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Music

Hangovers note 50th anniversary with Nov. 10 concert

Cornell Chronicle

After a half-century singing songs you know, the Cornell Hangovers offer a harmonic convergence to celebrate their golden anniversary. The group’s Fall Tonic concert will be Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. at Bailey Hall

Research

Why is democracy faltering?

The Mail & Guardian

Kaushik Basu, a professor of economics, former chief economist of the World Bank and non resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution wrote an opinion piece for news outlet Mail & Guardian discussing the role that digitalization of economics play in our societies following the recent election of Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil's newest president. Basu claims that feelings of vulnerableness, anger, and anxiety grow out of a surging inequality of wealth caused by technology's unprecedented boom.

Research

Physics, fundamental to neurobiology

Because Itai Cohen’s lab studies matter in motion—colloidal particles, fly neurons, movement of individuals at a concert—Darshna Anigol was thrilled.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

The mysterious lipid signal

Cornell Research

With this CAREER award, Jeremy M. Baskin, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is developing chemical probes to study the phosphatidic acid-mediated signaling pathways that are vital to human health and wellbeing. Baskin’s group is using chemical and biochemical tools to report on and control phosphatidic acid synthesis and to study an important signaling pathway thought to be under the control of this lipid.

Student voices

Language barrier means millions of elderly can't access Alzheimer's trials

NPR

in this NPR Op-Ed, Josh Eibelman '20 describes how millions of individuals suffering from Alzheimers that are not fluent in English are barred from participating in clinical trials to treat Alzheimers. 

Neurobiology & Behavior

Cornell Neurotech Symposium explores brain research

Cornell Chronicle

Three neuroscientists discussed how birds learn to sing, an RNA editing approach to potentially cure the autism spectrum disorder Rett Syndrome, and the latest progress in functional imaging of human brains at the third annual Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium, Sept. 27 in the Biotechnology Building.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Eight faculty honored with Weiss teaching awards

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell has recognized eight faculty members for excellence in their teaching of undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education.

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Driven by evolving genes, germline stem cells studied

Variation is the spice of life, especially on the genetic level. Any two humans, for example, differ on average by 20 million nucleotides out of a total of 3 billion. “There’s tremendous interest in understanding what those differences do,” says Charles F.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Topophilia

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's third season, "What Do We Know about Love?" from Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, showcasing the newest thinking from across the disciplines about the relationship between humans and love. Featuring audio essays written and recorded by Cornell faculty, the series releases a new episode each Tuesday through the fall semester.

What Makes Us Human? Podcast

Podcast explores love of place

A&S Communications

“Topophilia,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series, examines what motivates people to care for Earth’s creatures and its places.