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Government

Kreps: Social media helping to undermine democracy

Cornell Chronicle

In international relations, democracies including the United States have long claimed to have several advantages over authoritarian regimes – such as sound governance and effectiveness in wartime – based on the open marketplace of ideas and freedom of expression. And what could be more open and free – more democratic – than social media?

Rays of Hope

Cornell brothers tackle hunger in Puerto Rico

“The youth hold the island deep within their hearts and can’t stand to see it suffer."

Physics

Graphene sensors find subtleties in magnetic fields

Cornell Chronicle

As with actors and opera singers, when measuring magnetic fields it helps to have range. Cornell researchers used an ultrathin graphene “sandwich” to create a tiny magnetic field sensor that can operate over a greater temperature range than previous sensors, while also detecting miniscule changes in magnetic fields that might otherwise get lost within a larger magnetic background.

Summer experiences

Student researchers focus on cancer, obesity prevention

A&S Communications

Students were awarded funding from the College’s Summer Experience Grant Program to help pay for living expenses.

History

Thai protestors demand ‘new moral compact’ with monarchy

A&S Communications

About 10,000 demonstrators gathered in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday to demand reforms, including of the monarchy, in a continuation of unrest that began earlier this year with the dissolution of the Future Forward Party. The Sunday protest is one of the largest anti-government protests in Thailand since 2014.

Klarman Fellowships

Applications open for Klarman fellowships

A&S Communications

The three-year fellowships are available to early-career scholars conducting leading-edge research in any of the College’s discipline areas.

Philosophy

Should I Feel Guilty About Judging Kamala Harris?

The Atlantic

As a woman running for vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris will inevitably face attacks on her attitude, ethics, and even the tone of her voice, writes Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy, in an op-ed in The Atlantic. Voters must undergo the process of trying to hold her accountable without being unfair.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Exclusive group mating found for first time in Brazilian frogs

Cornell Chronicle

The lack of previous examples of group fidelity in frogs may be simply because the behavior is hard to observe.

Economics

Study: Machine learning can predict market behavior

Cornell Chronicle

Machine learning can assess the effectiveness of mathematical tools used to predict the movements of financial markets, according to new Cornell research based on the largest dataset ever used in this area.

Alumni

Alumni startup: making student votes count

Juliana Bain ’20, Noe Abernathy ’20, and Devki Trivedi ’20 met during their first year at Cornell. Bain and Trivedi lived in the same dorm (floor 5 of High Rise 5), and Bain and Abernathy shared a house together for most of the next three years. Today, the trio are part of the core team behind Voteology, a startup focused on motivating college students to vote.