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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Chemist Robert Fay, emeritus professor, dies at 88

3/6/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Robert C. Fay, emeritus professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Feb. 6 in Fairfax, Virginia. He was 88.

Government and technology

Cutting CHIPS funding could be ‘politically challenging’ for some GOP lawmakers

3/6/2025 A&S Communications

Given its bipartisan support and national security implications, CHIPS funding will be difficult to cut, says professor Sarah Kreps.

Cornell Concert Series

Cornell Concert Series hosts Sona Jobarteh, musician of the West African griot tradition

3/6/2025 A&S Communications

A living archive of the Gambian people, Sona Jobarteh innovates to support a more humanitarian future.

Three people cluster around a computer in a science lab — Ryan Young/Cornell University

Physics

Peer recognition crucial for success in physics research

3/5/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Even when women receive similar amounts of recognition from peers as men for excelling in physics classes, they perceive significantly less peer recognition, new research has found.

Six people sit in a row, during a panel discussion event — Jason Koski/Cornell University In Goldwin Smith Hall on Feb. 28, Peter Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of government, spoke during the “Science Under Siege?” faculty panel discussion hosted by the Department of Science and Technology Studies.

Research

Panels discuss federal research funding threats, opportunities

3/5/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Experts discussed support for science research during a pair of panels organized by faculty and students on Feb. 28.

Person speaking at a podium with an image of a planet in the background — Cornell University file photo Joseph A. Burns, Ph.D. ’66, emeritus professor of engineering and astronomy, and a former vice provost and dean of the Cornell faculty, speaks at Charter Day Weekend in 2015.

In memory

Joseph Burns, emeritus professor, former dean of faculty, dies at 83

3/4/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Joseph A. Burns, Ph.D. ’66, emeritus professor of engineering and astronomy, and a former vice provost and dean of the Cornell faculty, died Feb. 26 in Ithaca.

Row of cars for sale in a parking lot — Francesco Vantini/Unsplash

Government

No winners in looming trade war with Mexico, Canada and China

3/4/2025 A&S Communications

The effects of tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico are already felt, and the consequences will increase in the coming weeks, says government professor Gustavo Flores-Macías.

Government

Trump administration’s shift from European allies could be ‘devastating’

3/4/2025 A&S Communications

Prof. Thomas Pepinsky comments on Pres. Trump's foreign policy.

Illustration showing a crowd of people, a network of dots and lines, and some binary code — Laura Chichisan/College of Arts and Sciences In a world that’s growing more connected every day, economists and computer scientists need to work together. Cornell researchers have thought this way for years, and the rest of the world is catching on.

Research Collaboration and Impact

Where computer scientists and economists talk to each other

3/5/2025 A&S Communications

… a world that’s growing more connected every day, economists and computer scientists need to work together. Cornell researchers have thought this way for years, and the rest of the world is catching on. … determines which ads appear in search results, and in which order. “Humans set up the algorithms but at the speed at …

Cornell's central campus with lake beyond

Cornell Center for Social Sciences

Cornell Center for Social Sciences names 2025-26 Faculty Fellows

2/28/2025 Cornell Chronicle

… 12 faculty members from seven colleges have been named 2025-26 Faculty Fellows with the Cornell Center for Social … Cornell Center for Social Sciences names 2025-26 Faculty Fellows …

Ecology and evolutionary biology

Cornell Atkinson awards support graduate student biodiversity and sustainability research

2/28/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Atkinson is supporting 36 graduate students – including some in A&S – whose work protects biodiversity, improves health, reduces climate risk and more.

Person standing behind a bar decorated with a hockey jersey, a beer & shot list and a mounted moose head. Lots of neon lights and two illuminated shelves of liquor bottles — Joe Wilensky As a Canadian-themed hockey bar, The Canuck is unique in NYC

Alumni

O Canada! Former Big Red player runs popular hockey bar in NYC

2/28/2025 Cornellians

A passion project for Denis Ladouceur ’02, who majored in economics in A&S, The Canuck is a haven for his countrymen—offering beer, poutine, and games on TV.

Performing and media arts

PMA presents event with John Cameron Mitchell

2/27/2025 Department of Performing & Media Arts

… will host “An Evening with John Cameron Mitchell,” at 6:30 p.m. March 7. Mitchell is best known as the …

Provided Max Bohun ’25 pitches AI teaching assistant GradeWiz, a startup he co-founded with Aman Garg ’25, last March at the 2024 eLab Student Startup Showcase at San Francisco’s Autodesk Gallery

Computer science

Student startup pilots AI grading assistant, joins Y Combinator

2/27/2025 Cornell Chronicle

GradeWiz, an artificial-intelligence teaching assistant founded by Cornell undergraduates Max Bohun ’25 and Aman Garg ’25, has been accepted into startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 Batch.

three people talking — Rachel Philipson Cheryl Einhorn visits with students as they brainstorm solutions during her talk.

Alumni visits

Students gain decision-making insight from alumna Cheryl Einhorn

2/27/2025 A&S Communications

“If you’re outside of your comfort zone, then you’re on the right track."

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