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How music galvanized the fight for civil rights

Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches tapped into a Black musical tradition that animated the Civil Rights Movement, says Ambre Dromgoole, assistant professor of Africana studies and music.

The talent spark: How inventors fire up startup ecosystems

When inventors move to a U.S. county, the number of successful startups, especially those valued at $1 billion or more, goes up, as inventors become founders, employees and magnets for venture capital investment.

$1.5M grant boosts postdoctoral research across 4 colleges

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded Cornell the grant to support postdoctoral researchers in key areas of the natural sciences.

Leifer named director of postdoctoral affairs office

The office is moving to Research & Innovation under the vice provost for research to integrate postdoctoral support more closely with Cornell’s research enterprise. The office provides career development and other resources for postdoctoral researchers.

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Yaddo residency shapes long-term dance research

During her Yaddo residency, Danielle Russo developed a dance piece, enriching the work by drawing on ideas of ritual movement, personal memories and family history, and more.

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Digital humanities scholars chart lost art of maps in novels

Digital humanities scholars have developed a computational system to mine maps from nearly 100,000 digitized books from the 19th and early 20th centuries, discovering that just 1.7% of novels include maps, mostly at the beginning or end.

Scientists map key oceanic unknowns in climate interventions

Researchers review climate intervention strategies to cut emissions and improve oceanic health.

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Talent loss proves costly to businesses following corporate wrongdoing

Employees are more willing to leave their job when their employers engage in stakeholder violations and more employees quit when the sanctions are broad in scope

Whole-genome sequencing may optimize PARP inhibitor use

The approach shows early promise over current commercial methods for identifying more patients likely to benefit from PARP inhibitor cancer treatments.

To show LGBTQ+ support, look beyond Pride Month

Timing, not just content, influences whether organizational expressions of allyship are perceived as authentic. 

Pandora satellite launches for exoplanet observation

Tasked with studying exoplanet systems around small stars, the refrigerator-sized satellite is the first in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers program – small-scale missions designed to train early-career scientists, including Trevor Foote, Ph.D. ’24, a former member of the research group led by faculty member Nikole Lewis.

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Dawn Schrader, moral psychology expert, dies at 67

Dawn Schrader, associate professor in the Department of Communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, known for her intellectual rigor and deep humanity, died Jan. 6 at age 67.