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Drone flying in the air with mountains in the background — Photo by Alessio Soggetti on Unsplash

Government

What happens now to U.S. counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan?

9/21/2021 The Washington Post

Sarah Kreps, professor of government, writes in this Washington Post piece that a lack of accountability for civilian casualties in drone strikes isn’t likely to change.

Physics

Grant funds machine learning discovery in quantum physics

9/23/2021 A&S Communications

Physicist Eun-Ah Kim and collaborators are leading the way in the discovery of new quantum materials and the development of quantum computing.

Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies

“Feminist Theatre: Past and Present” kicks off with Sept. 30 event

9/27/2021

The Sept. 30 event is the first in a three-part panel series that celebrates the 50th anniversary of Cornell University’s women’s studies program.

Center for the Study of Economy & Society

Center links economy and society to study changing world

9/27/2021 Cornell Chronicle

The development of regional knowledge economies is one of several primary areas of research focus for the center’s Economic Sociology Lab, supported by graduate researchers and undergraduate assistants.

Blue circles and lines showing neutrino trail in bubble chamber — CERN A neutrino interacts with an electron, the track of which is seen horizontally, and emerges as a neutrino without producing a muon, in the real tracks produced in the Gargamelle bubble chamber at CERN.

Astronomy

A&S Dean featured in PBS/BBC documentary

9/27/2021 A&S Communications

Astronomer Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, is featured in “Particles Unknown,” airing Oct. 6.

Photo by Christian Lue on Unsplash German flag on top of Berlin Reichstag

Sociology

Germany election a ‘spectacular result’ for far-right party

9/27/2021 A&S Communications

Preliminary results of Germany’s federal election are in, and the left-leaning Social Democratic Party has narrowly won the largest share of parliamentary seats.

Postdoctoral scholars

Six postdocs honored with achievement awards

9/27/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Six postdoctoral scholars have been honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards, as part of Cornell’s celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, celebrated Sept. 20-24.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

Author: World’s greatest ideas came from interdisciplinary teamwork

9/29/2021 A&S Communications

The collaborative nature of innovation was one of the key messages author Steven Johnson delivered during a campus visit Sept. 22, as a guest of the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity.

pumpkin in a field — Provided Heritage Buffalo Creek squash, identified in the Cayuga language and in English.

Cayuga language

Collaboration plants seeds for cultural, biological conservation

9/30/2021 Cornell Chronicle

A campus collaboration with the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ (Cayuga Nation) seeks to conserve biodiversity and simultaneously safeguard human cultural values and traditions – including language – that depend on these natural resources.

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