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Computational biology

New method compresses terabytes of genomic data into gigabytes

12/5/2024 Cornell Chronicle

A new method developed at Cornell provides tools and methodologies to compress hundreds of terabytes of genomic data to gigabytes, once again enabling researchers to store datasets in local computers.

Mathematics

Mathematician Allen Hatcher receives inaugural book prize

12/5/2024 A&S Communications

Allen Hatcher, a geometric topologist, will receive the award for his book, “Algebraic Topology,” published in 2002 by Cambridge University Press.

Person sits on a porch with one hand on a blue historic marker — Ryan Young/Cornell University Thomas J. Campanella, MLA ’91, professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, spearheaded the effort to commemorate Pearl S. Buck’s first residency in Ithaca with a New York State Historic Marker, funded by the Pomeroy Foundation. He offered a preview of the marker prior to its Dec. 8 installation near Forest Home Chapel.

Literatures in English

Historic marker celebrates Pearl S. Buck’s stop in Ithaca

12/6/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Years before writing “The Good Earth” and winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the aspiring novelist received encouragement and a master’s degree at Cornell.

Physics

Micromachines autonomously coordinate using electronic pulses

12/6/2024 Cornell Chronicle

Microscopic machines engineered by Cornell researchers can autonomously synchronize their movements, opening new possibilities for the use of microrobots in drug delivery, chemical mixing and environmental remediation, among other applications.

Milstein Program

Things to do: Student and ornithological art, nature crafts

12/6/2024 Cornell Chronicle

The last day of classes nears, but there are still events across campus over the next week, including the Milstein Program's Art + Tech exhibit of student work.