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The 2030 Project

The 2030 Project to marshal faculty to solve climate crisis

Cornell Chronicle

Fueled by the collaborative spirit of Cornell’s faculty, the 2030 Project is helping to remove silos, activate research and leverage existing expertise across all disciplines to find solutions now.

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Dave Burbank/Cornell University Jeffrey Palmer (left) and Malte Ziewitz, recipients of the 2022 Robert and Helen Appel Fellowship for Humanists and Social Scientists, at a May 10 reception.
Excellence in teaching and advising

Arts and Sciences faculty honored for teaching, advising excellence

Cornell Chronicle

"These faculty members and graduate teaching assistants have made tremendous contributions for the benefit of our students, guiding their educational paths and molding their experiences."

Fence made of wooden posts in a dry place
Global Cornell

Migrations grants fund worldwide interdisciplinary projects

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell faculty and their community partners will tell the stories of local migrant farmworkers, use documentary film to better understand climate change and dispossession, learn how migratory birds are affected by drug trafficking and more.

Stop motion images of a dragonfly turning over in flight
Provided This series of images, captured by three high-speed video cameras filming at 4,000 frames per second, track a dragonfly as it was released upside-down from a magnetic tether and rolled 180 degrees to reorient itself.
Physics

Dragonflies use vision, subtle wing control to straighten up and fly right

Cornell Chronicle

As one of the oldest insect species on the planet, dragonflies are an early innovator of aerial flight.

Three people wearing bright red hockey jerseys
Provided Corey (center) and Evan (right) with dad Brian, sporting Big Red colors at Lynah. (Photo provided)
Cornelliana

History Brothers: A Chat with Evan Earle ’02, MS ’14, and Corey Earle ’07

Cornellians

Steeped in Big Red lore since childhood, they ponder their favorite artifacts, what Ezra would think of today’s University, and more.

Graduating A&S Seniors in the class of 2022
Extraordinary Journeys, the Class of 2022
Extraordinary Journeys

Grateful to be together: Meet the extraordinary class of 2022

A&S Communications

Hear about the Cornell experiences of some of the amazing students in our graduating class.

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Mehrnaz Taghavishavazi/Unsplash Proletarskaya Station, Saint Petersburg, Russia
International politics

Is Russia headed for a return to Stalinism?

Washington Post

Putin can’t reconstruct the regime that Stalin built, or save Russia from chaos, professor Sidney Tarrow writes in Washington Post analysis.

Historical photo of two people working on a large machine
The 300 MeV synchrotron was Cornell's first, fabricated and operated in the basement of Newman Lab. The 300 MeV synchrotron was completed in 1949 and was in use until 1951. Parts of it were then used in later synchrotrons.
Science history

CHESS celebrates 75 years of synchrotron light

Cornell Chronicle

Sixty feet below the Cornell University campus, at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), researchers utilize X-rays that are 100 million times more intense than Röntgen's first beams of light.

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Canuckguy et al./Creative Commons license 3.0 Fitch ratings of world countries
Economics

Self-fulfilling rankings boost agencies’ power, influence

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers developed a theoretical model that suggests an explanation for ratings produced by firms like Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch, or the World Bank.

woman at podium
Chris Kitchen Anna Hu '22 presents her research project.
Robert S. Harrison College Scholar Program

College Scholars tackle interdisciplinary research projects

A&S Communications

This year’s graduating class of Robert S. Harrison College Scholars presented their final theses during a daylong event May 7 in Goldwin Smith Hall.