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Riccardo Giovanelli
Astronomy

Eminent astronomer Riccardo Giovanelli dies at 76

Cornell Chronicle

An observational cosmologist studying the structure, evolution and environments of galaxies, Giovanelli had broad research interests.

Several people wearing outdoor clothing walk in a line through sandy scrub land
Katie Holmes Doctoral candidates and instructors participating in Cornell’s Florida Field Course hike through the Everglades Headwaters landscape near Archbold Field Station, south-central Florida.
Life Sciences

Florida Field Course benefits biology students, study finds

Cornell Chronicle

A longitudinal study of course participants connects participation with higher rates of publications and faculty positions.

Mouse outdoors
Joshua J. Cotten/ Unsplash Mouse outdoors
Psychology

Mouse pups cry for help most urgently while active

Cornell Chronicle

The connection is important for understanding mouse neural circuitry and for research into human communication disorders.

Colorful drawing of a stone academic building with pillars
painting by Grace Elmore '25 Goldwin Smith Hall
Student feature

Student’s playful paintings showcase the Hill as you’ve never seen it

From the clock tower to Risley and beyond, Grace Elmore ’25 finds inspiration in Cornell’s eclectic architectural styles.

man laughing
Chris Kitchen Dave Taylor at his retirement party Dec. 14
Staff retirements

Taylor retires from role leading A&S administration

A&S Communications

“He is really a man of character and someone I’ve come to admire greatly over the years."

Person speaks with a microphone in front of a screen
Alumni

Wisner '16 shares expertise with entrepreneurial community

Cornell Chronicle

Originally planning to attend medical school, the chemistry alumna is co-founder of biotech startup Centivax.

Collage of black and white text fragments shaped like a fiddle
Kristin Marconi and Christine Snivley A Freedom on the Move-inspired image Project by an eighth grade student at Olentangy Orange Middle School in Lewis Center, Ohio
History

Freedom on the Move project inspires music performances

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell-based database of “runaway ads” placed by enslavers in 18th- and 19th-century U.S. newspapers was the starting point for a new song cycle, “Songs in Flight,” that will premiere Jan. 12 in New York City.

Paul Hyams
History

Paul Hyams, expert on medieval law, dies at 82

Cornell Chronicle

Colleagues and former students remember Hyams as an innovative and multidisciplinary scholar who reached from history into literature, law, medieval studies and beyond through a pedagogical approach that combined intellectual rigor with camaraderie.

Arts Quad aerial in winter
Research

Twenty Affinito-Stewart research grants awarded for the 2022-2023 academic year

Cornell Chronicle

The President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) awarded Affinito-Stewart research grants totaling $195,166 to 20 Cornell faculty members.

Jessica Chen Weiss
Government

A Professor Who Challenges the Washington Consensus on China

Washington Post

Jessica Chen Weiss, Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies, is profiled in the New Yorker magazine.

Cover of Science Advances showing fruit fly
Interdisciplinary research

Fruit flies use two muscles to control pitch for stable flight

Cornell Chronicle

The finding provides evidence for an organizational principle in which each muscle has a specific function in flight control.

Book cover: Losing Istanbul
History

‘Losing Istanbul’: Personal histories illustrate an empire’s end

Cornell Chronicle

Mostafa Minawi gives the reader a street-level understanding of what it was like to live through the final decades of the Ottoman Empire.

blue, green and yellow structure representing a molecule
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Structural biology workshop builds intercampus connections

Cornell Chronicle

More than 100 Cornell researchers from Cornell's Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine gathered for a two-day workshop in October to discuss research on the three-dimensional structures of macromolecules.

Stone tower with a tree in front of it; a flock of birds perched in the branches
Physics

Physicist receives DOE grant for particle accelerator research

A&S Communications

With $410,000 Ivan Bazarov will research long lifetime spin-polarized electron sources in particle accelerators.

Two people stand in front of a display table for the product Pretaa
Provided Michael at a recent symposium on addiction disorders with Eliza Foltz, Pretaa’s chief revenue officer, who is currently in her third year of recovery.
Alumni

Michael Madon ’94 enlists smart technology to help people battle drug addiction

Alumni Affairs & Development

Pretaa, inspired by the Latin meaning ‘to be ready,’ draws upon Madon's Cornell English degree, his Wharton MBA, his military training and his technical expertise.