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Prof. Monica Cornejo Shares Experiences as an Undocumented Immigrant in Academia
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Prof. Monica Cornejo, communication, who is an undocumented tenure-track faculty member, shared how breaking systemic barriers inspired her journey in academia.
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Prof. Robert Howarth’s Climate Research, Outreach Makes Waves Throughout Career
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Prof. Robert Howarth, ecology and evolutionary biology, has advanced climate understanding throughout his career, conducting groundbreaking research and speaking with world leaders.
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Cornell Researchers Develop New Methods To Calculate Magma Depth In Volcanoes
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The Cornell Gazel Research Group has developed a rapid and accurate way to determine the depth of magma storage underneath volcanoes.
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Cornell Professor Utilizes James Webb Telescope to Explore Far Off Giant Planets
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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.
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Science Slices of the Week: Male Contraceptives, Underwater Robots and Sloan Research Fellowships
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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.
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Cornell Researchers Exploit Viscosity to Broaden Capacity of Soft Robotics
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Researchers broke a barrier within soft robotics by harnessing viscosity to force the precise movement of a flexible limb.
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Prof. Chiara Formichi Explores Islam, Asian Cultures Through Research
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Prof. Chiara Formichi, Asian Studies, has spent her career researching the relationship between Islam and Asian cultures, having published her most recent book in April 2020.
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Cornell Adirondack Fishery Program Receives State Grant for Climate Adaptive Stocking
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A longstanding private partnership between land stewards and Cornell University’s Adirondack Fishery Research Program has received additional backing from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, building upon a 70-year research partnership in the Adirondack region.
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Cornell Nexus Scholars Program Debuts in Summer 2022
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The new Nexus Scholars Program offered the first cohort of Arts and Science students the opportunity to conduct research this summer in an eight-week paid undergraduate research opportunity.
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Cornell’s Stache Lab Makes Advances in Upcycling Polystyrene Waste
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The Stache Lab at Cornell, led by Prof. Erin Stache, chemistry and chemical biology, has discovered an efficient way to decompose non-biodegradable plastic polystyrene