Site Search : page 773

Tall stacks of old car tires — Jon Tyson/Unsplash

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Durable plastic gets a sustainability makeover

1/29/2025 Cornell Chronicle

A Cornell chemist has created an alternative to the unrecyclable, plastic-based material used for durable items such as car tires, replacement hip joints and bowling balls.

Paragraph Library Landing Page

a page to show off paragrpahs a page to show off paragrpahs

Eleanor Willard

Executive Assistant to the Senior Associate Deans

A house and garden in the foreground at night, with a wildfire glowing over a nearby hill — Nikolay Maslov/Unsplash

Science and Technology Studies

Student spins spreadsheet into online hub for wildfire relief

1/29/2025 Cornell Chronicle

A doctoral student in the field of information science developed an interactive map that has become an online hub for thousands of people in the greater Los Angeles area who need provisions, are looking to donate supplies or want to get involved.

Two people wearing fashionable red, white and black winter clothing sit back to back on a large rock, each holding a book. They are surrounded by snow — Ben White/Unsplash

Alumni authors

Your January 2025 reads

1/30/2025 Cornellians

This month’s featured titles – most by A&S authors – include a work of nonfiction about honeybees, a kids’ picture book, and a novel set in rural Nova Scotia.

Orange red and white horizontal streaks of light under a dark blue sky, showing automobile traffic in motion at night — Ryan Young/Cornell University

Klarman Fellows

New Klarman Fellows to join the College of Arts and Sciences

2/4/2025 A&S Communications

Fellows will pursue research in the sciences, social sciences and humanities.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Benjamin Widom, influential physical chemist, dies at 97

1/31/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Benjamin Widom, Ph.D. ’53, Goldwin Smith Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Jan. 23 in Ithaca. He was 97.

A wide river dividing two banks with a bridge in the distance — Bing Hui Yau/Unsplash The Canada-U.S. border at the Niagara River

History

U.S.-Canada relationship entering ‘sad chapter’

2/3/2025 A&S Communications

The U.S. president's collective actions against Canada have needlessly harmed a long-cherished and close relationship says Jon Parmenter, a professor of North American history.

Person holding a smart phone — Daria Nepriakhina/Unsplash

Psychology

Short and sweet: Supportive texts give partners a boost

2/3/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Supportive texts from a significant other can help people cope with stressful events in their daily lives, Cornell psychology research finds.

History of Art and Visual Studies

Dadi leads Climate Congress symposium with Getty Foundation grant

2/4/2025 A&S Communications

The conference, in Lahore, Pakistan, featured more than thirty guest scholars, curators, artists, and other practitioners and twenty-seven emerging scholars.