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Book cover: Global Challenges to Democracy

Government

Cornell scholars address global democratic erosion in book

7/21/2025 Cornell Chronicle

… (A&S), and related to subsequent conferences in 2024 and 2025 , the collection sheds new light on the challenges …

Montclair Film/Creative Commons license 2.0 Stephen Colbert

Media

Politics and punchlines: Cornell humor expert on ‘Colbert’ cancellation

7/18/2025 A&S Communications

Political satire—long a staple of late-night TV—plays a critical role in democracy, cutting through partisanship and exposing hypocrisies that traditional news often can’t, says philosophy professor David Shoemaker.

Person reading a book in grass at the top of a hill — Sreang Hok/Cornell University Reading on Libe Slope

Alumni authors

Your July 2025 reads

7/18/2025 Cornellians

This month’s featured titles include a look at the world’s first advice column, self-help for parents, and a scholarly book on Venezuela.

illustration of a "wall" made of small dots – An illustration of a double-walled membrane formed by lipid and protein molecules. — Credit: bagus/Adobe Stock An illustration of a double-walled membrane formed by lipid and protein molecules.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

‘Breakthrough Science’ grant supports disease-targeting lipid research

7/17/2025 Cornell Chronicle

A grant from the Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Initiative, which supports bold new ideas in science, will help Cornell researchers study how chemical modifications to proteins play a powerful role in cell survival.

Government and technology

Optimism about AI lowest in US, says A&S dean

7/17/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Peter John Loewen shared takeaways from his decade-long AI research during a recent lecture.

Person in black Cornell t-shirt reaches gracefully to hit a small white ball with a paddle — Provided Gina Fu ’28, a statistics and economics major in the College of Arts and Sciences and vice president of the Cornell Table Tennis Club, competes at the College Table Tennis National Championships in April.

Student life

Student table tennis champ heads to World University Games

7/17/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Statistics and economics major Gina Fu ’28 will represent Team Canada in international table tennis competition.

Alumni

How practicing yoga has helped me regain my flow

7/17/2025 Cornellians

A&S government alum Kevin Gibson '10 writes in a Chime In column that he was burned out from a career in law when trips to India and Sweden put him on the path to healing.

Philosophy

Philosophy Ph.D. candidate wins Newcombe Fellowship

7/16/2025 Cornell University Graduate School

Migdalia Arcila-Valenzuela is one of 20 recipients of Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships for 2025-26, selected from nearly 600 applicants.

Jeremy Schneider

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History

People in red hard hats construct a structure on the floor of a large indoor space — Provided Cornell's Steel Bridge Project Team at the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)’s Student Steel Bridge Competition.

Physics

Partnership helps Cornell student team build a winning bridge

7/15/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell’s Student Machine Shop at the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP), students have access to industry-standard equipment and expert guidance: “We have users from physics, chemistry, architecture, engineering, physical education — you name it.”