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Astronomy

Astronomers discover metal-rich galaxies in early universe

2/27/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell astronomers discovered a companion galaxy estimated at 1.4 billion years old while scanning images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

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Giving Day

Support Arts & Sciences on Giving Day March 16

3/2/2023 A&S Communications

On Thursday, March 16, join the Cornell community to make a difference for students on Cornell Giving Day.

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Government

U.S. has few options to counter rollback of elections protections in Mexico

2/28/2023 A&S Communications

Professor Gustavo Flores--Macías: the United States has few diplomatic options to push back on the Mexican government’s changes to electoral laws, which protestors claim threaten democracy.

Drawing collage showing a face, a branch with pink blossoms and a clock tower — Soontira Sutanont/Cornell University Kimi Gengo, a poet, literary pioneer and advocate for Japanese Americans who attended Cornell from 1924-1925 and 1928-1930 is one of the changemakers featured in Any Person, Many Stories. Her story is shared by Claire Deng, '22.

Public history

Public history project reveals stories of Cornell changemakers

2/28/2023 Cornell Chronicle

A new public history digital exhibition hosted by the Center for Teaching Innovation uses storytelling methods to look at Cornell’s past.

Society for the Humanities

Literature, film, and critical theory professor delivers Culler Lecture

3/1/2023 A&S Communications

Anna Kornbluh, professor of English at the University of Illinois Chicago, will address "Immediacy: Some Theses on Contemporary Style" on Tuesday, March 7.

Hand holding a colorful rectangle — Provided A new museum exhibit showcases the Alpha CubeSat project, in which a small, low-cost satellite and light sail will be adorned with holographic art as a means of interstellar communication.

Astronomy

Postcards from Earth: Hologram project showcased at Intrepid

2/28/2023 Cornell Chronicle

A yearslong effort to launch Cornell-made satellite technology into a neighboring solar system is making a terrestrial stop at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.

Person in plaid jacket sits at a bus stop — Provided “Heading into Night,” featuring Cirque du Soleil clown Daniel Passer, explores the unexpected humor and discoveries to be found in the loss of memory.

Performing and Media Arts

Clown play captures complex emotions of cognitive loss

3/2/2023 Cornell Chronicle

“Heading into Night: a Clown Ode on…(forgetting),” featuring Cirque du Soleil clown Daniel Passer, who developed the play with Professor Beth Milles, premiered this month.