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Neurobiology & Behavior

Regeneron CEO named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year

Cornell Chronicle

Leonard Schleifer '73, who majored in biological sciences, founded Regeneron in 1988, one of the world's leading biotechnology companies.

Astronomy

Saturn’s icy rings reveal another secret: they’re young

Cornell Chronicle

Data from the NASA spacecraft Cassini show that Saturn’s rings may have been created when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

Alumni

’52 alumnus who skipped senior year for med school finally receives diploma

A&S Communications

Dr. David Murray, part of the crew and fencing teams, hoped to finish in three years by taking summer classes, and then got into nine medical schools.

Communications

Dean’s Fellow for Public Engagement announced

A&S Communications

Katherine Kinzler has been appointed Dean’s Fellow for Public Engagement in the College of Arts & Sciences, a three-year term that began January 1.

What Makes Us Human?

A Water-Filled Journey

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fourth season, "What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?" 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 spring semester.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Chemists develop new scale for electronegativity

A&S Communications

Electronegativity is one of the most well-known models for explaining why chemical reactions occur. Used daily by chemists and materials researchers all over the world, the theory of electronegativity is used to describe how strongly different atoms attract electrons. In a new paper, researchers have redefined the concept with a more comprehensive electronegativity scale.

English

Spring Zalaznick Reading Series exemplifies range of literary genres

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Music

Appert explores hip-hop and social change in Senegal

Cornell Chronicle

Catherine Appert's new book explores hip-hop as a globalized, not just global, phenomenon.

What Makes Us Human?

The Cost of Water

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fourth season, "What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?" 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 spring semester.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Mathematics

How do you flourish in scientific publishing? Ask a librarian

To jump-start the careers of graduate students and postdocs in the fields of engineering, math and the physical sciences, Cornell University Library held a free workshop, “Research From Start to Publish,” Jan. 7–8.

What Makes Us Human?

Zip Codes Matter

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

What Makes Us Human?

Climate Refugees

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

What Makes Us Human?

Water Rights

This is an episode from the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast's fourth season, "What Does Water Mean for Us Humans?" 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 spring semester.

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Pore size influences nature of complex nanostructures

Cornell Chronicle

New research by Cornell chemists could impact the assembly of sophisticated nanostructures and new materials.

English

Winners of 2017-18 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism announced

A&S Communications

The George Jean Nathan Award Committee has named John H. Muse of the University of Chicago and arts journalist Helen Shaw as winners of the 2017-18 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, citing “their invigorating and perceptive theatrical analyses.”