Arts and Sciences

$1.25M grant to advance control of 2D materials

Physicist Kin Fai Mak has received a $1.25 million grant from the Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative to further his research into electron behaviors by studying two-dimensional crystals.

New research reveals how genes turn on and off

Yeast – that simple organism essential to making beer and bread – has revealed for Cornell researchers a key mechanism in how genes are controlled.

eLab companies pitch ideas to NYC audience

The event wasn’t a contest, but rather a chance for the students to share their progress so far and ask audience members for their help.

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Scholar offers talk about Brazilian crackdowns and feminist response

Angela Figueiredo's talk is one of three in the African Diaspora Knowledge Exchange Series.

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Noted archaeologist to speak on new discoveries in Israel in Cornell lecture

Aviam and colleagues made headlines by finding possible evidence, near the Sea of Galilee, of the house of St. Peter. 

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Morrison, Ginsburg to be honored with U.S. postage stamps

Two Cornell icons woven into the fabric of American history – Nobel laureate Toni Morrison and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – will be commemorated in 2023 with a U.S. postage stamp.

Cornell joins Schmidt AI in Science postdoc research initiative

Cornell has been selected to join the Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures, to accelerate the next scientific revolution by applying artificial intelligence to research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Women of Color Athletics supports community, advocacy

Female student athletes of color founded Women of Color Athletics to provide a community of women who understand the challenges they face and a channel to voice their concerns.

Cornell to co-lead UN agency’s new agrifood initiative

Ideas that sprang from a pre-pandemic panel discussion at Cornell now inform a United Nations initiative aimed to meet looming global food needs in a healthy, equitable and sustainable way.