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An artist's rendition of two hands pressing a screen, generating molecules floating into outerspace
Leonardo Medrano Sandonas of the University of Luxembourg; background image by rawpixel.com on Freepik Graphical depiction of the rational molecular design process, which involves a “needle-in-a-haystack” search for molecules with a desired set of properties
Chemistry & Chemical Biology

New research introduces ‘freedom of design’ for molecules

A&S Communications

This concept can be used to identify molecules with targeted properties, which has important implications in the fields of rational molecular design and computational drug discovery.

person teaching American Sign Language to a group in a circle
John Munson/Cornell University Brenda Schertz teaches her students American Sign Language as well as deaf history, education and cultural norms.
American Sign Language

New ASL minor, events expand opportunities for students

A&S Communications

Students can now minor in ASL, take advantage of an expanded set of upper-level classes, participate in a number of ASL events on campus and be part of an active student club.

Person behind a large machine
Provided Nozomi Ando running crystallography experiments at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Ando wins award for contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology

A&S Communications

The Mildred Cohn Young Investigator Award recognizes Nozomi Ando's advances in diffuse scattering and her dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.

thousands of spherical particles shimmer against a dark background
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Physics

In helium-three, superfluid particles pair ‘like a dance in space’

A&S Communications

Enabled by a custom thermometer, Cornell researchers have observed superfluid fluctuation effects, possibly gaining new insight for quantum computing and the physics of the early universe.

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Meg Elliott

Advising Dean

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Nora Bayly

Advising Dean

Old stone building with a tower; grass growing on roof
Provided St. Hovhannes Church of Chahuk (built in the 12th or 13th century and renovated in the 17th and 19th centuries) was destroyed between 1997 and 2009, as documented in a new report from Caucasus Heritage Watch.
Cultural heritage

Hundreds of Armenian heritage sites at risk in Nagorno-Karabakh

A&S Communications

Faculty researchers paint a picture of what will happen if multilateral organizations fail to protect Armenian cultural heritage as Azerbaijan shells the disputed region.

Person in blue lab coat, standing at a counter full of instruments and bottles
Chris Kitchen Alexa Easley is working to develop materials for low-energy carbon capture that are organic and easy to make on large scales and in realistic conditions.
Klarman Fellows

Klarman Fellow: Capturing carbon with future-focused chemistry

A&S Communications

Alexa Easley is working to develop materials for low-energy carbon capture that are organic and easy to make on large scales and in realistic conditions.

Two spheres against a dark background: images of a moon
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona This color composite view shows the moon Europa in natural color (left) and in enhanced color (right). The yellowish patch is Tara Regio, the geologic region where the most CO2 is seen and where Hubble recently detected ocean-derived salt.
Astronomy

Webb telescope finds carbon source on Jupiter’s Europa

Cornell Chronicle

Astronomers using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have identified carbon dioxide on the icy surface of Europa – one of a handful of worlds in our solar system that could potentially harbor conditions suitable for life.

N.K. Jemisin
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Inequalities, identities and justice

How are N. K. Jemisin’s novels acts of political resistance?

Einaudi Center

Anindita Banerjee explains how dispossessed peoples’ stories can inspire a more equitable future for us all.