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Student experiences

A&S junior explores early photographs of New England women

A&S Communications

After taking a freshman writing seminar on visual depictions of women reading throughout history, Ellie O’Reilly’s ’20 passion for feminism, art history and English grew.

Physics

Accelerator project gets push from National Academy of Sciences

Cornell Chronicle

A National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) committee has endorsed the idea of building an electron-ion collider (EIC) in the United States, for the purpose of expanding understanding of the fundamental building blocks of matter.

Physics

Singer group will use DOE funding to create new quantum states of matter

Cornell Chronicle

Andrej Singer, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and David Croll Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, will lead a three-year project funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science that will attempt to create new quantum states of matter.

Physics

Garbage to gold: getting good results from bad data

Cornell Chronicle

Researchers sought a way to obtain usable protein structure images without the expense and time of an X-ray free electron laser source.

Africana Studies

Aug. 11 event to honor life, legacy of Dorothy Cotton

A celebration of the life and legacy of civil rights icon Dorothy Cotton will be held Aug. 11 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall on the Cornell campus. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.

Physics

Guinness World Record for micro view into hidden worlds

Cornell Chronicle

In a recent research paper published in Nature, a group led by physics professors David Muller and Sol Gruner claimed a world record for electron microscope resolution using a high-powered detector and a technique called ptychography. Their technique was shown to measure down to 0.39 ångströms or 0.039 nanometers (one-billionth of a meter).

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Awards promote life sciences research and industry partnerships in NY

Cornell Chronicle

A project to develop topical therapies for skin diseases associated with DNA damage and another to investigate bone-binding polymers to relieve bone-on-bone pain for those with severe osteoarthritis are two of nine projects awarded 2018-19 Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) grants.CAT is housed in Cornell’s Institute of Biotechnology.

Faculty awards

Atkinson Center names 2018-19 SSHA faculty fellows

Cornell Chronicle

Sustainability science is getting a big boost from the humanities. And the social sciences. And the arts.Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has named seven social sciences, humanities and arts (SSHA) fellows for the 2018-19 academic year. The annual fellowships are awarded to faculty from across the university whose work broadens and deepens sustainability research.

Government

New book investigates the government-citizen disconnect

Cornell Chronicle

Suzanne Mettler explores this growing gulf between people’s perceptions of government and the actual role it plays in their lives in her latest book.

Government

Congress has three tools to counter Trump on Russia

The Washington Post

Government Professor Douglas Kriner writes in this Washington Post opinion piece that Congress has a role to play in reining in a "wayward president."

Student experiences

Sophomore finds purpose and community in fencing, student clubs

A&S Communications

An average day for Conan Gillis ‘21 starts with a math class in the morning, followed by a trip to the Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection at Kroch Library, where he might hold a letter by Thomas Jefferson or view a 1,000-year-old manuscript. In the evenings, he often participates in a fencing practice run by two Olympic-level fencers.

Language study

Linguistics major spends summer immersed in the study of Southeast Asian languages

A&S Communications

Thanks to a fellowship from Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program, Javier Agredo’19  is spending the summer studying Thai at the University of Wisconsin Madison’s Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute.  Agredo, who has a passion for language documentation and preservation, has also had the chance to attend Gamelan performances, a traditional musical ensemble from Indonesia, and explore the city of Madison.

Student experiences

Summer research offer insights into psychology lab work

A&S Communications

Having worked as a research assistant in Michael Goldstein’s Behavioral Analysis of Beginning Years (B.A.B.Y.) lab at Cornell, Kathryn Garrisi ‘19 was eager to learn how other labs approach the study of the infant mind.

Student experiences

Learning about the law during NYC summer

A&S Communications

Cornell’s Prelaw Program in New York City includes a three-week class followed by an internship.

Government

The welfare boogeyman

New York Times

Suzanne Mettler, The John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, writes in this New York Times opinion piece about President Trump's efforts to rebrand various social programs as "welfare."