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Glowing orange circle against a black background — EHT Collaboration/Provided This is the first image of Sagittarius A\*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.

Awards and Honors

Astronomer Anna Ho and team win Scialog award

2/21/2025 A&S Communications

Ho’s project will look at supermassive black holes residing in the centers of distant galaxies.

Ellen Lust, smiling, standing in front of a map of Africa — Provided

Government

Ellen Lust Leads Einaudi as New Director

2/21/2025 Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

Prof. Lust's research examines the role of social institutions and local authorities in governance, particularly in Southwest Asia and North Africa.

a piece of fabric with a design on it — Ryan Young/Cornell University HelioSkin is a lightweight, stretchable architectural fabric that is aesthetically attractive and can wrap around complex shapes.

Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Solar solutions: Bio-inspired approach creates bespoke photovoltaics

2/21/2025 Cornell Chronicle

What if photovoltaic panels were a hinged, lightweight fabric that was aesthetically attractive and could wrap around complex shapes to better absorb sunlight?

three people cooking over a stove — Sreang Hok / Cornell University A culinary course on food for healthy living.

Faculty courses

CAU lets you go back to school (without those pesky prelims)

2/21/2025 Cornellians

For more than half a century, Cornell’s Adult University has offered summer courses on the Hill — from cooking to cycling and beyond.

In Memoriam

Remembering Molly Hite, professor emerita of English

2/24/2025 A&S Communications

Hite taught at Cornell from 1982 until her retirement in 2013.

In Memoriam

Remembering William Kennedy, professor emeritus in comparative literature

2/24/2025 A&S Communications

Kennedy taught the history of European literature and literary criticism from antiquity to the early modern period.

Microscope with a dish on it; a blue-gloved hand reaches in — ThisisEngineering/Unsplash

Research

Roundtable to consider ‘Science Under Siege’

2/24/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The Feb. 28 event will provide a forum for scientists, social scientists and humanities scholars to discuss challenges to research support in response to recent major changes to federal funding.