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Clown play explores the heartbreak and humor of aging

In the new performance work “Heading into Night: a Clown Ode on…(forgetting),” director Beth Frances Milles ’88, associate professor of performing and media arts in the College of Arts and Sciences, investigates the poignancies of memory.

Fashion show returns to Barton Hall on March 11

“In Retrospective Forethought” – looking backward and ahead – is the theme for the 39th annual CFC Spring Runway Show, March 11 beginning at 4:30 p.m. The show will cap “Cornell Fashion Week,” which begins March 4.

Cornell Women’s Leadership Challenge: Giving back, paying it forward

The Cornell Women's Leadership Challenge aims to inspire 600 donors to give $1,000 or more to annual funds on Giving Day.

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Robot provides unprecedented views below Antarctic ice shelf

The Icefin team’s observations revealed more than a century of geological processes beneath the Ross Ice Shelf near where it meets Kamb Ice Stream, and will inform models of sea-level rise.

Tenant’s Advocacy Practicum Reaches 100K Milestone as It Continues Expansion

Now in its fourth year, the Tenants Advocacy Practicum at Cornell Law School continues to expand its impact as it works to bridge the housing justice gap in Ithaca and the surrounding counties. The practicum recently achieved a new milestone by recovering more than $100,000 for local tenants over the course of a year for the first time.

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Literature, film, and critical theory professor delivers Culler Lecture

Anna Kornbluh, professor of English at the University of Illinois Chicago, will address "Immediacy: Some Theses on Contemporary Style" on Tuesday, March 7.

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Made in the shade: Growing crops at solar farms yields efficiency

In the face of climate change, growing commercial crops under acres of solar panels is a potentially efficient use of agricultural land that can boost food production and improve panel longevity.

Social bird species may be less competitive

Using Cornell Lab of Ornithology data, a new study finds that birds that have evolved to be more social are less likely to kick other birds off a bird feeder or a perch.

‘Swarmalators’ better envision synchronized microbots

A simple model that simultaneously simulates swarming behaviors and synchronized timing takes a step toward engineering microrobots and furthering our understanding of such phenomena in biology.

Trishala Dessai is looking out for gig workers

The next episode of the Startup Cornell podcast features an MBA student whose business focuses on gig workers, as well as their customers.

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Postcards from Earth: Hologram project showcased at Intrepid

A yearslong effort to launch Cornell-made satellite technology into a neighboring solar system is making a terrestrial stop at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City with a new exhibit: “Postcards from Earth: Holograms on an Interstellar Journey.”

Differences in animal biology can affect cancer drug development

A small but significant metabolic difference between human and mouse lung tumor cells has been discovered by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, explaining a discrepancy in previous study results and pointing toward new strategies for developing cancer treatments.