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Person crouching in a field, tinkering with a device near a fence
Provided Gloire Rubambiza installs moisture sensors at the Cornell Orchards.
Science and Technology Studies

Researchers consider invisible hurdles in digital ag design

Cornell Chronicle

Enabling farmers to tinker with their own systems and involving them early in the design process could better translate technology from the lab to the field.

Fernando Santiago
Ryan Young / Cornell University Fernando Santiago ’86 received the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award on June 22, at a ceremony at the Genesee Valley Club in Rochester.
Alumni

Rochester lawyer receives NYS Hometown Alumni Award

Cornell Chronicle

Fernando Santiago ’86, the first person in his family to go to college, majored in government in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Prison corridor
Government

When Will Texas Stop Executing People Whose Death Sentences Are Unconstitutional?

Slate

In commentary in Slate, Joseph Margulies, writes that the Supreme Court refused last week to hear an appeal from Terence Andrus, a prisoner on Texas’ death row.

Catherine “Cat” Ramirez Foss
Chris Kitchen Catherine “Cat” Ramirez Foss
Staff awards

Recipients of inaugural undergraduate academic advising awards named

Cornell Chronicle

Catherine “Cat” Ramirez Foss, Advising Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, receives one of the two awards, which recognize the critical work of front-line academic advisors.

Martha Haynes with glasses, shoulder-length gray hair in a red top, with blurred stars on screen behind her
Jason Koski/Cornell University Martha Haynes speaks at Reunion 2013.
Cosmic Exploration

‘Follow your dreams,’ writes astronomer Martha Haynes

Cornell Chronicle

“The Sky Is for Everyone” is a collection of autobiographical essays by “women who broke down barriers and changed the face of modern astronomy.”

Seven flags on poles against a blue sky
Photo by K8 on Unsplash The Finnish flag (front) and Swedish flag (fifth) fly with those of other nordic countries
NATO membership

NATO decision on Finland, Sweden strong on paper, future unclear

A&S Communications

With NATO formally inviting Finland and Sweden to join its alliance after Turkey dropped its objections, classics and history professor Barry Strauss comments that history is full of alliances that amounted to little.

Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei
Graduate student life

Student Spotlight: Daniel Reza Sabzghabaei

Cornell University Graduate School

The doctoral candidate in music from Denton, Texas studies music composition with a focus on time malleability.

Collage of green squares
Sustainability

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.4 million to new sustainability projects

Cornell Chronicle

This year’s Academic Venture Fund (AVF) seed grants for research support equitable and sustainable development, offshore wind energy, and improved indoor air quality.

Child making a face at a cut up apple on a plate
Economics

Don’t Stress: Maternal Stress Affects Child’s Diet

ILR School Cornell University

Maternal exposure to stress during pregnancy could have long term detrimental effects on children’s diets, finds Michele Belot.

Smith feeds the chickens at Fallen Tree.
Chris Kitchen Smith feeds the chickens at Fallen Tree.
Nexus Scholars Program

Sustainability and spirituality in the garden

A&S Communications

A group of students, including some Nexus Scholars, is learning practical skills related to sustainability and connecting them to community behaviors.