Writer Melissa Harris-Perry to speak on community care and democracy

The Feb. 27 public lecture will be the third event in the Black History Month series organized and hosted by the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures.

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Bohannon, Manne event focuses on female body image, evolution

“Is Fat Female? Evolution, Feminism, and Getting the Story Right” will feature Prof. Kate Manne and best-selling author Cat Bohannon.

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Protein shuttling mechanism helps bacteria pump out antibiotics

A Cornell-led collaboration uncovered the equipment that enables bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics: a shuttling mechanism that helps a complex of proteins pump out a wide spectrum of antibiotics from the cell.

Solar solutions: ‘Crazy’ perovskite offers sustainable alternative to silicon

Over the last decade, perovskite photovoltaics have emerged as the most exciting alternative to silicon, with Cornell researchers studying how the material can be grown to be more durable for optimal performance, and be recycled. 

Aquaculture in the Amazon: lessons for food security and sustainability

Aquaculture expansion in the Amazon could improve nutrition and environmental outcomes, but it also poses risks, according to research in Nature Sustainability.

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The key to some nations’ public support for mental health care

In a new book, Isabel Perera explains why after deinstitutionalization, some affluent democracies failed to provide adequate services for the severely mental ill while others expanded care.

Alumna playwright honored with Dramatists Guild award

Playwright Gloria Oladipo is also an award-winning cultural critic and journalist with The Guardian.

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Junior wins international reporting honor

Gabe Levin was honored for his reporting on the Israel-Gaza war.

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Pianist Jonathan Biss featured on Cornell Concert Series Feb. 21

Biss is a performer, teacher and musical thinker whose on-stage repertoire ranges from the core canon to contemporary commissions. He will perform works by Franz Schubert and Tyson Gholston Davis. 

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