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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Researchers disrupt signaling pathway to treat colitis

Cornell Chronicle

… the enzyme JAK2. This enzyme, in turn, is responsible for activating STAT3 by adding a phosphate group to it, a … discovered a new mechanism that regulates this pathway. “For JAK2 to phosphorate STAT3, they have to be in the same … effective treatment for colitis, and the exact cause is not very clear. But we do know that TH17 cells play some role in …

Physics

Physics graduate student receives DOE grant

A&S Communications

Christopher Morrison Pierce, a doctoral candidate in the field of physics, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.

Alumni, Student Experiences

Site empowering student voters wins ‘Pitch for the People’

Cornell Chronicle

In the 2016 presidential election, stronger turnout among college students could have flipped the outcomes in several states that were decided by razor-thin margins.

Jewish Studies Program, Anthropology

‘Yeshiva Days’ records Lower East Side Jewish life

Cornell Chronicle

The book chronicles a side of Jewish life that outsiders rarely see.

Rays of Hope

Lending a hand in the time of COVID

A&S Communications

Rubin Smith ’21 started volunteering at Cayuga Medical Center (CMC) and the Ithaca Free Clinic way before the COVID-19 pandemic began, but he’s continued that work, spending time three days a week helping patients and visitors at both places.

Philosophy

Trump obsesses over ‘dominating’ covid-19 because he wants to look manly

Washington Post

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy, analyzes President Trump’s attitude toward covid-19.

Baobao Zhang
Baobao Zhang
Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow Zhang examines tech policy through social science

A&S Communications

Baobao Zhang is researching trust in digital technology and the governance of AI.

The Nobel Prize as a Gold medal on black background
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Nobel Chemistry winner an ‘exemplary scientific citizen'

A&S Communications

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded on Wednesday to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their 2012 work on the development of Crispr-Cas9, a method for genome editing. This is the first time a Nobel Prize has been awarded to two women.

Astronomy

Hayes, Lunine to chair Planetary Science 10-year survey panels

Cornell Chronicle

The panels "carry considerable influence on how the space agency sets priorities for new missions."

Astronomy, Physics

Physicist Teukolsky wins biennial Einstein Prize

Cornell Chronicle

Saul Teukolsky, the Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the American Physical Society’s 2021 Einstein Prize, which recognizes outstanding achievement in gravitational physics.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Podcaster kicks off Milstein Program ‘Future You’ speaker series

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Yunyun Wang ‘21, Newman Civic Fellow, shared how she has created a podcast combining her interest in inequality issues with research into tech policy, as the kickoff speaker for the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity’s “Future You Speaker Series” Sept. 23.

Mathematics, Science and Technology Studies, Society for the Humanities

Seven postdocs honored with achievement awards

Cornell Chronicle

Seven postdoctoral scholars have been honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards, as part of Cornell’s celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, celebrated Sept. 21-25. The recipients are:

Linguistics

Linguist links language to social change in ‘Words Matter’

Cornell Chronicle

In today’s world, where social media and protest signs speak volumes, we hardly need a linguist to tell us that words matter. But a language scholar can help us understand how and why words unite and align people, well as exclude and exploit.

Astronomy

Postdoc honored by L’Oreal, UN for innovative research

Cornell Chronicle

Lea Bonnefoy ’15, a Cornell postdoctoral researcher in astronomy who will soon examine NASA mission landing spots on the Saturnian moon Titan, has been awarded a 2020 L’Oréal-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Young Talents France Prize For Women in Science. Bonnefoy, who was among 20 doctoral candidates and 15 post-doctoral researchers in all selected to represent France, was recognized in the physical chemistry category.

The top of the U.S. Capitol building, half in blue and half in red
Distinguished Visiting Journalist Program

Polls, voters and election 2020: A&S webinar on Oct. 19

A&S Communications

Polls don’t tell the whole story and many forecasts in 2016 were proved wrong: what can we expect this year?