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Research applications

Looking for love, finding TNT

Cornell Research

African pouched rats have an extraordinary talent for finding land mines. Alexander Ophir explores why they are so good at detecting explosives.

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Curricular innovation

New moral psychology minor takes on challenging questions

A&S Communications

The curriculum will offer students interdisciplinary engagement with moral psychology theory and research as well as hands-on experience applying moral psychology to practical ethical issues.

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Music

Concerto highlights individual voice and the sound of community

Cornell Chronicle

“The Oberlin Concertos,” released Sept. 17, features a composition by Elizabeth Ogonek, which combines voice, piano and percussion.

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Student entrepreneurs

eLab introduces newest cohort of student startups

Cornell Chronicle

Following a competitive application process, eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator, announced the 20 student teams selected for participation in the 2021-22 cohort.

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Alumni support

Scholarship gift helps pay it forward

Cornell Chronicle

Will Yoon ’01 and Renee Choi ’06 believe in the power of education—and the power of giving back. The couple recently established the Eliana Kim & Choi Family Memorial Scholarship with a gift of $100,000 to support current students.

Humanities Scholars Program: Postdoctoral Associates

Humanities Scholars Program: Postdoctoral Fellowships
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Image Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Bond (STScI) and M. Barstow (University of Leicester) White dwarf Sirius B. This burned-out stellar remnant is a faint companion to the brilliant blue-white Dog Star, Sirius, located in the winter constellation Canis Major.
Astronomy

Surviving a star’s demise: Discovery adds proof of planetary resilience

A&S Communications

Astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute, comments on the discovery of MOA-2010-BLG-477Lb, a Jupiter-sized planet that survived its star’s death.

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Britney Schmidt, associate professor of astronomy and of earth and atmospheric sciences, and her team set up their field site in Antarctica in 2018. They’re currently in Antarctica through February 2022.
Astronomy

Schmidt: Exploring Earth’s oceans to reach Europa

A&S Communications

Britney Schmidt is in Antarctica through February 2022 with a small team of researchers to explore the confluence of glaciers, floating ice shelves and ocean, using a submarine robot called Icefin.

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History

Book explores Nigerian women’s political activism

Cornell Chronicle

"The Great Upheaval: Women and Nation in Postwar Nigeria,” explores the years immediately following World War II, which were pivotal for women in Nigeria.

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Shami Chatterjee/Provided The new Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, known as FAST, in Guizhou, China, where the 1,652 fast radio bursts were detected.
Astronomy

Detected: 1,652 radio bursts from 3 billion light-years away

Cornell Chronicle

An international team of astronomers including Cornell researchers have detected 1,652 independent millisecond explosions – called fast radio bursts, or FRBs – over a period of only 47 days.