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NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Nearly 400 active volcanoes punctuate the Jupiter moon Io. Using flyby data from NASA’s Juno mission that examines the volcanoes, doctoral student Madeline Pettine led a group of Cornell astronomers to study a fundamental process in planetary formation and evolution: tidal heating.

Astronomy

Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon

9/19/2024 Cornell Chronicle

By examining Jupiter’s moon Io – the most volcanically active place in the solar system – Cornell astronomers can study a vital process in planetary formation and evolution: tidal heating.

Cornell's central campus with lake beyond

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Cornell, partners to make upstate NY a regional engine for better batteries

9/19/2024 Cornell Chronicle

With funding from the National Science Foundation, Cornell and a group of institutional partners have created the Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine to advance energy storage technology and boost large-capacity battery manufacturing in the region.

A city at midday with a tower — Jalitha Hewage/Unsplash Colombo, Sri Lanka

Anthropology and Asian studies

Cornell expert reflects on Sri Lanka election

9/19/2024 A&S Communications

Scholar Daniel Bass comments on this week's presidential election in Sri Lanka, the first since a 2022 economic meltdown that forced the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Provided movie poster: The Man Who Saved the Internet with a Sunflower

Alumni

Indie drama depicts Cornellian couple's role in web history

9/19/2024 Cornellians

Set in the 1980s, The Man Who Saved the Internet with a Sunflower chronicles two ’69 classmates in Silicon Valley

Economics

Economics conference considers tech, political impacts on global economy

9/20/2024 A&S Communications

Economists from around the world will come to campus Oct. 3-5 to explore the changing global economy.

Person standing on a balcony, looking out at a mountain, blue sky and palm trees — Provided From the film "Possible Landscapes"

Comparative literature

Professor’s feature-length documentary film debuts at Cornell Cinema

9/20/2024 A&S Communications

“Possible Landscapes,” a new feature-length documentary film exploring the lived experience of landscapes and environments in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, will have its debut screening on Sept. 25 at Cornell Cinema.

Physics

Leading particle physicist headlines fall 2024 Bethe Lectures

9/23/2024 A&S Communications

Beate Heinemann, professor at Universität Hamburg and director for particle physics at DESY in Germany, will share the stories of two outstanding women scientists in a public lecture.

diagram showing a crowd of people at the top

Psychology

Empowering online communities with NSF grant

9/20/2024 A&S Communications

Nori Jacoby, assistant professor of psychology, has been awarded an NSF fellowship for a project to develop algorithms to more effectively harness the intelligence of crowds by improving the quality of collective evaluations

Molecular biology and genetics

Scott Emr awarded 2024 Horwitz Prize for discovering ESCRT pathway

9/23/2024 A&S Communications

“This award places Scott Emr in the company of many of the top figures in molecular biology and biomedical sciences from the past 50 years.”

Line of people working in a factory — TruckRun/Unsplash

Cybersecurity

Ban on Chinese tech in connected vehicles ‘extremely difficult’ to enforce

9/23/2024 A&S Communications

Cornell expert: A ban will offer no protection unless it comes with an investment in U.S.-capabilities.

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