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Book cover: The Downfall of the American Order
Political Science

Is American influence waning? Book considers what comes next

Cornell Chronicle

The collection, “The Downfall of the American Order?” explores global affairs at this moment in history, a turning point in American influence.

geometric pattern in browns and blues: a dry part of Australia seen from above
USGS/Unsplash Satellite image of Gosses Bluff, Australia
Astronomy

Satellite Imaging, Not Tourism, Is the Modern Space Race

Wall Street Journal

While Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and Elon Musk send people into orbit, real-time mapping of the Earth has much broader applications, writes Dean Ray Jayawardhana.

Anna Shechtman
Cornell University Anna Shechtman
Klarman Fellows

Get a Clue: Anna Shechtman Is a Star in the World of Crosswords

Cornellians

The Klarman Fellow (and future prof) is a regular contributor to the New Yorker—and she created a puzzle just for Cornellians!

metal sculpture of a figure blindfolded and holding scales
Tingey Injury Law Firm/ Unsplash Justice representation
Government

Courts, not amendments, best route for constitutional reform

Cornell Chronicle

Since the mid-20th century, Congress has repurposed Article V of the U.S. Constitution from a tool for constitutional reform into a mechanism for taking positions on issues, according to research by David A. Bateman.

two women outside
Chris Kitchen Juno Salazar Parreñas, left, and Mari Kramer
Nexus Scholars Program

Studying connections between animal-human health

A&S Communications

Their map will visualize research about the spread of existing or known and new or emerging zoonotic diseases.

woman with lab equipment
Chris Kitchen Bea Pence works in the Musser lab.
Nexus Scholars Program

Student researchers explore changing chemical reactions

A&S Communications

Undergrads in the Nexus Scholars Program used ultrafast laser spectroscopy to understand how organic semiconductors behave when they absorb and emit light.

Book cover: Corrections in Ink
Alumni

In a Brutally Honest Memoir, Alum Recalls Addiction and Imprisonment

Cornellians

Having returned to complete her degree in literatures in English, reporter Keri Blakinger ’11, BA ’14, now covers the prison system for the Marshall Project.

man standing outside in New York City
Jesse Winter Eros Georgiou
Summer experiences

Internship offers insights into banking career

A&S Communications

Eros Georgiou ’25 is spending the summer exploring a career in banking, with help from a Summer Experience Grant.

student digging in the woods
Patrick Shanahan Eden Kebede '25 collects a soil sample in a forest outside Ithaca.
Nexus Scholars Program

Chasing carbon from trees to soils

A&S Communications

A group of students, including some in the Nexus Scholars Program, completed field work and analysis this summer on soil coming from a long-term forest fertilization experiment.

woman husking a coconut
Provided Abigail Kraus husks a coconut during her summer experience in Hawai'i.
Student Research

Harrison College Scholars explore politics, wellness, environment in summer work

A&S Communications

… Her work is tying together the fields of linguistics, psychology, political science and literary theory. She’s …