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Student receives top honor for Boccaccio essay

10/2/2023 A&S Communications

Grace Aiono ‘26 has been awarded this year’s Giuseppe Velli Prize by the American Boccaccio Association (ABA) for the best undergraduate student essay on the works of Giovanni Boccaccio.

musicians playing their instruments on a stage, seated or standing behind music stands — Provided The Cornell University Wind Symphony performs "A Place That Is Yours" by Catherine Likhuta

Humanities

Cornell celebrates 15 years at the heart of CNY Humanities Corridor

9/28/2023 A&S Communications

The corridor is a consortium of 11 universities and colleges endowed by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Michelle Wang, next to a microscope and with dangling wires and equipment behind her — Robert Barker, Cornell University Michelle Wang

Physics

Physicist Michelle Wang named Biophysical Society Fellow

9/29/2023 A&S Communications

Wang was chosen for “advancing our understanding of transcription, replication, and chromatin dynamics through the lens of DNA mechanics and topology.”

The U.S. Senate chamber (blue carpet, yellow walls) with the Senators seated at their deks — Senate Photo Studio/public domain Class photo of the 111th United States Senate inside the chamber, 2010

Government

‘Age alone’ should not dominate the decision for older politicians to resign

9/29/2023 A&S Communications

We need to recognize and remember the mark made by Dianne Feinstein says professor Elizabeth Sanders, but it’s also time for older politicians to begin considering the length of their careers.

Person standing in front of a poster showing outer space — Stella Ocker, Ph.D. ’23 won a Brinson Prize fellowship, which she began Sept. 1 at the California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California

Astronomy

Cornell astronomy to offer Brinson Prize

10/2/2023 A&S Communications

The Brinson Prize supports postdoctoral scholars in carrying out novel research in observational cosmology.

Sun setting over a city — ideepakmathur/Wikimedia Commons Ahmedabad, site of India's first Heat Action Plan, a comprehensive extreme heat early warning and preparedness plan.

Global Cornell

Global center promises design solutions for warming world

9/29/2023 Global Cornell

A Cornell-led project team – with Global Hubs partners in India, the U.K, Ghana and Singapore – has received a two-year $250,000 design grant from the National Science Foundation to bring more comfortable days and nights to homes everywhere.

four people holding certificates — Roger William Photography for Cornell University. From left to right: Xuan Chen, Zachary Ulibarri, Sarah Gilbert, and Samantha Sanft. Not pictured: Alyssa Kaganer and Anusha Shankar.

Postdoctoral scholars

Six postdocs honored with achievement awards

10/2/2023 Cornell University Graduate School

Cornell employs 790 postdoctoral scholars who are appointed across nearly 90 departments where they actively participate in the university’s research, teaching, and extension missions.