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Ryan Young/Cornell University HelioSkin is a lightweight, stretchable architectural fabric that is aesthetically attractive and can wrap around complex shapes.
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Solar solutions: Bio-inspired approach creates bespoke photovoltaics

Cornell Chronicle

What if photovoltaic panels were a hinged, lightweight fabric that was aesthetically attractive and could wrap around complex shapes to better absorb sunlight?

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Government

Ellen Lust Leads Einaudi as New Director

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

Prof. Lust's research examines the role of social institutions and local authorities in governance, particularly in Southwest Asia and North Africa.

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EHT Collaboration/Provided This is the first image of Sagittarius A\*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.
Awards and Honors

Astronomer Anna Ho and team win Scialog award

A&S Communications

… to researchers in March 2025, and the second in March 2026. Linda B. Glaser is news and media relations manager …

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Graham van der Wielen, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Camel driver at Palmyra in Syria.
Archaeology

Experts call for 'accountability' before restoring Syria heritage sites

A&S Communications

… be establishing culpability and opening pathways for legal accountability. Smith says: “The return of cultural heritage … international mechanisms for deterrence. Without accountability for crimes against cultural sites, we know … Experts call for 'accountability' before restoring Syria heritage sites …

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Government

Decentralization in the Middle East and North Africa

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

Government professor Ellen Lust is coeditor of a new open-access book examining how decentralization affects communities in the Middle East and North Africa.

Education Innovation

CTI explores 'The Art of Teaching' in new series

Cornell Chronicle

Through a series of facilitated faculty conversations, the series aims to shine a spotlight on unique aspects of a variety of teaching formats, from the discussion to the studio, from the field site to the lab to the seminar.

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Eric Ryan Anderson Chief Adjuah
Cornell Concert Series

Chief Adjuah featured on Cornell Concert Series March 7

Department of Music

… Concert Series (CCS) production on Friday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall.   Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly …

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Chris Kitchen Charlie Green
Faculty books

Prof’s new novel imagines a U.S. without Texas

A&S Communications

Charlie Green’s new novel, “The Shah of Texas,” published Feb. 18 from Gold Wake Press.

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Kenji Yasuda

Assistant Professor
Physics

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Provided Saniyem Iminova, an Uyghur woman who's the daughter of a Uyghur general who fought during the Uyghur war for independence, holds a photo of her relatives.
Student research

Documenting Uyghur history for the sake of the future

A&S Communications

Zilala Mamat '26 has been traveling abroad to document the stories of Uyghur people.

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Taras Gren/Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine
Government

Trump posture on Ukraine peace based on flawed assumptions

A&S Communications

… Senior American and Russian officials will hold talks in Saudi Arabia on improving their ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, officials said Monday. Bryn Rosenfeld is an associate …

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Awards and Honors

Freelance Theater Critic and Editor Brittani Samuel Wins George Jean Nathan Award

A&S Communications

The award committee praised Samuel for her “impressive breadth of address to the playgoing public,” foregrounding “the critic’s own social position in an effort to promote more thoughtful and empathetic theatergoing.”

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Brian Crane named director of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology

Cornell Chronicle

Brian Crane began as Director of the Weill Center for Cell and Molecular Biology on January 1, 2025. He is only the second Director in the History of the Weill Institute since its founding by inaugural Director Scott Emr in 2008.

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Cornell University file photo Melissa Harris-Perry delivers the 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture at Cornell
Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures

Writer Melissa Harris-Perry to speak on community care and democracy

A&S Communications

… ” on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m. in Ives Hall, Room 305.  The lecture is free and open to the public; … care within community. It will take place on Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in Willard Straight 407. "We asked our first cohort …

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Philosophy and Science

Bohannon, Manne event focuses on female body image, evolution

A&S Communications

"Is Fat Female? Evolution, Feminism, and Getting the Story Right” takes place in person March 5; a virtual conversation between the two will be livestreamed March 6.