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Kimberlé Crenshaw ’81
Kimberlé Crenshaw ’81
MLK Lecture

Scholar to speak on intersectional justice at annual MLK lecture

Cornell Chronicle

This year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Feb. 19 will focus on the importance of understanding and addressing systems of oppression and their impact on multiple identities, including race and gender.

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Climate science

Climate roundtable sparks insight and invites collaboration

Cornell Chronicle

Song Lin, Tisch University Professor of chemistry and chemical biology, talked about how his lab is trying to mimic the way plants fix CO2, via the abundant enzyme Rubisco.

Fatema Gunja Sumar ’01
Alumni

Founded by undergrads, service groups are still going strong

Cornellians

Meet some alums whose good works—from youth outreach to food drives—are being continued by a new generation

Book cover: Sharing Less Commonly Taught Languages
Language study

Book shines light on teaching ‘Less Commonly Taught Languages’

A&S Communications

How can institutions, programs, and LCTL instructors collaborate and think across institutional boundaries to strengthen language offerings?

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Physics

Physicists detect elusive ‘Bragg glass’ phase with machine learning tool

A&S Communications

The discovery settles a long-standing question of whether this almost–but not quite–ordered state of Bragg glass can exist in real materials.

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Matthew Ashton - AMA, via Getty Images Balać stands to the right behind actors Ryan Reynolds, left, and Rob McElhenney.
Alumni accomplishments

Alum’s Emmy caps his ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ experience

A&S Communications

Miloš Balać ’11 was the primary point person on the ground, connecting with the town and the team.

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Society for the Humanities

Juliana Hu Pegues to speak on Indigenous Feminist Activism

A&S Communications

In this year’s Invitational Lecture hosted by the Society for the Humanities, Hu Pegues will examine the story of Tillie Paul, a Tlingit woman in Alaska

Jacob Anbinder
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Klarman Fellows

How did our housing get so expensive? Klarman Fellow dives into the history

A&S Communications

Jacob Anbinder is finding political as well as economic reasons for the current housing crisis.

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Creative Commons President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
International studies

Zaluzhny firing ‘sign of desperation more than calculation’

A&S Communications

In Ukraine, fired general Zaluzhny appears to be taking the fall for recent failures and circumstances outside of President Zelensky’s control, says David Silbey.

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Heather Ainsworth/Provided Abigel Manaye ’24 (standing) argues the opposition side of the debate, “Speechless: Should Union Organizers Have Free Speech Rights in the Workplace?,” held Jan. 31 in Ives Hall.
Free Expression

Students debate free speech in the workplace

Cornell Chronicle

Students from ILR and the College of Arts and Sciences debated “Speechless: Should Union Organizers Have Free Speech Rights in the Workplace?” on Jan. 31 in Ives Hall, supporting the Freedom of Expression Theme Year.

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Community engagement

Engaged Conversations Series to focus on community partnerships

The Einhorn Center for Community Engagement has launched a set of speaker events and workshops designed for anyone incorporating CEL into curricula, research and other programs.

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Physics

'Flawed' material resolves superconductor conundrum

Cornell Chronicle

Researchers developed a more controlled way of making nickelates, a material that could potentially help pinpoint the key qualities that enable high-temperature superconductivity.

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Latin America

Cornell Latin American politics expert on El Salvador election

A&S Communications

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele is on track to handedly win reelection on Sunday.

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Jason Koski/Cornell University Ann Druyan, writer, producer and widow of Carl Sagan, speaks at the 2015 Inauguration of the Carl Sagan Institute: Pale Blue Dot and Beyond.
Astronomy and cinema

‘Cosmos’ screening features ice cream and live Q&A with Ann Druyan

A&S Communications

As part of their “Voyager Spacecraft Week,” the Cornell Astronomical Society joins Cornell Cinema to present “Cosmos” Episode 6: “Traveler’s Tales” on Feb. 13.

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Lindsay France/Cornell University Klarman Postdoctoral Fellows pursue research on a wide variety of topics in the social sciences, sciences and humanities.
Klarman Fellows

Twelve new Klarman Fellows to pursue innovative, timely research in A&S

A&S Communications

This fifth cohort of Klarman Fellows is the largest since the program was launched in 2019.