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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.

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.

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

Government alumnus’s gift boosts program related to U.S.-China relations

A&S Communications

"This will be the most important bilateral relationship the U.S. needs to manage for the next two generations, at least."

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.

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.

Psychology, Neurobiology & Behavior

Psychologist and neurobiologist honored with lifetime achievement award

A&S Communications

The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology recently honored Professor Emerita Elizabeth Adkins-Regan with its Daniel S. Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award, which is given to distinguished investigators in the field.

Music

Collaboration showcases creativity of whale songs

Cornell Chronicle

Annie Lewandowski worked with Google Creative Lab on a project developing artificial intelligence to recognize patterns in humpback whale songs.

History of Art

Reunion talk travels through time, and art

A&S Communications

Travelers to Reunion were introduced to the origins and evolutions of travel photography by Andrew Moisey, assistant professor of the history of art and visual studies, in a June 6 talk, “Forever Your Journey: Capturing the Experience of Faraway Places, 1700-1900,” in Goldwin Smith Hall’s Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium.

Phil Nicholson
Astronomy

Nicholson wins astronomy’s 2019 Masursky Award

Cornell Chronicle

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) Division for Planetary Sciences will honor Cornell astronomy professor Phil Nicholson with the 2019 Harold Masursky Award, a prize for meritorious service to planetary science.

Chemistry & chemical biology

Study offers new target for antibiotic resistant bacteria

A&S Communications

As antibiotic resistance rises, the search for new antibiotic strategies has become imperative. In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control estimated that antibiotic resistant bacteria cause at least 2 million infections and 23,000 deaths a year in the U.S.; a recent report raised the likely mortality rate to 162,044.

Miniature casts
Cornell treasures

Miniature casts of Temple of Zeus take their place in namesake cafe

A&S Communications

Looking at the two rows of miniature plaster casts now watching over diners in Klarman Hall’s Temple of Zeus, you’ll notice a few of the figures are missing. But never fear, art detective Annetta Alexandridis (also known as an associate professor of history of art and of classics) is on the case.

Music

Cornell Glee Club celebrates 150 years with 300 voices

Alumni Affairs & Development

Glee Club members overflowed the Bailey Hall stage, singing from sections on either side, as well.

Astronomy

Flyby of Saturn’s C ring prompts plateau puzzlement

Cornell Chronicle

As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft threaded its way through Saturn’s rings to acquire the last drops of data before its fatal plunge into the planet nearly two years ago, it collected spectral information about the enchanting C ring and its bright plateaus.Instead of uncovering definitive scientific answers, the spectral images from the Cassini flyby triggered more questions, according to new research published June 13 in Science.

Reunion 2019

Peter Yarrow ’59 delights and unites in Reunion concert

Alumni Affairs & Development

Folk musician Peter Yarrow ’59 played solo during his Reunion 2019 concert, but his voice was not the only one filling Call Auditorium, not by a long shot.The crowd joined Yarrow, formerly a member of the trio Peter, Paul and Mary, in several familiar tunes from the 1960s. The hour-long sing-along was based on the same theme that has driven his career: using music to make the world a better place.