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Spacecraft image center brings the universe to NYS

Cornell’s Spacecraft Planetary Image Facility (SPIF), which manages print and online images taken by NASA missions, supports astronomy research and conducts dozens of outreach events every year.

Planetary scientist Robert Sullivan dies at 63

Robert John Sullivan, Jr., one of the world’s foremost authorities on aeolian processes -- how wind can carve and change a landscape -- died Feb. 15 in Ithaca.

Bret Stephens and Seth Klarman in conversation, March 6

The pair will offer a wide-ranging conversation, “On Democracy, Conservatism and Journalism."

Astronomer Anna Ho named Cottrell Scholar  

Ho is one of 24 early career scholars to receive $120,000 for proposals incorporating research and science education.

Three Distinguished Visiting Journalists head to campus

New York Times columnist Bret Stephens, New York Times White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs and ProPublica investigative reporter Keri Blakinger ’14 will visit Cornell this spring.

Astronomer paints vivid history of Arecibo Observatory

In a new book, Donald Campbell, Ph.D. ’71, professor emeritus of astronomy, recounts the history of Arecibo from construction to its last days under Cornell’s management in 2011.

Cake-pan telescope searches the sky for fast radio bursts

One of the world's smallest telescopes, it is part of a series of eight terminals installed around the globe.

Portraits honor 8 Cornell faculty as ‘new heroes’

The portraits are part of a series by Christopher Michel, the National Academies of �鶹��Ƶ, Engineering and Medicine’s inaugural artist-in-residence.

Physicist John Reppy wins Buckley Prize

Reppy was recognized along with David Bishop, Ph.D. ’78, for "groundbreaking experiments" they did on helium 50 years ago.

Chemist Geoffrey Coates wins Benjamin Franklin Medal

Coates is being recognized “for transformative work at the interface of chemical catalyst design and polymer science.”

Hidden markets unveiled in talk by Wharton economist Nov. 4

Wharton economist Judd Kessler will pull back the curtain on the hidden markets that determine who gets what in everyday life.

Cracking the code of chaos

Using time-delay snapshots, researchers led by mathematician Yunan Yang have introduced a new way to identify the underlying dynamics of unpredictable systems, such as the atmosphere and turbulent fluids.

Neuroscientist Azahara Oliva receives Packard Fellowship

The unrestricted fellowship funds enable Oliva and the 19 other fellows named this year to “test novel ideas and lead research that drives real-world impact.”

The Phantom of the Opera: Live score by Invincible Czars

This October, Cornell Cinema will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the silent movie “The Phantom of the Opera,” with live musical accompaniment by The Invincible Czars.

Brad Ramshaw named Experimental Physics Investigator

The recognition goes to researchers pushing the boundaries of experimental physics.

Héctor Abruña to be honored at Dreyfus Prize ceremony Oct. 23

… Oct. 23. At the event, Abruña will be presented with the 2025 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical �鶹��Ƶ by H. Scott …

Journalist offers master class on op-eds, narrative storytelling

Journalist and biographer Sam Tanenhaus will share his writing expertise with the Cornell community in a master class, “Op-Eds and Narrative Storytelling, on Oct. 8 in Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.

William F. Buckley’s secrets revealed in Oct. 9 talk

… A decade before he died, Buckley chose Tanenhaus, the fall 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College …

Nozomi Ando named to Schmidt Polymaths cohort

Members of the cohort of eight scientists and engineers will each receive up to $2.5 million over five years.

Holocaust testimony is AI litmus test, and it fails

A Cornell historian argues that human historians are vital to capture the emotional and moral complexity behind world events.

Three Nobel Laureates to speak on campus this semester

This fall, the Cornell community has the chance to hear from three Nobel Laureates in one semester, two of whom are alumni: Claudia Goldin ’67, Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, and Richard Thaler.

Is there water on an Earth-sized exoplanet? Study offers clues

TRAPPIST-1 e may have an atmosphere that could support having liquid water on the planet’s surface in the form of a global ocean or icy surface, according to new research.

The College welcomes new faculty for 2025-26

This year, 27 new faculty have joined the �鶹��Ƶ & �鶹��Ƶ, enriching 17 departments and programs.

Former NYT editor named Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Sam Tanenhaus is the former editor-in-chief of both the New York Times’ Book Review and the Week in Review and was a Times writer at large.

Book details Jews’ two-century fight against Roman Empire

Barry Strauss ’74 shines a light on the resilience the Jews of Judea showed in their rebellion against the Romans.

Carl Sagan Medal awarded to astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger

The award recognizes and honors outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the public.

