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Physics

Freeze! Researchers develop new protein crystallography tool

9/3/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Combining state-of-the-art X-ray technology and cryogenics, Cornell physics researchers have developed a new method for analyzing proteins in action, a breakthrough that will enable the study of far more proteins than is possible with current methods.

Fellowships

New Fellowships support diverse scholars in the humanities

9/9/2021 A&S Communications

Two recent A&S doctoral graduates are new ACLS Emerging Voices Fellows and Cornell will also be hosting an ACLS post-doctoral fellow in the Department of History.

Milstein Program Speaker Series

Best-selling science writer to talk about epidemics, life expectancy, innovation

9/9/2021 A&S Communications

New York Times best-selling science and technology writer Steven Johnson will visit campus Sept. 22 to meet with students and faculty and offer a talk to the Cornell community, “20,000 More Days: How We Doubled Global Life Expectancy in Just 100 years.”

student looking at book — Jason Koski/Cornell University A student looks at the cover of the Cornell Daily Sun from Sept. 12, 2001, at Kroch Library.

Class experiences

Students explore 9/11 from multiple perspectives in new class

9/9/2021 A&S Communications

This fall, 20 juniors are exploring that time period in a new class, “Introduction to the Humanities: Afterlives of 9-11.”

Graduate students

Student spotlight: Samantha Wesner

9/9/2021 Cornell University Graduate School

Samantha Wesner is a doctoral candidate in history from Dallas, Texas. After attending Harvard University as an undergraduate, she chose to pursue further study at Cornell due to the field of history’s reputation as well as the library’s resources.

2021 New Faculty

New Faculty: Britney Schmidt

A&S Communications

Britney Schmidt, Astronomy

A woman standing with her fist upraised at a protest at the White House — Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash

History

Should hatemongers and extremists have free speech rights? Cornell lecture

9/13/2021 Department of History

Hate speech is increasingly discouraged, even banned, by many institutions and media platforms. But allowing open forums for all speech -- including hate speech -- is essential to democracy.

Beams of light memorializing the Twin Towers with the Manhattan skyline below. — Photo by Lerone Pieters on Unsplash

Government

What 9/11 taught us about the president, Congress and who makes war and peace

9/11/2021 The Washington Post

In this op-ed, Prof. Douglas Kriner reflects on the lessons learned about war powers in the U.S. since 9/11.

St. James AME Zion Church — Provided St. James A.M.E. Zion Church is believed to be the oldest religious structure in Ithaca and one of the first A.M.E. Zion churches in the country.

Rural Humanities

Excavation to explore church’s role in Underground Railroad

9/13/2021 Cornell Chronicle

A multidisciplinary team of Cornell students and faculty and local schoolchildren began an archeological dig Sept. 18 at St. James AME Zion church in Ithaca.

Colored three-dimensional scan of the hands and footprints — Researchers discovered what is possibly the world's oldest artwork, rendered here in a three-dimensional scan, on a rocky promontory at Quesang on the Tibetan Plateau in 2018.

Archaeology

Hand and footprint art dates to mid-Ice Age

9/14/2021 Cornell Chronicle

To answer whether this could be the oldest art ever found, the team turned to A&S research scientist Thomas Urban.

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