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Ryan Young/Cornell University Lígia Fonseca Coelho, postdoctoral associate at the Carl Sagan Institute and first author of the study, cultivating bacteria samples in the lab.
Astronomy

In search for alien life, purple may be the new green

Cornell Chronicle

Purple bacteria is one of the primary contenders for life that could dominate a variety of Earth-like planets orbiting different stars, and would produce a distinctive "light fingerprint," Cornell scientists report.

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International relations

Steel industry protectionism beyond typical election-year rhetoric

A&S Communications

President Biden’s tariff proposal is less about economics and more related to U.S. domestic politics, says Chinese foreign policy expert Allen Carlson.

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Moral psychology

Persistent questioning of knowledge takes a toll

Cornell Chronicle

A new study highlights how demoralizing it can be for a person to work in a climate of repetitive skepticism and doubt.

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Mathematics

Celebrating Cornell University luminaries in mathematics and statistics

Cornell Bowers CIS

In honor of Math and Statistics Awareness Month, we’re looking back on luminaries from the last century-plus whose excellence helped establish Cornell University as a leader in mathematical and statistical discovery.

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Chris Kitchen Sebastian Young, left, and Rodrigo Guzman-Serrano, stand in the Guadalupe Maravilla exhibit at the Johnson Museum.
Research initiatives

Johnson Museum exhibit considers migration and its effects

A&S Communications

At Cornell’s Johnson Museum of Art, the work of renowned artist Guadalupe Maravilla is on display in the same space as that of Ingrid Hernandez-Franco, a Salvadoran woman whose asylum case was championed by a Cornell professor and her students.

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Photo by Eduard Delputte on Unsplash
Government

Prof. Sarah Kreps featured in new ‘Military Mysteries’ TV series

A&S Communications

“The stories are fascinating and gave me an opportunity to dig into history and evidence," said Prof. Sarah Kreps.

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Milstein Program

Milstein faculty fellow's course examines tech's role in cultural preservation

A&S Communications

As a new faculty fellow in the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity, Adam T. Smith co-developed the new course this spring.

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Paul Newman/Cornell University Community-Engaged Practice & Innovation Award recipients at the Einhorn Center’s 2nd Annual Community Engagement Awards
Faculty engagement

Faculty awarded for creative, innovative community engagement

Cornell Chronicle

Derek Chang, associate professor of history, is among 13 Cornell faculty members have received Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.

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Serge Petchenyi/Cornell University Students in James Spinazzola's conducting class attend a extended reality (XR) orientation to learn how the immersive technology can help give students a sense of what it feels like to conduct an ensemble in real time.
Music

CTI grant recipients build student confidence, connection

Cornell Chronicle

James Spinazzola is one of the 2023-2024 recipients of an Innovative Teaching and Learning Grant, harnessing immersive technology to help students build confidence as they learn to conduct an ensemble.

Dr. Ella Street
Government

A new summer course taught by Dr. Ella Street investigates what it means to be free

Cornell SCE

New on the Summer Session roster this year is the online course GOVT 3796 Freedom taught by Dr. Ella Street, which runs June 3-21, 2024.