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A painted portrait, from the 17th century, of a confident looking woman wearing an elaborate ruff and dark colored gown
Galleria Nazionale della Liguria a Palazzo Spinola, Genoa. Under sumptuary laws, women could be denounced for new and fashionable jewellery items, such as the randiglia, or metal support that propped up stylishly large ruffs, worn in this 1610 portrait, "Veronica Spinola Serra," by Guilliam van Deynum (c. 1575 – c. 1624).
History of Art and Visual Studies

Fashion police dictated gender norms in early modern Genoa

A&S Communications

Sumptuary laws – designed to “control luxury clothing consumption and the social ills it could encourage” – constrained women more than they did men.

Book cover: Borrowing Paradise
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History of Art and Visual Studies

A story of environmental hope set in Bali

A&S Communications

"Borrowing Paradise," a new book for children, brings a community-centered Balinese Hindi ritual to life.

Looking down a desolate street damaged by war
Mahmoud Sulaiman/Unsplash Daraa, Syria
International relations

Syria developments and foreign involvement: Cornell experts comment

A&S Communications

Cornell government and history scholars provide perspective on the end of 14 years of civil war and 24 years of the Assad dictatorship.

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Government

TikTok in ‘increasingly desperate’ situation

A&S Communications

We are one step closer to a world where TikTok will no longer be available on app stores, says Sarah Kreps, professor of government and law and director of the Tech Policy Institute at Cornell.

Yellow tape that says "Do Not Cross, Police"
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Ethics and public life

Ethics expert on dark discourse around death of UnitedHealthcare CEO

A&S Communications

The darker-than-darkly humorous comments and the horrified responses to them are compatible forms of righteous blame, says David Shoemaker, a professor in ethics and public life.

Three wooden figures posed to look tired
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Molecular biology and genetics

Immune T cells become exhausted in chronic fatigue syndrome patients

Cornell Chronicle

The study found that key CD8+ T cells showed signs of constant stimulation that lead to an exhausted state, a condition that is well-studied in cancer.

Graphic: Art + Tech Exhibit
Milstein Program

Things to do: Student and ornithological art, nature crafts

Cornell Chronicle

The last day of classes nears, but there are still events across campus over the next week, including the Milstein Program's Art + Tech exhibit of student work.

Physics

Micromachines autonomously coordinate using electronic pulses

Cornell Chronicle

Microscopic machines engineered by Cornell researchers can autonomously synchronize their movements, opening new possibilities for the use of microrobots in drug delivery, chemical mixing and environmental remediation, among other applications.

Person sits on a porch with one hand on a blue historic marker
Ryan Young/Cornell University Thomas J. Campanella, MLA ’91, professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, spearheaded the effort to commemorate Pearl S. Buck’s first residency in Ithaca with a New York State Historic Marker, funded by the Pomeroy Foundation. He offered a preview of the marker prior to its Dec. 8 installation near Forest Home Chapel.
Literatures in English

Historic marker celebrates Pearl S. Buck’s stop in Ithaca

Cornell Chronicle

Years before writing “The Good Earth” and winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the aspiring novelist received encouragement and a master’s degree at Cornell.

Allen Hatcher
Mathematics

Mathematician Allen Hatcher receives inaugural book prize

A&S Communications

Allen Hatcher, a geometric topologist, will receive the award for his book, “Algebraic Topology,” published in 2002 by Cambridge University Press.

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Computational biology

New method compresses terabytes of genomic data into gigabytes

Cornell Chronicle

A new method developed at Cornell provides tools and methodologies to compress hundreds of terabytes of genomic data to gigabytes, once again enabling researchers to store datasets in local computers.

Book cover: Double Awesome Chinese Food
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Cookbooks by Cornellians: Ideas for tasteful (and tasty!) holiday gifts

Cornellians

From vegetarian classics to a deep dive into Spanish cured meats—plus tempting treats and more—there’s something for everyone, many by A&S authors.

Three squares showing swirled colors: scientific images
Provided a two-dimensional slice through the three-dimensional simulations Fielding and his collaborators are running on Frontier. The color shows the magnitude of the electric current, or curl of the magnetic field, which is a measure of how much the magnetic field "swirls." The two zoom-in panels demonstrate the small scale complexity that these unprecedentedly high resolution simulations are able to capture in great detail.
Astronomy

Astronomer granted 600,000 supercomputer hours by DOE

A&S Communications

“We are going to run the largest simulations of the magnetized gas that pervades the space between stars, with the aim of understanding a crucial missing piece in our models for how stars and galaxies form."

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

New pathway found for regulating zinc in E. coli

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers have discovered a pathway by which E. coli regulates zinc levels, an insight that could advance the understanding of metal regulation in bacteria and lead to antibacterial applications such as in medical instruments.

Public building with a green domed roof, beside a river
Ox1997cow/Creative Commons license 3.0 Han River and National Assembly Building of South Korea
Government

Cornell democracy experts provide insight on South Korea martial law episode

A&S Communications

Calls for impeachment are following South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration and subsequent lifting of martial law. Cornell University experts provide insight on what other democracies should take away from the events of the last two days.