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Grey sphere backed by the darkness of space
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kalleheikki Kannisto An enhanced image of the Jovian moon Ganymede, obtained by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft.
Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope sees Jupiter moons in a new light

Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell astronomer who is part of JWST’s Early Release Science program report the first detection of hydrogen peroxide on Ganymede and sulfurous fumes on Io, both the result of Jupiter’s domineering influence.

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Imaging shows microbes turning CO2 into bioplastic

Cornell Chronicle

"We provide quantitative assessments of protein behaviors and also a mechanistic understanding of how the electron transport occurs from the semiconductor to the bacteria cell.”

A rainbow against a deep blue sky, over a brick building with a peaked roof
Jason Koski/Cornell University A rainbow over McGraw Hall and the Arts Quad after a summer rain storm.
Faculty honors

Balance, Nicholson honored for research, teaching and service

Cornell Chronicle

Two faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences are the recipients of the 2023 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service through Diversity.

Aerial view of the Arts Quad in the fall

Domestic and Global Politics of Police Violence

Cornell Research

Domestic and Global Politics of Police Violence

Sarena Tien
Graduate students

Student Spotlight: Sarena Tien

Cornell University Graduate School

A doctoral candidate in romance studies Sarena Tien studies representations of female friendship in literature and film from French-speaking Africa and Asia.

woman feeding fish
Patrick Shanahan Blythe Wong '25 feeds some of the thousands of Poecilia parae fish in Mudd Hall.
Nexus Scholars Program

Undergrads relish challenging Nexus Scholar projects

A&S Communications

Nexus Scholars spent eight weeks this summer working with researchers on campus on projects in the humanities, social sciences and physical sciences.

Person playing a keyboard instrument, seen from above
Joe Wilensky / Cornell University Moseley tickles the (antique) ivories at the center’s University Avenue home.
Music

Campus center holds the ‘keys’ to musical history

Cornellians

From fortepianos to pipe organs, the Hill boasts one of the world’s leading collections of performance-ready vintage instruments.

Students standing around an open wastewater treatment facility, which looks like a big cement rectangle with green water and wooden separaters.
Provided. Environment and Sustainability students visit the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility. IAWWTF is a key community partner in a project studying contaminants in Cayuga Lake.
Community Engagement

Engaged Opportunity Grants fund projects from Tompkins to Tanzania

Cornell Chronicle

The funded community-engaged learning projects provide opportunities for students to excavate ancient Pompeii, establish a community garden in Moshi, Tanzania and more.

long plank with smaller arms coming off it and a long rod of metal with a loop at the end suspended over it
Matt Ferguson Schematic of a SQUID pickup loop imaging stray magnetic fields above a Hall bar sample of dimensions 200 × 75 μm2.
Physics

Current takes a surprising path in quantum material

Cornell Chronicle

The findings will help settle a decades-long debate and offers insights that will inform the development of topological materials for next-generation quantum devices.

Darren Pereira in a white shirt rolled up to his elbows, smiling with a black beard and mustache, standing at chalkboard in front of diagrams.
Provided Darren Pereira
Quantum Research

Discovering the secrets of ultracold atoms in Italy

Cornell University Graduate School

The Graduate School spoke with Darren Pereira, a doctoral candidate in physics, about his summer research at the University of Florence in Florence, Italy.