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Mathematics

When is a basin of attraction like an octopus?

A&S Communications

In dynamical systems research, a “basin of attraction” is the set of all the starting points — usually close to one another — that arrive at the same final state as the system evolves through time.

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Campus update

President Pollack shares community updates

Cornell Chronicle

President Martha E. Pollack shares some updates from across the Cornell community.

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Global reach

Einaudi Center announces new Global Public Voices fellows

Cornell Chronicle

With a focus on inequalities and social justice, this year’s 27 Global Vices fellows will engage with national and international news media

Black Lives Matter protest, masked people holding signs of men who have been killed
History

America’s most destructive habit

The Atlantic

Each time political minorities advocate for and achieve greater equality, conservatives rebel, trying to force a reinstatement of the status quo.

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Physics

Weak coupling shows flaw in strange metal model

Cornell Chronicle

Planckian metals have the potential to power high-temperature superconductors, quantum computers and a host of other next-generation technologies.

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Provided Mike Niemack, left, associate professor of physics and astronomy, and Nick Cothard on top of Cerro Chajnantor where the FYST will be built and the instrumentation that they received funding for will be installed.
Astronomy

NSF awards $1.3M to CCAT-prime telescope project

Cornell Chronicle

The award will help researchers develop instrumentation that will measure galactic dust polarization and the oldest light in the universe.

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Provided Savage snapped this selfie on the Oval Office set while shooting “Veep.”
Alumni

Andrea Savage ’94 makes ’em laugh

Cornellians

Andrea Savage '94 is a a prolific actress and comedy writer.

The cover of Trans Historical showing a person with long red hair and a mustache.
Humanities

New edited volume explores plurality of gender experiences

A&S Communications

“The book is a collection of essays about trans, nonbinary and gender-complicated people across a broad geographic range, from Poland to France to early Colonial America, going all the way back to Byzantine and Ancient Roman writings.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping standing at a podium with the US Seal on the front, with Joe Biden behind him and Hilary Clinton to his left dressed in a red pants suit.
Mark Stewart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Xi giving a speech at the U.S. Department of State in 2012, with then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then Vice-President Joe Biden in the background. Seated in the front row is former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Government

Contentious issues between U.S., China unlikely to be resolved by zoom call

A&S Communications

Associate professor of government Allen Carlson comments on the scheduled meeting between President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Siyu Huang holding a battery
Provided Siyu Huang, MS ’11, PhD ’13, MBA ’14, founder and CEO of Factorial Energy, with Factorial’s 40-amp-hour solid-state battery cell
Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Electric uprising: Factorial Energy—new lightning, new bottles

SC Johnson College of Business

Factorial Energy has unveiled a 40-amp-hour solid-state battery cell for electric vehicles.