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University Lecture examines ‘The Narrative Brain’

Our minds and the ways we tell stories are closely attuned, research shows, and scholar Fritz Breithaupt will explore how that connection works during a March visit as University Lecturer.

From slime molds to corporations, traveling networks chart a new path

A tiny eukaryotic organism provided inspiration for modeling “traveling networks” – connected systems that move by rearranging their structure. Understanding these networks may help explain the behavior of certain biological systems and human organizations.

Professor Wendy Ju honored with prestigious Association for Computing Machinery Award

Professor Wendy Ju has been awarded a place in the Class of 2025 of the prestigious Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction Academy.

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Designing self-destructing bacteria to make effective TB vaccines

Working toward more effective tuberculosis vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of mycobacteria with “kill switches” that can be triggered to stop the bacteria after they activate an immune response.

Ethical Depth: The cure for today’s medical industry

New Cornell Johnson School research explores why doctors may fall prey to conflicts of interest and proposes a new approach called “deep professionalism.”

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Science and Technology Studies manager wins George Peter Award

For her skilled management and healthy sense of humor, Sarah Albrecht, administrative manager of the Science and Technology Studies Department in the College of Arts and Sciences, received the Employee Assembly’s 2024 George Peter Award for Dedicated Service.

Solar solutions: Agrivoltaics offer array of options for farmland use

The process of combining agricultural production and solar panels on the same farmland, known as agrivoltaics, has seen a great leap in Cornell research activity. 

Concert celebrates the wonders of space March 2

In a musical journey through the cosmos, the Cornell Symphony Orchestra will perform the world premiere of “Ex Terra, Ad Astra,” a new work commissioned especially for this year’s Young Person’s Concert. 

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William Kennedy, professor emeritus in comparative literature, dies at 82

William John Kennedy, the Avalon Foundation Professor Emeritus in the Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Jan. 16 at age 82.

Upgrading skills, downgrading women’s work in China

ILR Assistant Professor Yiran Zhang has published a pair of papers exploring the garment supply chain in China – both factory jobs and informal, home-based ones that have sprung up out of need as women try to make money while also serving as “companion mothers” to their school-aged children.

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Announcing: CriticalProductive edited by architecture professor Milton S. F. Curry

After two pilot issues, the journal has launched a media-rich inaugural volume, "Sovereignty / Populism," and dedicated itself to disseminating experimental scholarship and creative work to a broad audience.

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Grad students study world with Einaudi travel grants

Sixty-three graduate students completed international fieldwork last summer with the support of research travel grants from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. Applications are open until March 7 for graduate students seeking support for summer 2025. 

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