Philanthropic support accelerates infrastructure for the future of structural biology

A new $5 million initiative, funded by the Astera Institute with experimental work conducted at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, aims to make diffuse scattering accessible to the public and the broader scientific community.

Cornell chemists tackle climate change

Innovative and far-reaching discoveries such as better electric batteries, carbon capture technologies, renewable plastics and improvements in solar cells are just a few of their research areas.

Modern theory of music perception posited by 1700s potter

A new book by Carmel Raz focuses on the work of John Holden, an 18th-century potter who also wrote an influential treatise on musical theory.

Optimism about AI lowest in US, says A&S dean

Peter John Loewen shared takeaways from his decade-long AI research during a recent lecture.

Cornell–IBM collaboration advances quantum computing

The researchers achieved two major breakthroughs, taking a step toward universal topological quantum computing (fault tolerant computing).

Physicists take step toward a holy grail for electron spins

Their breakthroughs came in part by interweaving two fields: 2D materials and spintronics, also known as spin electronics.

New York Times series features math by Prof Steven Strogatz

Strogatz has been busy with outreach activities as the inaugural Susan and Barton Winokur Distinguished Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Mathematics.

Moving pictures: Researchers use movies to diagnose EV battery failure

… for Materials Research. Yang’s team received support from a 2025 2030 Project Fast Grant and the 2025 Kavli Institute at Cornell Instrumentation Development …

Physicist Brad Ramshaw awarded $2M as Brown Investigator

“This grant will allow us to pursue some high-risk, novel ideas for how to measure material properties like elasticity and high-frequency conductivity that have previously been inaccessible in 2D materials.”

Changemaker Award goes to SPIF and Zoe Learner Ponterio

The Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways say Ponterio’s support “has been invaluable."

Two A&S professors awarded the Berlin Prize

The highly competitive Berlin Prize is awarded annually to U.S.-based scholars, writers, composers and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields.

Economist Kaushik Basu named co-chair of UN panel

The “High-Level Expert Group” will develop recommendations for measures that complement or go beyond Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Celebrated bonobo Kanzi honored in workshop

Kanzi's legacy and the relation between great apes and language will be explored in a Humanities Lab Workshop on April 19.

National security journalist to discuss ‘New Cold Wars’

A public conversation with journalist David Sanger about his recent book, “New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West,” will highlight his April 21-22 visit.

New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak

The first major component of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) has arrived at its final home: the Cerro Chajnantor mountaintop.

Historian Barry Strauss wins 2025 Bradley Prize

The award carries a stipend of $300,000; Strauss will receive the award at a ceremony on May 29 in Washington, D.C.

First Level 3 EV fast-charging station opens on campus

The station will serve as part of a real-world “living laboratory” for existing and emerging electric-vehicle technologies developed at Cornell and elsewhere.

Chemist Robert Fay, emeritus professor, dies at 88

Robert C. Fay, emeritus professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the �鶹��Ƶ and �鶹��Ƶ, died Feb. 6 in Fairfax, Virginia. He was 88.

Concert celebrates the wonders of space March 2

In a musical journey through the cosmos, the Cornell Symphony Orchestra will perform the world premiere of “Ex Terra, Ad Astra,” a new work commissioned especially for this year’s Young Person’s Concert.

Astronomer Anna Ho and team win Scialog award

Ho’s project will look at supermassive black holes residing in the centers of distant galaxies.

NBC News’ Anne Thompson named Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Thompson is NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent.

Neuroscientist Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz wins Scialog Award

“This project sits at the cross-roads of neuroscience, ethology and artificial intelligence."

New telescope to set sail for monthlong journey to Chile

”This is a huge milestone for the project and we wish FYST bon voyage,” said Gordon Stacey, the project’s director and the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical �鶹��Ƶ.

History department honors first women hired

The centerpiece is a wall-size homage to three of the first women hired and McGraw itself, drawn by Prof. Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik.

Postdoc Peiwei Chen named HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow

The awardees are “outstanding early career scientists who have demonstrated a commitment to making foundational discoveries while building an inclusive culture in academic science,” said HHMI in a statement.

Chemist Héctor D. Abruña wins Enrico Fermi Award

The award recognizes scientists, engineers and science policymakers who have given unstintingly over their careers to advance energy science and technology.

Mathematician R. Keith Dennis dies at 80

A renowned mathematician, Prof. R. Keith Dennis made significant contributions to algebraic K-theory and group theory, publishing 25 papers.

New book explains mysteries behind bee behavior

"The take-home message from my book is that these small creatures are extremely intelligent. They may well be the most intelligent of all the insects."

New method compresses terabytes of genomic data into gigabytes

A new method developed at Cornell provides tools and methodologies to compress hundreds of terabytes of genomic data to gigabytes, once again enabling researchers to store datasets in local computers.

