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Peter Enns
Government

Election forecasting topic of eCornell keynote address

Cornell Chronicle

Peter Enns, professor in the Department of Government, will offer insights on the art and science of political forecasting and what his current forecast tells us about the 2024 election in an eCornell keynote address, Oct 1 at 2:30 p.m.

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Lenny Gonzalez Splinter Reeds
Music

Splinter Reeds on campus as Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble

A&S Communications

The West Coast's first reed quintet will come to campus Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 as the new Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble, hosted by the Department of Music.

The U.S. Capital.
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Government

Speaker Johnson walking tightrope to avoid government shutdown

A&S Communications

Cornell expert: Trump and the far right have House Republicans in a bind.

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Cybersecurity

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

A&S Communications

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

Scott Emr
Molecular biology and genetics

Scott Emr awarded 2024 Horwitz Prize for discovering ESCRT pathway

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.”

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Psychology

Empowering online communities with NSF grant

A&S Communications

… process,” he said. The researchers will develop large-scale online experiments, involving hundreds of participants, and … Empowering online communities with NSF grant …

Beate Heinemann
Beate Heinemann
Physics

Leading particle physicist headlines fall 2024 Bethe Lectures

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.

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Provided From the film "Possible Landscapes"
Comparative literature

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

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.

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Economics

Economics conference considers tech, political impacts on global economy

A&S Communications

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

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

Indie drama depicts Cornellian couple's role in web history

Cornellians

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

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Anthropology and Asian studies

Cornell expert reflects on Sri Lanka election

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.

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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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

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.

the Jupiter moon Io
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

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.

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Jason Koski/Cornell University Peter Lepage, professor emeritus of physics in the College of Arts & Sciences, stepped down as the Active Learning Initiative's director on June 1, 2024.
Active Learning Initiative

Active Learning Initiative welcomes new director, says goodbye to longtime leader

Cornell Chronicle

In June 2024, longtime Active Learning Initiative director Peter Lepage handed the initiative's reins to incoming director, Timothy Riley, professor of mathematics.

Daveed Diggs
Performing and Media Arts

Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs to visit campus for talk

Cornell Chronicle

Daveed Diggs, who won Tony and Grammy awards for his portrayal of the dual roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in “Hamilton,” will visit campus Sept. 25 for a talk as the 2024 Heermans-McCalmon Distinguished Guest Artist.