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Astronomy

Dragonfly mission to Titan announces big science goals

A&S Communications

NASA’s Dragonfly mission, which will send a rotorcraft relocatable lander to Titan’s surface in the mid-2030s, will be the first mission to explore the surface of Titan, and it has big goals.

Anthropology & Latino/a studies

Researchers reveal new suicide prevention tools from survivors

Cornell Chronicle

“We wanted to know what strategies have helped people live, and live well, through chronic suicidal behavior."

Student outreach

Students’ project expands mental health information in NJ

A&S Communications

Two A&S undergrads have launched a website, Hudson Origin, which offers bilingual pediatric mental health support, referral, and information services for northern New Jersey.

Physics

Teukolsky awarded 2021 Dirac Medal

A&S Communications

Saul Teukolsky, the Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics and Astrophysics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the International Centre for Theoretical Physics’ 2021 ICTP Dirac Medal and Prize for his contributions to the detection of gravitational waves.

Klarman Postdoctoral Fellows

AI researchers trust international, scientific organizations most

Cornell Chronicle

A new study shows that researchers working in the areas of machine learning and artificial intelligence trust international and scientific organizations the most to shape the development and use of AI in the public interest.

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Photo by Sunil Ray on Unsplash
Physics

Lessons from arXiv’s 30 years of information sharing

Nature Reviews

Physics Prof. Paul Ginsparg, founder of arXiv, examines the impact of online preprints and what we can learn from academic experience about sharing information.

Music

Sierra symphony highlights Caribbean culture

Cornell Chronicle

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra will launch its 2021-22 season on Oct. 14 with the world premiere of “Symphony No. 6,” composed by Roberto Sierra, the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Student experiences

History, music, physics harmonize in keyboard project

A&S Communications

Elizaveta Zabelina '24 is spending the summer helping to photograph and regulate the 17 historical pianos, harpsichords and clavichords in the collection of the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards.

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Ekaterina Landgren
Mathematics

Student Spotlight: Ekaterina Landgren

Cornell University Graduate School

Ekaterina Landgren is a doctoral candidate in applied mathematics from Moscow, Russia.

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Cornell University File Photo Kaushik Basu at a 2016 Chats in the Stacks talk about his book “An Economist in the Real World.”
Economics

Dear diary: Basu shares notes from policymaking’s front lines

Cornell Chronicle

Prof. Kaushik Basu's new book recounts his experiences in government, as India's chief economist and as senior vice president at the World Bank.

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Awards

Student Awards 2021-2022 TK

A&S Communications

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Sociology

Religious have fewer children in secular countries

Cornell Chronicle

The study reveals that “societal secularism” is a better predictor of fertility rates than surveys of individuals’ religiosity or secularism.

Reflections of Mars' South Pole
ESA/Mars Express Mars’ south pole – which looks like creamy swirls in cappuccino – is an icy cap with carbon dioxide and other geologic traits. About a mile below the cap is smectite, a hydrated version of clay.
Astronomy

Mars’ bright south pole reflections may be clay – not water

Cornell Chronicle

“Those bright reflections have been big news over the last few years because they were initially interpreted as liquid water below the ice.”

Performing & Media Arts

Book explores historical queerness of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Cornell Chronicle

“What’s really interesting about the space and these artists is that there is a queerness that has always been at the cafe, but that has never been used to frame the space.”

Physics

Chaotic electrons heed ‘limit’ in strange metals

Cornell Chronicle

"We are finally unlocking the enigma behind the intense motions of electrons in strange metals.”