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Ray Jayawardhana
College leadership

Jayawardhana reappointed A&S dean, named Bethe professor

Cornell Chronicle

“Dean Jayawardhana has been an exceptional leader of the university’s most academically diverse college,” Provost Michael Kotlikoff said.

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Simon Wheeler Milstein seniors gathered for a reception and dinner with faculty, staff and other mentors on May 4.
Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

First class of Milstein students heads toward graduation

A&S Communications

… part in, as highlights of their time here. “I’ve grown to appreciate that humanities is more ubiquitous than I ever … I never really thought about how computer science could be applied to that.” “The talks gave us an interesting … service projects with non-profit partners, developing applications, websites and virtual tours for historical …

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Student success

Cornell celebrates bumper crop of Fulbright students

Cornell Chronicle

Seven 2021 graduates and recent Cornell alumni accepted Fulbright U.S. Student awards to research, study or teach English during the 2021-22 academic year, 15 were chosen for 2022-23.

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Provided Najva Akbari, an optics expert in the lab of Chris Xu in the College of Engineering.
Neurotechnology

Mong fellowship advances neuroimaging collaboration

A&S Communications

Their work could have future implications for human health, setting a path for research into understanding brain function.

Wei Wang, in a blue shirt and black plastic-framed glasses, sits in a lab looking at an instrument while he adjusts another instrument with his right hand.
Noël Heaney/Cornell University Doctoral student Wei Wang of the Itai Cohen Group helped design an artificial cilial system using platinum-based components that can control the movement of fluids at the microscale.
Physics

Artificial cilia could someday power diagnostic devices

Cornell Chronicle

The technology could enable low-cost, portable diagnostic devices for testing blood samples, manipulating cells or assisting in microfabrication processes.

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Graduate student spotlight

Student Spotlight: Tessy Schlosser

Cornell University Graduate School

Tessy Schlosser is a doctoral candidate in government from Mexico City, Mexico.

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Government

Where red and blue meet: cancel culture, fair elections

Cornell Chronicle

A new survey of American voters finds glimmers of hope that Democrats and Republicans can agree on steps needed to shore up an increasingly shaky democracy.

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Reunion 2022

Reunion 2022 features host of A&S events

A&S Communications

A number of special events are planned in the College of Arts & Sciences to celebrate Reunion 2022.

The Chinese flag, red with a circle of gold stars, waving on a flagpole against a blue sky.
Image by 文 邵 from Pixabay
Government

The catastrophic success of China’s zero-COVID policy

Los Angeles Times

In this op-ed, Prof. Jeremy Wallace explains the pitfalls of China's approach to the pandemic.

A dark-skinned man, bald White woman and African-American woman holding bouquets of flowers and their award certificates
Roger William Photography
Awards

Twenty-five receive awards recognizing inclusive excellence

Cornell University Graduate School

The awards recognize the excellence represented within the graduate community and celebrates students for their accomplishments.

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Engaged learning

Students tackle community projects in moral psychology course

A&S Communications

Students spent the semester working with local non-profits addressing issues from migrant family justice to food insecurity to sustainable agriculture.

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Image by catazul from Pixabay Coal-fired power station Neurath in Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Sustainability

Spongy material captures carbon dioxide in cavities

Cornell Chronicle

The materials are made from sugar and low-cost alkali metal salts, so they would be inexpensive enough for large-scale deployment.

Mark Sarvary looking at a student's computer during a class.
Matt Hayes/Provided Senior lecturer Mark Sarvary instructs a student during class in 2017.
Education Innovation

Students want some online learning features in ‘new normal’

Cornell Chronicle

“Almost everyone has enjoyed being back in person and having that sense of community, but Zoom and other technologies are still powerful tools in our arsenal.”

An African man's head with a ray-like collar above the face of a roaring lion with other artwork from the Sculpture Shoppe exhibition in the background.
Chris Kitchen “Rising Warrior Within” by artist Sherwin Banfield
Town and Gown

Contemporary and ancient art exhibit enlivens Ithaca Mall

Cornell Chronicle

The “Sculpture Shoppe” exhibition displays selections from Cornell’s plaster cast collection of Greco-Roman sculptures alongside – and sometimes within – contemporary artists’ responses to cast culture and classical art.

Three computer monitors with lists of numbers against a window showing skyscrapers lit up at night with more numbers superimposed on top of them.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
International relations

Digital focus of Asia trade plan will help U.S. companies, allies

A&S Communications

Prof. Sarah Kreps comments on Pres. Biden's proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.