Weak coupling shows flaw in strange metal model

Cornell researchers found that an experimental model used to explain the inner workings of Planckian metals doesn’t capture what’s really happening inside them.

ILR dean testifies to Congress on mandatory arbitration

Forced arbitration imposed on workers by corporations undermines employment rights and should be eliminated, ILR Dean Alexander Colvin, told the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions during a virtual hearing Nov. 4.

Study provides keys to managing influx of EV batteries

A new Cornell-led study identifies several keys to sustainably managing the influx, with an emphasis on battery chemistry, second-life applications and recycling.

Morrison’s son visits campus for film screening

Ford Morrison will visit campus Nov. 9 for a film screening and discussion of “The Foreigner’s Home,” a documentary based on Morrison’s monthlong guest-curated 2006 series of cultural events at the Louvre.

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Oral drug enhances radiation therapy for cancer

Treatment with the amino acid arginine enhanced the effectiveness of radiation therapy in cancer patients with brain metastases in a clinical trial from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Angel H. Roffo Cancer Institute.

$1.8M gift supports the Emerging Markets Institute

A $1.8 million gift from Gail and Roberto Cañizares ’71, MBA ’74, will provide substantial support to the Emerging Markets Institute at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

Panelists: Coach salaries foster corruption in college sports

George Will and Martha Nussbaum discussed “The Future of Division I College Athletics: Sexual Assault and Academic Corruption” Oct. 28, as part of the Coors Conversation Series.

Enzyme research unlocks gateway for new medicines

The new findings published in Science capture never-before-recorded stages of a molecular construction process, with implications for future pharmaceutical development.

Radio interview discusses elections, voting and public service

Cornell undergraduate and Ithaca Common Council Ward 4 Alderperson Patrick Mehler, ILR '23, discusses the importance of elections, voting and public service on Election Day.

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