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Mathematics

Strogatz named finalist for Royal Society prize

A&S Communications

A book by Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, has been shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize.  

Chemistry

Professor awarded grant for alkali metal research

Cornell Research

Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology David B Collum's lab recently received a $2.79m grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund his research on alkali metals reactivity and selectivity. These metals play a vital role in academic and industiral laboratories' development of medical compounds.

Astronomy

Stars and population stats

Cornell Research

Cornell Research's newest enstallment of academician features takes a look at Astronomy research associate Thomas Nikola, and Developmental Sociology research assistant and lecturuer Sarah C Giroux. Both faculty incorporate active research studies in evolving fields into their teaching, bringing academic excellence to their fields.

Research

Interdisciplinary Team Gets $2M grant for Bioenergy Conversion

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers $2 million to study the combination of inorganic semiconductor nanoparticles and bacterial cells for more efficient bioenergy conversion.

Psychology

Do I know you? Where have we met?

Cornell Research

Associate Professor of Psychology, David Smith's research aimed at understanding how the brain stores information has implications ranging from recognizing teachers in the grocery store to neurodegenerative diseases.

Classics

Townsend Lectures to focus on home in the ancient Mediterranean

Princeton classics professor Barbara Graziosi will deliver the three-part Townsend Lectures on the theme of “Homecoming and Homemaking in the Ancient Mediterranean.” The lectures will begin at 4:30 p.m. in 165 McGraw Hall. The talks are free and the public is invited.

Language study

New Cayuga language class focuses on nature, culture

A&S Communications

The launch of the class coincides with the United Nations Declaration of 2019 as the Year of Indigenous Languages.

Faculty excellence

Three at Cornell receive NEH grants

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell faculty and staff are the recipients of three National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants totaling more than $300,000, to fund research and preservation projects.

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Ancient pathway uncovers calcium’s role in egg development

Cornell Chronicle

A new study of fruit flies (Drosophila) uncovers an ancient and fundamental mechanism that provides details into a long-standing mystery of reproductive biology.

Academics

Courses continue transition from Blackboard to Canvas

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell has entered the second semester of its transition from Blackboard to Canvas, with more than half of all courses now using the new learning management system. Blackboard will be unavailable after the fall 2019 semester.

Music & German

Israeli Chamber Project performs in inaugural Steven Stucky Residency concert

The Cornell Department of Music’s Steven Stucky Memorial Residency for New Music begins with the Israeli Chamber Project (ICP) visiting campus as the initiative’s inaugural ensemble Sept. 16.

New students

Welcoming the Class of 2023 in Arts & Sciences

A&S Communications

Dean Ray Jayawardhana encouraged new students to explore boldly, make good use of their time and find their people.

Music

New Cornell hub for historical keyboards opened Sept. 6

The Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards celebrated a new space for its instrument collection at 726 University Ave. with “New Meets Old: Collaborative Confrontations,” a festival Sept. 6-7, presented by the Department of Music in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Government

Einaudi Center appoints new director

Cornell Chronicle

Rachel Beatty Riedl, formerly director of the Program of African Studies at Northwestern University, has been named the new director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

Jewish Studies

Lecturer featured in PBS documentary

A&S Communications

 The PBS documentary series “The Future of America’s Past” features Elissa Sampson, lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program, in the episode about New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, “The Fire of a Movement.”