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Romance studies

Fulginiti wins book prize

A&S Communications

Fulginiti’s novel, “Il dolore degli altri” (“The Pain of Others”), was chosen from among 114 competing manuscripts and will be published soon by Italian publisher ExCogita.

People playing large drums, joyfully
Provided YAMATO The Drummers of Japan
Cornell Concert Series

YAMATO The Drummers of Japan featured on Cornell Concert Series February 2 

A&S Communications

Described as the “epitome of the Japanese spirit,” Yamato will bright their show “Hito no Chikara”, The Power of Human Strength to Baily Hall.

Illustation showing a box labeled "vote" decorated with a light bulb and a trophy. A hand is placing a square into a slot in the box
Credit: Seung Yeon Kim/Cornell University
Government

Good intentions pave incumbents’ road to re-election

Cornell Chronicle

Voters care if they’re better off than before the last election — but also about incumbent politicians’ intentions, Cornell research finds.

Black and white historic photo of Ezra Cornell, frowning and holding a pen.
Rare and Manuscript Collections/Cornell University Ezra Cornell in 1868
Alumni

‘Good health, tempered courage, and sound common sense’

Cornellians

Those are the gifts that fate gave Ezra Cornell, per one historian. Here’s a look at his life—from humble beginnings to great wealth.

Nianpo Su
Provided Nainpo Su
Graduate student research

Student spotlight: Nianpo Su

Cornell University Graduate School

Nianpo Su, doctoral candidate in linguistics, studies how syntactic principles determine the structure of sentences in human languages.

A microscope image: Dark green background spotted with pink
Weill Cornell Medicine Lipid accumulation in a murine model of fatty liver disease, visualized by color-enhanced lipid droplets (pink) in liver tissue (green). Superimposed chemical structure of a newly discovered bile acid conjugate.
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Diet, microbes: new pathway controlling levels of body fat, cholesterol

Cornell Chronicle

Beneficial gut microbes and the body work together to fine-tune fat metabolism and cholesterol levels, according to a new preclinical study by investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell’s Ithaca campus.

Wall art showing the faces of Mary Beth Norton, Isabel Hull and Margaret Washington above a drawing of McGraw Hall.
Provided Artwork by Prof. Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik depicting first three women hired by the Department of History and McGraw Hall.
History

History department honors first women hired

A&S Communications

The centerpiece is a wall-size homage to three of the first women hired and McGraw itself, drawn by Prof. Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik.

Barry Adams
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Barry Adams, former vice provost and literature scholar, dies at 89

Cornell Chronicle

Barry Banfield Adams, professor of literatures of English emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Dec. 31 at home in Brooktondale, New York. He was 89.

Pile of tiny squares: SPECS devices
Provided SPECS devices
Chemistry and Physics

Light-activated micro device expands ‘green’ electrochemistry

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell chemists and nanofabrication experts have joined forces to create a 2 millimeter-wide, wireless, light-activated device to simplify electrochemistry for broad use.

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Melissa '00 and Rob '99 Lewin during a visit to campus in 2020. Provided
Alumni mentors

Alums offer mentoring to students exploring career options

A&S Communications

Melissa Lewin ’00 and her husband Rob ’99 are active backers of Cornell through their support of Cornell’s Public History Initiative and the archaeology program.

Peter Yarrow with guitar, tan jacket, white hair just at the back of his head, white beard and glasses in front of a microphone with three women and a child standing next to him
Lindsay France/Cornell University Peter Yarrow ’59 performs in Bailey Hall at Reunion 2019.
Alumni News

Folk icon Peter Yarrow ’59, of Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at 86

Cornell Chronicle

Musician Peter Yarrow ’59, who drew early inspiration from his time at Cornell before joining the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died Jan. 7 in Manhattan.

Peiwei Chen with glasses in lab, holding up vial to look at
Heather Ainsworth / AP Images for HHMI
Honors

Postdoc Peiwei Chen named HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow

A&S Communications

The awardees are “outstanding early career scientists who have demonstrated a commitment to making foundational discoveries while building an inclusive culture in academic science,” said HHMI in a statement.

Two mice perched on flowers and facing each other
Neurobiology and Behavior

Mice use their tongues to ‘see’ tactile targets

A&S Communications

Cornell scientists have identified the neural pathway mice use to direct the tongue to tactile targets.

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Psychology

‘Politics, not policy’: Meta ending fact-check program

A&S Communications

Psychology professor Gordon Pennycook, a misinformation expert, says he supports using crowdsourced fact-checking, "but removing third-party (professional) fact-checking strikes me as a major mistake.”

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International politics

Cornell expert on Jean-Marie Le Pen: a ‘driving force’ for French far-right

A&S Communications

“Le Pen wasn’t responsible for the political events which moved the right forward across Europe. Yet, the French National Front created the institutional framework necessary to take advantage of crisis events," says Mabel Berezin.