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Anthropology

Student Spotlight: Annapaola Passerini

Annapaola Passerini is a doctoral candidate in anthropology from Sale Marasino, Italy. After attending Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy for her undergraduate work, she chose to attend Cornell for the opportunity to work alongside her advisors while expanding her horizons through participation in an American graduate program.

Chemistry

New imaging method aids in water decontamination

Cornell Chronicle

The new method can image nonfluorescent catalytic reactions – reactions that don’t emit light – on nanoscale particles.

c elegans nematode
Molecular Biology & Genetics

What a transparent worm can reveal

Cornell Research

This Cornell Research story focuses on the work of Jun "Kelly" Liu, professor of molecular biology and genetics, whose lab uses c. elegans nematodes to explore questions that improve the general understanding of developmental processes, stem cell biology and cellular reprogramming, and fundamental mechanisms involved in cell-cell signaling. 

Astronomy

Cornell chosen to host fellowship in planetary astronomy

A&S Communications

Cornell has been selected as one of 14 U.S.-based host institutions for the 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy. The fellowship, supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation, provides up to eight postdoctoral scientists per year up to $375,000 of support for independent research over three years.

Anthropology

Anthropology Ph.D. candidate named Newcombe fellow

Cornell Chronicle

Natalie Nesvaderani, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, was recently selected as a recipient of the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Administered through the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Nesvaderani is one of 23 recipients for the 2019-20 academic year.Nesvaderani is studying the intersection of documentary film, migration and children’s labor in Iran.

Physics

Data visualization could reveal nature of the universe

Cornell Chronicle

“Science works because things behave much more simply than they have any right to.”

English

New book explores children’s emotional expression

A&S Communications

The myriad ways children manage and express their feelings and emotions is the subject of the new book “Don’t Use Your Words! Children’s Emotions in a Networked World,” by Jane Juffer, Cornell professor of English.

Government

Government professor honored with book prize

A&S Communications

David Bateman, assistant professor of government, was recently named a co-winner of the J. David Greenstone Prize from the American Political Science Association for best book in history and politics, for his book "Disenfranchising Democracy: Constructing a Mass Electorate in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France."

Chemistry & chemical biology

Chemistry professor honored by international society

A&S Communications

Héctor Abruña, the Émile M. Chamot professor of chemistry & chemical biology, was recently awarded the Frumkin Memorial Medal from the International Society of Electrochemistry, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field.

Alumni support

Alumnus funds scholarship for international students

A&S Communications

Alex Ponomarenko was a 21-year old Ukrainian student wanting to study in America when he heard about Cornell.

Faculty mentoring

Grad students honor three A&S professors with awards

A&S Communications

Two A&S professors — Jenny Mann, associate professor of English, and Jolene Rickard, associate professor of American studies and history of art and visual studies — were honored recently by the  Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA) with Faculty Teaching, Advising and Mentorship awards. Michael Niemack, assistant professor of physics, received an honorable mention. Faculty members are nominated by current graduate students or alumni.

Alumni support

Government alumnus’s gift boosts program related to U.S.-China relations

A&S Communications

"This will be the most important bilateral relationship the U.S. needs to manage for the next two generations, at least."

Physics

Machine learning unlocks mysteries of quantum physics

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell-led team has developed a way to use machine learning to analyze the data generated by scanning tunneling microscopy.

Alumni

Centenarian alum remembers days as WWII medic

A&S Communications

Cedric Jimerson '40, M.D. '43, was honored with other veterans from his home state of Pennsylvania at a ceremony in Harrisburg, Pa. commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Psychology, Neurobiology & Behavior

Psychologist and neurobiologist honored with lifetime achievement award

A&S Communications

The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology recently honored Professor Emerita Elizabeth Adkins-Regan with its Daniel S. Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given to distinguished investigators in the field.