The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/milenabimpong/page/2/)
At just 16 years old, Jeremy Shuler ’20 graduated this year with a degree in applied and engineering physics, making him the youngest person to ever graduate from Cornell. While his time at Cornell has come to an end, his academic journey is far from over.
People have kept themselves busy during quarantine through doing TikTok dances, making whipped coffee and completing puzzles. Another activity that has become popular during the pandemic is making sourdough bread from scratch, since it can be entertaining and time killing.
Virus outbreaks are nothing new: in just the past 10 years, the world has been plagued with the H1N1 pandemic of 2009 and a resurgence of the Ebola virus from 2014 to 2016 — and it seems like such epidemics will continue for years to come.
Which begs the question, can scientists predict if, and when, we will see another new virus strike within the next several years?
Although widely known for serving as Cornell’s ninth president from 1977 to 1995, the late Frank H.T. Rhodes was also a reputable paleontologist. Prof. Warren Allmon, earth and atmospheric sciences- who used to frequently host Rhodes as a guest lecturer in his paleobiology course – discussed Rhodes’ legacy in the scientific community with The Sun. Rhodes, who died on Feb. 3, was an invertebrate paleontologist, studying the fossils of species without backbones. He specialized in conodonts, extinct microfossils that have a tooth-like structure.
While spiders are mostly harmless, many people scream, run away or stomp on them at first sight. Thus the vast biodiversity of arachnids is often overlooked due to their frightening appearance. From Oc. 24 to Jan. 31, the exhibit “Arachnophilia: A Passion for Spiders” was on display at Mann Library.
Prof. J. Edward Russo, management, defines consumer behavior as anything that involves a consumption activity, including purchasing, evaluation and using products. According to him, disposal is an important part of consumer behavior.
Whittaker concluded that although there has been significant backlash recently regarding vaccines, vaccines are extremely important for public health and medicine.
The 37th Annual Downtown Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival will be taking place from Sept. 27 to 29. Well-attended each year and beloved by Ithaca residents, the Apple Fest is a fall hit thanks to pomology — the science of fruit production.