Scientists depict Dragonfly landing site on Saturn moon Titan

When NASA’s 990-pound Dragonfly rotorcraft reaches the Selk crater on Saturn’s moon Titan in 2034, Cornell’s Léa Bonnefoy '15 will have helped it to make a smooth landing.

Acclaimed sports historian to speak on 'the NFL’s Most Important Game'

Louis Moore, history professor and co-host of The Black Athlete podcast, will give this semester’s Seymour Lecture in Sports History on Oct. 6.

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Panelists: War in Ukraine reshapes world political order

At the event, “Aftershocks: Geopolitics Since the Ukraine invasion,” a panel of faculty and experts raised concerns about worldwide consequences stemming from the ongoing conflict that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Book: Policymakers are failing ‘climate refugees’

In her new book, historian Maria Cristina Garcia explains why the U.S. must transform its outdated migration policies to address the human devastation left in the wake of climate change and environmental catastrophe.

Synthetic lava in the lab aids exoplanet exploration

As surveying the cosmos for the new James Webb Space Telescope gets hot, Cornell researchers have modeled and synthesized lava in order to discover far-away, volcanic exoplanets.

Layering, not liquid: Astronomers explain Mars’ watery reflections

Some scientists recently interpreted reflections on Mars as proof of liquid water, but a Cornell researcher has demonstrated that similar reflections can be generated by interference between geological layers, without liquid water.

Hyster wins Fresenius Award for early-career excellence

New tools being developed by the Hyster lab can be applied in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.

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New faculty director takes helm of Office of Undergraduate Biology

One of Nicholson’s priorities is to help students who come from under-resourced high schools.

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Cornell mathematician featured in Netflix film

Strogatz is “passionate about communicating mathematics to the public.” 

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