Mathematician Allen Hatcher receives inaugural book prize

Allen Hatcher, a geometric topologist, will receive the award for his book, “Algebraic Topology,” published in 2002 by Cambridge University Press.

Astronomer granted 600,000 supercomputer hours by DOE

“We are going to run the largest simulations of the magnetized gas that pervades the space between stars, with the aim of understanding a crucial missing piece in our models for how stars and galaxies form."

Stretching shapes and building tools: topology at Cornell

“Cornell has had a considerable impact across many subfields of topology and across decades."

Polarized Supreme Court explored in Nov. 20 panel

The panel, moderated by the Washington Post’s Supreme Court correspondent, Ann Marimow ‘97, the College's Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist, will include Peter John Loewen, Harold Tanner Dean of the �鶹��Ƶ and �鶹��Ƶ.

Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures holds first event

During “Beyond 2024: Envisioning Just Futures and Equitable Democracy,” faculty and students from across the university will come together to creatively showcase research and art, build community and be inspired to imagine a better future.

Physicist Yuval Grossman elected to American Physical Society

Yuval Grossman, professor of physics in the �鶹��Ƶ and �鶹��Ƶ, has been elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society for seminal contributions in “flavor” physics.

Two-day ‘LepageFest’ honors physicist and former dean of A&S

The conference focused on the current status and future of heavy quark physics while highlighting the science Lepage has done throughout his career.

Astronomy professor Ho named Packard Fellow

The fellowship from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation includes $875,000 in unrestricted funds to be used for research over five years.

J. Ellen Gainor wins book award from Theatre Library Association

The George Freedley Memorial Award Special Jury Prize goes to Gainor for “The Routledge Anthology of Women’s Theatre Theory & Dramatic Criticism," which she co-edited.

Celebration of Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday being held Nov. 9

On what would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday, Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute will celebrate his legacy in an interdisciplinary day of science, music and more as part of the �鶹��Ƶ & �鶹��Ƶ’ Arts Unplugged series.

A&S announces membership in MLA Strategic Partnership Network

“We felt this is an important resource that should be available to our humanists at all levels, whether they have the resources to pay for membership or not,” said Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and �鶹��Ƶ.

‘Hamilton’ star Daveed Diggs speaks on campus to sold-out crowd

Tony- and Grammy-award winner Daveed Diggs advises aspiring artists to “stop sweating the timeline” on their creative projects.

Scott Emr awarded 2024 Horwitz Prize for discovering ESCRT pathway

“This award places Scott Emr in the company of many of the top figures in molecular biology and biomedical sciences from the past 50 years.”

Vaccine pioneer to give Racker Lecture Oct. 3

Peter Kim ’79 will explore how vaccines work and provide an overview of some of the most influential vaccines in history.

Professor’s feature-length documentary film debuts at Cornell Cinema

“Possible Landscapes,” a new feature-length documentary film exploring the lived experience of landscapes and environments in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, will have its debut screening on Sept. 25 at Cornell Cinema.

Final speaker in series examining antisemitism, Islamophobia

Cornell’s “Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined” series concludes this semester with a talk by Derek Penslar, the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History at Harvard University.

Schmidt received the award for “advancing climate science and planetary habitability studies through groundbreaking research on ice-ocean interactions and innovative exploration of Earth’s polar regions and icy planetary bodies.”

Language ‘Sustainability through Collaboration’ Conference at Cornell

Cornell, the only institution offering regular multilevel instruction in all six of the major Southeast Asian languages – Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Filipino (Tagalog), Thai and Vietnamese – will host a conference on the teaching of these languages on Sept. 19-21.

Washington Post’s Ann Marimow ’97 named A&S Distinguished Visiting Journalist

While Marimow is on campus, she will meet with faculty, students, staff and the Cornell Daily Sun, as well as visit classes.

The death of a top donor during an electoral cycle decreases the likelihood that a candidate will be elected by more than three percentage points, according to an innovative new study.

Surprising ring sheds light on galaxy formation

An international research team discovered that the gas in a Hyper Luminous Infrared Galaxy was rotating in an organized fashion, rather than in the chaotic way expected after a galactic collision –– a surprising result.

DOE funds new Cornell accelerator science trainee program

The program’s goal is to “produce a diverse body of broadly educated fellows” in areas targeted by DOE’s Office of Science, including RF superconducting structures, high brightness electron sources for linear accelerators, physics of large accelerators and system engineering, and operation of large-scale accelerator systems.

Simons Observatory begins measurements to probe Big Bang inflation

The new Simons Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert may soon answer the great scientific question of what happened in the tiny fraction of a second after the Big Bang.

