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SCOTUS decision could impact 1.5 million pending immigrant cases

January 10, 2022

Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law, comments on Supreme Court arguments this week in two cases about whether immigrants detained more than six months have a right to a release hearing.

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Honey-based beverage grabs grand prize at food hackathon

Students were tasked with addressing one of four challenges: creating new dairy products, coming up with more efficient food manufacturing processes, lessening the problem of food waste or creating products to increase knowledge and the use of honey and other bee-pollinated products.

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Dark comedy can lighten up fight against climate change

In his new book, “Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change,” history professor Aaron Sachs demonstrates how laughter can give you strength to persevere even when things seem most hopeless.

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Analysis finds campuses are small worlds for virus spread

College students are closely interconnected even if they aren't in the same classes, according to an analysis by sociology professors Kim Weeden and Ben Cornwell that is helping schools across the country plan for potential reopenings this fall.

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Heart monitor, ‘tinder for musicians’ win Big Ideas Competition

Four teams of undergraduate students were named winners of the Big Ideas Competition at Cornell, with ideas that help musicians connect, detect heart problems, train unemployed young adults and help with pollution issues in developing countries.

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Accelerator offers student entrepreneurs alternative summer experience

From online yoga teacher certification to a socially equitable real estate development company, the Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator graduated its newest cohort of innovative startup founders this summer.

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Provost announces School of Public Policy, superdepartments

The new school and superdepartments in economics, psychology and sociology are expected to elevate Cornell’s excellence and impact in the social sciences.

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Talk to describe conserving centuries-old Chinese encyclopedia

The public will hear about the Library of Congress’ efforts to conserve and digitize 41 volumes of Chinese knowledge in its collection in a talk by curator Dan Paterson, at noon on Sept. 27, sponsored by Cornell University Library Conservation.

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Data insight firm targets opinions of the hard-to-reach

Ben Leff ’16 and government professor Peter Enns are co-founders of Reality Check Insights, a company that delivers data insights related to people’s attitudes, preferences and behaviors to media organizations, political groups and others.

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New A&S program expands undergrad research opportunities

The Nexus Scholars program, funded by nearly $5 million in philanthropic support, will help undergraduates working on research projects with faculty members over the summer.

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