X-rays reveal microstructural fingerprints of 3D-printed alloy

Cornell researchers used X-ray diffraction to study how microscale phenomena such as bending and fragmentation emerge in the nickel-based superalloy IN625 as it is being 3D printed.

Chuck Feeney, Cornell’s ‘third founder,’ dies at 92

Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and Cornell University’s most generous donor, died Oct. 9 in San Francisco. He was 92.

Claudia Goldin ’67 wins Nobel Prize in Economics

Goldin’s research has revealed the reasons for gender gaps in labor force participation and earnings. She is the third woman to win the economics Nobel, and the first to win it individually rather than sharing the prize.

October India conference features government, corporate leaders

N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys Limited, will offer the keynote address during an India Conference at Cornell Oct. 13-15.

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Cornell partnership to bolster child care in the community

Cornell is launching a new effort to support community-based child care providers by contributing $300,000 a year for up to five years to assist individuals and organizations looking to start or expand a full-time child care program in Tompkins County.

Greg Morrisett reappointed Cornell Tech dean

Greg Morrisett has been appointed to a second term as the Jack and Rilla Neafsey Dean and Vice Provost of Cornell Tech, Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff announced Oct. 9.

Performance and conference honor Viramontes

Held Oct. 20-21, “Lest Silence Be Destructive" will feature readings, discussions and the first public performance of a musical album based on the work of Helena María Viramontes.

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Newman, Plowright, Wolchok elected to National Academy of Medicine

Two faculty members from Weill Cornell Medicine and one from the College of Veterinary Medicine have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

Schwartz research award applications due Dec. 8

Schwartz Research Fund applications are due Dec. 8; two awards of up to $25,000 apiece will be given to female faculty or faculty who enhance the diversity, equity and inclusion goals of the university and whose work is in the life sciences.