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Alumni

Centenarian alum remembers days as WWII medic

A&S Communications

Cedric Jimerson '40, M.D. '43, was honored with other veterans from his home state of Pennsylvania at a ceremony in Harrisburg, Pa. commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Physics

Machine learning unlocks mysteries of quantum physics

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell-led team has developed a way to use machine learning to analyze the data generated by scanning tunneling microscopy.

Faculty mentoring

Grad students honor three A&S professors with awards

A&S Communications

Two A&S professors — Jenny Mann, associate professor of English, and Jolene Rickard, associate professor of American studies and history of art and visual studies — were honored recently by the  Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA) with Faculty Teaching, Advising and Mentorship awards. Michael Niemack, assistant professor of physics, received an honorable mention. Faculty members are nominated by current graduate students or alumni.

Alumni support

Alumnus funds scholarship for international students

A&S Communications

Alex Ponomarenko was a 21-year old Ukrainian student wanting to study in America when he heard about Cornell.

Chemistry & chemical biology

Chemistry professor honored by international society

A&S Communications

Héctor Abruña, the Émile M. Chamot professor of chemistry & chemical biology, was recently awarded the Frumkin Memorial Medal from the International Society of Electrochemistry, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field.

Government

Government professor honored with book prize

A&S Communications

David Bateman, assistant professor of government, was recently named a co-winner of the J. David Greenstone Prize from the American Political Science Association for best book in history and politics, for his book "Disenfranchising Democracy: Constructing a Mass Electorate in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France."

English

New book explores children’s emotional expression

A&S Communications

The myriad ways children manage and express their feelings and emotions is the subject of the new book “Don’t Use Your Words! Children’s Emotions in a Networked World,” by Jane Juffer, Cornell professor of English.

Physics

Data visualization could reveal nature of the universe

Cornell Chronicle

“Science works because things behave much more simply than they have any right to.”

Anthropology

Anthropology Ph.D. candidate named Newcombe fellow

Cornell Chronicle

Natalie Nesvaderani, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, was recently selected as a recipient of the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Administered through the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Nesvaderani is one of 23 recipients for the 2019-20 academic year.Nesvaderani is studying the intersection of documentary film, migration and children’s labor in Iran.

Astronomy

Cornell chosen to host fellowship in planetary astronomy

A&S Communications

Cornell has been selected as one of 14 U.S.-based host institutions for the 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy. The fellowship, supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation, provides up to eight postdoctoral scientists per year up to $375,000 of support for independent research over three years.