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Public Engagement

Speaker series to examine antisemitism, Islamophobia

Cornell Chronicle

Leading academics from around the country will join Cornell experts in a semester-long series, “Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined."

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Psychology

Mouse social calls and distress calls linked to different neurons

Cornell Chronicle

“Vocal communication is central to our experience as humans and fundamental to social success for animals generally,” said Prof. Katherine Tschida.

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M. Kelley et al. Color map showing predicted inelastic helium atom scattering signals from Nb(100).
Physics

Researchers develop new model to predict surface atom scattering

Cornell Chronicle

Helium beams are potentially very useful for understanding the surface characteristics of materials on the molecular level.

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Provided Harrison Award winner Dana Lerner ’14 playing ice hockey at Madison Square Garden in March 2023 (“A helmet was worn and is out of the frame,” she notes.)
Alumni

Rising stars: Harrison Award honors recent alumni leaders

Alumni Affairs & Development

Four special guests, including Arts & Sciences alumni, will be honored at the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference in Baltimore in February.

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Provided Fluorescence imaging of C. elegans fed with a new chemical probe developed in this study – a branched-chain fatty acid analog. The red signal derives from selective ‘click chemistry’ reaction between the probe and a red fluorescent dye.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Tiny worm offers window into important protein modifications

A&S Communications

“The more we understand protein modification and function, the better we understand its central role for human health and disease.”

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International relations

Cornell scholar: Biden should bypass Bibi, appeal directly to Israelis

A&S Communications

Israeli prime minister Bibi Netanyahu is an impasse to Biden's "dream deal" approach to the Gaza crisis, says government scholar Uriel Abulof.

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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle parked on a taxiway at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada
International relations

Iran has little incentive to dissuade proxy attacks against US troops

A&S Communications

"Mounting an attack with clearly identifiable Iranian forces is probably off the table," says David Silbey, associate professor of history, "but further proxy attacks are likely to continue.”

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Provided National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
Cornell Concert Series

Ukraine’s National Symphony Orchestra featured in Cornell Concert Series 

A&S Communications

The Cornell Concert Series event, featuring conductor Volodymyr Sirenko and cellist Natalia Khoma, takes place Feb. 10 in Bailey Hall. 

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Provided ‘Another Body’ documentary exposes harm of deepfake technology
Performing and Media Arts

‘Another Body’ documentary exposes harm of deepfake technology

A&S Communications

The film focuses on the gendered implications of deepfake technology; a free screening Feb. 7 will be presented by the Milstein Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, partnering with Cornell Cinema.

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Provided The Compact Muon Solenoid detector in Switzerland.
Physics

Cornell takes role in advancing software at CERN

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell and other U.S. universities have been awarded $25 million from the National Science Foundation for research at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland.

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Literatures in English

Freelance writer Rhoda Feng wins 2022-23 Nathan Award

A&S Communications

The committee praised the verve, precision, and wry wit of Feng’s criticism, observing that she also brings historically and culturally informed sensibilities to all her reviewing.

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Provided CPFB grantee Veronica Zellers ’24 (second from left) and community partner Professor Bruce Levitt (fifth from left) with Art Beyond Cornell members and supporters at a spring 2023 event
Student life

Student grant board funds social justice community projects

Cornell Chronicle

Thirteen student-community projects received grants through the Community Partnership Funding Board’s latest round of funding. Their shared goal: to bring social justice to the community.

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Performing and Media Arts

Oscar nominations: Cornell expert on racial representation in performing arts

A&S Communications

Kristen Warner, who studies the impact of racial representation in the performing arts, highlights the shutout of Ava Duvernay’s “Origin” across the board, as well as racial politics of the Oscars.

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

New insights into metabolites that control aging and disease

A&S Communications

The study presents an unexpected connection between spermidine, a long-known compound present in all living cells, and sirtuins, an enzyme family that regulates many life-essential functions.

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Alumni

For 75+ years, students have made Watermargin a home

Cornellians

The pioneering co-op led the way in creating an interracial, interfaith house as a nondiscriminatory ideal.