with King of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Dr. Edward Hart, an Ithaca ophthalmologist and chair of the Cornell Committee Against Segregation.
Africana Studies and Research Center

MLK's 1960s visits to Cornell still resonate today

Cornell Chronicle

… King’s historic visit on Nov. 13, 1960, and a second, on April 14, 1961, … United Religious Work (CURW). King confirmed his Cornell visit in a letter typed on heavy stationery, with his name … of CURW, in a 2004 Cornell Chronicle article on King’s visits to Cornell . “Just a few weeks prior to King’s visit, …

A farmer holds multiple varieties of wheat and barley from his field
Alex McAlvay/New York Botanical Garden A farmer holds multiple varieties of wheat and barley from his field in Kutabir District, Amhara, Ethiopia.
Climate

Ancient farming strategy holds promise for climate resilience

Cornell Chronicle

A paper by Cornell researchers suggests maslins have the unique capacity to adapt in real time to extreme weather.

Book cover: Revolution
Traverso's award-winning book, English translation
Romance Studies

Traverso wins Italian literature award for nonfiction

A&S Communications

“Rivoluzione 1789-1989” has also been published in English, French and Spanish, with translations to follow in German, Portuguese, Greek, Korean and other languages.

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Electrochemistry converts carbon to useful molecules

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell chemists discovered they could produce two products used in medicinal chemistry by changing the electrochemical reactor.

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Physics

Cornell to lead new semiconductor research center

Cornell Chronicle

Dan Ralph, Ph.D. ’93, the F.R. Newman Professor of Physics, is among the center’s 25 principal investigators.

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Humanities

Mellon grants $1M to deepen and improve Freedom on the Move

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell is partnering with multiple institutions to foster a research community around a growing collection of “runaway slave” advertisements published in the 18th and 19th centuries.

A white box with a lense on the right end with complex equipment on the underside; a sensor bound for Mars
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech This image, taken in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on July 23, 2019, shows a close-up of the head of Mars 2020's remote sensing mast. The mast head contains the SuperCam instrument (its lens is in the large circular opening).
Astronomy

Perseverance rover records sound of dust devils on Mars

Cornell Chronicle

Thanks to the first working microphone to traverse the surface of Mars, the sound of a tiny, extraterrestrial dust tornado has reached Earth.

woman playing guitar
Simon Wheeler Milstein student Pareesay Afzal '24 performs an original song at the Salon.
Student experiences

Creativity flourishes at student-run Milstein Salon

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

The event featured a cello ensemble, a fashion shoot spread and a series of poetry and prose readings.

Victor LaValle ’94, BA ’95
Teddy Wolff Victor LaValle ’94, BA ’95
Alumni

Acclaimed Horror Writer Forges Bright Paths Through Dark Worlds

Cornellians

Novelist Victor LaValle ’94, BA ’95, has recently expanded his eerie narrative voice into Marvel Comics—and Apple TV.

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Research collaborations

Seed grants foster collaboration across Cornell campuses

Cornell Chronicle

Researchers from the College of Arts and Sciences are involved in some of 14 new Multi-Investigator Seed Grants, designed to foster multidisciplinary collaborations.

An auditorium with a large crowd celebrating a graduation
Lindsay France/Cornell University In Barton Hall on Dec. 18, the university’s 20th recognition ceremony for December graduates honored more than 700 recipients of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
December graduates

December graduation celebrates unique paths to Cornell education

Cornell Chronicle

More than 700 students were awarded degrees at the university’s 20th recognition ceremony Dec. 18.

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Provided Ariel Cooper '15 at Buttermilk Falls in summer 2022
Alumni

At a Personal Crossroads, a Visit to Ithaca Focused My Mind

Cornellians

Alumna perspective: "As a student, I never spent much time downtown—but in my 20s, vacationing in the Finger Lakes proved unexpectedly meaningful."

Black and white historical photo of a person in jacket and tie speaking authoritatively in front of a chalk board
Rare and Manuscript Collections The typical LaFeber lecture: a brief outline and no notes.
History

‘LaFeber Posse’ Gears up to Honor Legendary Professor

Cornellians

A posthumous festschrift and 2023 conference in New York City will celebrate the eminent historian’s impact—on former students and worldwide.

four students on stairs
Patrick Shanahan First-year students, from left, Nic Oke, Richlove Nkansah, Kira Pawletko and Hamid Rezaee.
Student stories

First-years share their transformational journeys ... so far

A&S Communications

"Welcoming students to campus and providing them with the opportunity to connect to faculty and each other is a joy."

Person working in a lab, wearing safety goggles and purple gloves
Patrick Shanahan Richard Kong in the lab
Klarman Fellows

Causing reactions: Klarman Fellow develops new catalysts

A&S Communications

Richard Kong is working to develop catalysts to guide chemical reactions, including some that could have a positive effect on the environment.