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President Martha Pollack and Vice President of Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi spoke to the Student Assembly about how Cornell’s initiatives will promote academic excellence and diversity.
Like you, I did not expect to walk out of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and into the library with renewed inspiration to crunch my dissertation data. Like you, I couldn’t begin to justify such a feeling in the face of the actual results of the Manhattan project. Yet, while acknowledging the impossibility of putting aside the destruction wrought by the inventions at Los Alamos, those of us outside the business of weapons development have plenty to envy in J. Robert’s research setup.
How often do scientists find themselves with 2 billion dollars, a private ranch in New Mexico[1] and unstoppable self-belief? Not to mention definitive knowledge of who exactly constitute the world’s best minds, and the ability to assemble them all in one place under their direction. Dr. Oppenheimer never had to question his work’s relevance or applicability; of all the things that kept the father of the atomic bomb up at night, lack of “real-world impact” was surely not one of them (restricting that impact to the “right” part of the real world was the central concern).
New Weill Cornell and Columbia University research shows effects of monkeypox on patients with HIV.
Using clay caterpillar replicas as bait for predators, Cornell graduate John Deitsch ’22 found that increased artificial light enhances caterpillar predation.
Prof. Monica Cornejo, communication, who is an undocumented tenure-track faculty member, shared how breaking systemic barriers inspired her journey in academia.
Prof. Robert Howarth, ecology and evolutionary biology, has advanced climate understanding throughout his career, conducting groundbreaking research and speaking with world leaders.
The Cornell Gazel Research Group has developed a rapid and accurate way to determine the depth of magma storage underneath volcanoes.
The James Webb Telescope, a telescope which Cornell faculty helped build and develop, collects data from the furthest corners from our solar system, and Cornell faculty hope to use it to catch a glimpse into what lies beyond Earth.
The Science Slices is a weekly series that expands coverage on Cornell science discoveries, and briefly highlights science news and breakthroughs that have occurred each week. This week, we cover a study on a potential on-demand male contraceptive, findings uncovered about melting rates of Antarctica using an underwater robot, and researchers awarded the 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships.
Researchers broke a barrier within soft robotics by harnessing viscosity to force the precise movement of a flexible limb.