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Astronomy

Could alien astronomers have spotted Earth?

CNN

In an op-ed on CNN, Lisa Kaltenegger explains how she and other astronomers look for life beyond Earth – and how technologically advanced extraterrestrials might look for us.

Astronomy

Exoplanets get a cosmic front-row seat to find backlit Earth

Cornell Chronicle

Astronomers have identified 2,034 nearby star-systems – within 326 light-years – that could find life on Earth by watching our pale blue dot cross our sun.

Graduate research

Six graduate students receive 2021 Wu Scholarships

Cornell Chronicle

Six graduate students were awarded 2021 Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarships. These scholarships recognize graduate students for their academic ability, performance and character as well as financial need.

Graduate research

Two doctoral students receive Ford Fellowships

Cornell Chronicle

Doctoral students Monique Pipkin and Ama Bemma Adwetewa-Badu have been selected to receive 2021 Ford Foundation Fellowships. Honorable mentions were awarded to nine additional Cornell graduate students.

Undergraduate research

Moonlighting proteins

Cornell Research

Brianna Johnson ’21, who has had her own battles with diseases caused by microscopic organisms, found a passion for trying to understand their impacts and intricacies through biological sciences research.

Student stories

There’s no syllabus for this

Cornell Research

Supporting community-engaged learning at Cornell, Amber Haywood ’21 found a way to put her values into action.

Astronomy

Astronomers seek gravitational waves with renewed NSF grant

Cornell Chronicle

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Humanities

Podcast episode explores creation: medieval poems to Thai temples

Cornell Chronicle

A new episode of “The Humanities Pod” explores the language and materiality of belief through literary and anthropological methods of humanities research.

Mathematics

Who's afraid of big numbers?

New York Times

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Francesco Sgarlata
Klarman Fellows

Klarman postdoc tackles ‘theory of everything’ with first principles

Cornell Chronicle

Physicist Francesco Sgarlata is taking a bottom-up approach to finding a theory of quantum gravity.

Margaret Washington
Juneteenth

Radio interview discusses Juneteenth

Cornell Chronicle

On June 15, the "All Things Equal" podcast featured Cornell Arts & Sciences Professor of American History Margaret Washington for a discussion of Juneteenth.


Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Magnetic tweezers reveal polymers’ hidden properties

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers were able to stretch and twist individual molecules of a conjugated polymer and measure its mechanical and kinetic properties, gaining insights that could eventually lead to more flexible and robust soft electronic materials.

Sociology

Trends favor Le Pen victory, ‘somersaults’ in French politics

A&S Communications

Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, says that regional elections in France on June 20 could serve as an early indicator of what may come in the 2022 presidential election.

Crowd of people holding signs during BLM protest
Racism in America

Reunion panel steers racism conversation toward action

Cornell Chronicle

The panel suggested listening to scholarly experts, implementing new initiatives and engaging students and faculty in organizations beyond the university.

Government

Juneteenth reverberates with triumph, pain, past and present

Cornell Chronicle

The holiday celebrates the day enslaved people gained their freedom. But they lacked political power then, as Black people too often do today, says associate professor Jamila Michener.