Klarman fellow examines tech policy via social science

Baobao Zhang’s three-year Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowship in the College of Arts and Sciences is an opportunity to research technology policy, particularly on the governance of emerging technologies such as AI.

CCMR JumpStart program funding three NYS companies

Three New York state companies have been chosen to participate in the Cornell Center for Materials Research JumpStart Program, through which they will collaborate with faculty members to develop and improve their products.

Researchers disrupt signaling pathway to treat colitis

Researchers led by Hening Lin have found a new way to potentially treat inflammatory bowel disease, as well as other autoimmune disorders, by targeting a mechanism that regulates the signaling pathway that enables inflammation to occur.

NSF grant to fund research into ‘microcleaners’ for waterways

A $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund research, led by Nicholas Abbott from the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, into “microcleaners” for waterways.

Hayes, Lunine to chair Planetary Science 10-year survey panels

Cornell astronomy professors Alex Hayes and Jonathan Lunine have been named chairs for two of the six panels for the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032.

Physicist Teukolsky wins biennial Einstein Prize

Saul Teukolsky, the Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the American Physical Society’s 2021 Einstein Prize for outstanding achievement in gravitational physics.

Nutrition professor wins $3.5M award from NIH

Shu-Bing Qian, a professor of molecular nutrition whose work explores how genetic information gets translated in order to make proteins in cells, has won a National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award. 

Grant will help researchers prevent apple fire blight in US

A $779,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food Agriculture will help Cornell researchers prevent fire blight disease in apples and pears before it starts.

RNA analysis at heart of COVID-19 testing

Jeff Pleiss has been studying RNA in large-batch tests for decades, analyzing things like yeast. With COVID-19 testing in full-swing on the Ithaca campus, Pleiss and his lab are contributing their expertise.