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Magnified image shows an arrow-shaped embryo, glowing red, yellow and purple at the edges, appearing to give off red smoke — Provided This image, featured in a 2008 paper in Science that was co-authored by Jeremy M. Baskin, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, shows a developing zebrafish larva in which the sugars on the surface of individual cells are fluorescently tagged with copper-free click chemistry.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Cornell chemists contributed to Nobel Prize-winning work

10/6/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Jeremy M. Baskin and Pamela Chang were doctoral students in Carolyn Bertozzi’s lab at the University of California, Berkley, in the mid-2000s.

Two people wearing gloves work with football-sized museum object — Ryan Young/Cornell University Creating a 3D model of a mummified bird from Cornell’s Anthropology Collections.

Anthropology collections

Mummified bird gets second life in multisensory exhibition

10/5/2022 Cornell Chronicle

“A Tale of Two Mummies: Multisensory Experience” runs Oct. 7-9, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., in Upson Hall’s Lounge 116.

two people at pianos — Chris Kitchen Degarmo, left, and Bjerken, played together during a Sept. 13 concert in Barnes Hall.

Alumni

Doctor/musician alumnus takes stage in Van Cliburn competition

10/6/2022 A&S Communications

"At every point in your life, different music will speak to you in new ways."

police mug shots of four women — Provided Mug shots of members of The Janes from their 1972 arrest

Alumni achievements

“The Janes” director: ‘I think we’re going way backwards.’

10/6/2022 A&S Communications

Tia Lessin '89 will be on campus Oct. 13 for a screening at Cornell Cinema.

two men by barrels of wine — Provided Steve Hendricks (right) with Ruby's winemaker.

Alumni accomplishments

Big Red (and white): 2022 alumni wine collection launches

9/29/2022 Cornellians

Now an annual tradition, the program showcases offerings by Cornellian-owned wineries.

woman hitting a volleyball — Ryan Young/Cornell University Sydney Moore makes a pass during team practice.

Student excellence

Big Red volleyball standout advocates for women in sports

9/30/2022 Cornellians

Psychology major Sydney Moore ’24 was honored at the ESPY ceremony for her efforts to empower fellow athletes.

People sitting in a college classroom — Serge Petchenyi / Cornell University Students participate in an in-class discussion.

Educational verve

Active Learning Initiative, at 10, elevates teaching and belonging

10/3/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The initiative has supported classes in the humanities, the social and natural sciences, mathematics, information science and engineering.

Curriculum

Registration opens Oct. 17 for Winter Session Online

10/3/2022 Cornell Chronicle

Enrollment is open to anyone interested in taking a class.

Two-part illustration: on the left, a three-color wheel; on the right, an elongated tangle of blue, grey and purple threads — Darren Xu A large-scale phylogenetic tree constructed from a diverse set of RNR sequences reveals a small ancestral clade in addition to the three major groups. Cryo-EM characterization of a representative sequence from this clade suggests that the enzyme family adapted to oxygen on earth earlier than previously thought.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Protein family shows how life adapted to oxygen

10/4/2022 Cornell Chronicle

“By understanding the evolution of these proteins, we can understand how nature adapts to environmental changes at the molecular level. In turn, we also learn about our planet’s past.”

Person in lab coat and safety glasses, placing a tube in a rack — Wen Zhang, an organic chemist, has harnessed electrochemistry to promote reactions of carbon-based compounds without relying on rare materials historically used in chemistry.

Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists

Two A&S postdocs receive Blavatnik awards in physics, chemistry

10/4/2022 A&S Communications

Xiaolong Liu, a postdoctoral researcher in physics, and Wen Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher in chemistry, stand out among young scientists in the tri-state area.

Person sitting in a chair, speaking dynamically — Chris Kitchen Anna Shechtman leads a publication workshop for graduate students writing about literature

Klarman Fellows

What is ‘media?’ Klarman Fellow strives to define a capacious concept

10/4/2022 A&S Communications

Scholar, writer and crossword star Anna Shechtman bridges the academic study and the real-world practice of media.

Physics

2022 Bethe Lectures: Harnessing quantum matter for future technologies

10/3/2022 A&S Communications

Physicist Charles Kane will explain how mysterious features of quantum mechanics can be harnessed for future technologies on Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.

Thitirat Boonyanuphong who works at the Statler Hotel, is using Cornell's Part Time Study program to earn credits toward a degree

Part Time Study Program

Part-time study helps employees, visiting students boost careers

9/28/2022 Cornell Chronicle

When Thitirat Boonyanuphong isn’t on her housekeeping rounds at the Statler Hotel or teaching conversational Thai at Cornell’s Language Resource Center, the 43-year-old can be found in a classroom on campus earning college credits.

Nine people stand in a line; six of them hold plaques — Roger William Photography postdoctoral scholars honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards

Graduate student research

Seven Postdocs Honored with Achievement Awards

9/29/2022 Cornell University Graduate School

Elizabeth Riley, postdoc in psychology, and Eileen Gonzales, postdoc in astronomy, represent the College of Arts and Sciences among the honorees.

Fruits and vegetables arranged at a market — Jacopo Maia/ Unsplash Fruits and vegetables for sale

American studies

What’s healthy? FDA tackles notoriously difficult definition

9/29/2022 A&S Communications

"Healthy is not a neutral one-size-fits-all concept," says Adrienne Bitar, an expert in the history and culture of American food.

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