Astronomer Lunine appointed chief scientist of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

As chief scientist, Lunine will guide the laboratory’s scientific research and development efforts, drive innovation across JPL’s missions and programs and enhance collaborations with NASA Headquarters, NASA centers, the California Institute of Technology, academia, the science community, government agencies and industry partners.

History alum receives Pulitzer Prize for story of dementia

Katie Engelhart ’09 was recognized "for her fair-minded portrait of a family’s legal and emotional struggles during a matriarch’s progressive dementia."

Community event will showcase trans philosophy and scholarship

Organized by trans Cornellians, the event will address issues and harms facing the community from a trans perspective.

NPR’s David Folkenflik ’91 talks ‘Freedom of Expression’

Reflecting on his time on campus as this year's Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist during the university's Freedom of Expression theme year, David Folkenflik '91 says "freedom of expression isn't at its most potent as an issue or principle when it's easy. In some ways, it matters most when it’s hard."

Prof. Sarah Kreps featured in new ‘Military Mysteries’ TV series

“The stories are fascinating and gave me an opportunity to dig into history and evidence," said Prof. Sarah Kreps.

New book gives insider’s view of cosmic search for life

The clues we find on exoplanets could be as strange as a bioluminescent glow or a rainbow hue, as astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger describes in “Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos.”

Hubble Fellow chooses Cornell for postdoc

Physicist Keefe Mitman will work with Nils Deppe, assistant professor of physics, on the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) Collaboration on improving gravitational wave models to aid with the LIGO-Virgo-Kagra Collaboration’s detection and characterization of compact binary encounters.

Major new telescope structure completed in Germany

The newly assembled Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), nearly the size of a five-story building, was unveiled April 4 at an event in Xanten, Germany.

Former national security adviser to speak on US-China relations

Former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley ‘69 will explore “U.S. National Security Policymaking and the Future of U.S.-China Relations” in a fireside chat on Wednesday, April 17.

NPR’s David Folkenflik ’91 to host ‘Dissident Writers’ event

The April 17 event, part of the Freedom of Expression series, features Folkenflik in conversation with Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, and Belarusian poet and Cornell faculty member Valzhyna Mort.

Suffrage Science Award given to neuroscientist Azahara Oliva

The award aims to “create a self-perpetuating cohort of talent that can encourage others to enter science and reach senior leadership roles.”

Two Cornell scientists chosen for 51 Pegasi b Fellowships

The three-year postdoctoral fellowship, granted to Lígia Fonseca Coelho and Zach Ulibarri, provides recipients with resources, freedom, and flexibility to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.

Mind Prize awarded to neuroscientist Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz

The prize aims to “change the paradigm of neuroscience research by creating a community of next-frontier thinkers who can uncover a deeper understanding of the brain and cognition.”

Choosing connection: Physics professor teaches Arab youth in Israel

Professor Yuval Grossman has been traveling to Israel to lead math and physics activities with young people in Arab villages since 2019. His most recent trip was in January.

Cornell astronomers on newly approved UVEX NASA mission

The space telescope, targeted to launch in 2030, has Cornell astronomers Anna Y. Q. Ho and Shrinivas R. Kulkarni on the mission team.

‘Fatphobia’ a form of oppression, says philosopher Kate Manne

In her new book, “Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia,” Prof. Kate Manne draws on personal experience as well as scientific research.

NY Times op-ed by philosopher Kate Manne wins award

The award honors “standout pieces that successfully blend philosophical argumentation with an op-ed writing style.”

China expert, present at Xi visit to US, aims to cool tensions

Professor Jessica Chen Weiss, an expert on U.S.-China relations, was among the attendees of the dinner following President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s historic summit on Nov. 15 in San Francisco.

Conference celebrates 40 years of Andean studies at Cornell

“The conference showcased the true intergenerational and diverse group of scholars involved in Andean Studies,” said Prof. Cohen-Aponte.

Mathematician Steven Strogatz receives national award for science communication

Strogatz’s work, along with that of communications professor Neil Lewis Jr. (CALS), was selected for the awards from among 500 entries published or aired in 2023.

Award-winning journalists to discuss role of the press

On Nov. 14, NPR’s David Folkenflik ’91, Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist, will moderate a panel of noted journalists and faculty to discuss “Free Press in a Free Society: U.S. Newsrooms on the Front Lines.”

‘Climate Change Comedy Hour’ on Nov. 2

Environmental historian Aaron Sachs will use a combination of gallows humor, history and silly videos to show how we can shift our attitude about climate change -- and how that shift might help us get to the next stage of climate activism.