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Economics

The ‘knowledge curse’: More isn’t necessarily better

Cornell Chronicle

Can an increase in knowledge ever be a bad thing? Yes, says economics professor Kaushik Basu and a colleague – when people use it to act in their own self-interest rather than in the best interests of the larger group.

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Alumni innovation

Milstein Program alum named to Forbes 30 under 30 list

A&S Communications

Kush Jain's ’22 company, ORama AI, has developed a high-tech glove to help people learn to read Braille.

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Pixabay - Public domain Illustration of chelation, a type of bonding of ions and the molecules to metal ions.
Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Advanced chelators offer efficient and eco-friendly rare earth element recovery

A&S Communications

The researchers have developed a technique to purify certain rare earth elements at room temperature without relying on the toxic and caustic compounds currently used for the task.

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Philosophy

Augustine was ‘wrong about slavery’: Book reexamines key figure

Cornell Chronicle

Assistant professor Toni Alimi traces the connections between Augustine’s understanding of slavery and his broader thoughts.

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Jesse Ho

Senior Partner and Portfolio Manager, Carlson Capital

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Provided Participants and facutly directors of the Summer Institute for Moral Psychology
Moral psychology

Moral psychology summer institute hosted at Cornell

A&S Communications

Directed by College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) faculty in psychology and philosophy, the NEH-funded institute featured presentations from many leading figures in moral psychology, which studies human thought and behavior in ethical contexts

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Dave Solazzo

Visiting Lecturer
Music

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Michael Goldstein/B.A.B.Y Lab/Provided Cornell researchers designed this remote-controlled car to study the importance in early development of contingency – caregivers’ responses close in time to a baby’s behavior. Babies formed strong expectations that the car would be responsive, showing they are highly flexible in what they will learn from contingently, even including machines that lack human features.
Psychology

Timely responses – even from a car – drive babies’ learning

Cornell Chronicle

The timing of others’ reactions to their babbling is key to how babies begin learning, Cornell developmental psychologists found – with help from a remote-controlled car.

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Jason Koski/Cornell University Navy veteran Tyler Parker said the Warrior-Scholar Project’s two-week academic boot camp at Cornell, which included coursework in humanities and in science, technology, engineering and math, had helped advance his goals to pursue neuroscience research.
Warrior-Scholar Project

Academic boot camp tackles mission: imposter syndrome

Cornell Chronicle

A group of military service members and veterans spent two weeks at Cornell as part of the Warrior-Scholar Project, which helps participants build skills and navigate transitions to higher education.

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Jessica Martin

Visiting Lecturer
Linguistics