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Alexa Easley is working to develop materials for low-energy carbon capture that are organic and easy to make on large scales and in realistic conditions.
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The Mildred Cohn Young Investigator Award recognizes Nozomi Ando's advances in diffuse scattering and her dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM.
This concept can be used to identify molecules with targeted properties, which has important implications in the fields of rational molecular design and computational drug discovery.
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Eighty-four students have been selected as National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) fellows in 2023, comprising the largest group of new fellows Cornell has ever fielded in one year.
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Our 34 new faculty will enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics.
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Youn Jue “Eunice” Bae, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
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“We will study how many types of viruses, such as flu and HIV, among others, attack cells and what factors can help or hinder this,” said PI Jack Freed.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/08/nih-funds-cornell-led-biomedical-initiatives
Brittany White-Mathieu, an NIH postdoctoral scholar from the Baskin group, was named as a Finalist in the 2023 Blavatnik Regional Awards. She was recognized for advancing the field of chemical imaging to further our understanding of lipids and their role in cellular function and disease, including cancer. She has created a revolutionary method, Lipid Expansion Microscopy, that enables super-resolution imaging of lipids within cells using widely available instrumentation. White-Mathieu’s work enables the direct study of these compounds in cellular membranes where critical cell signaling events and nutrient exchange occur.
"We provide quantitative assessments of protein behaviors and also a mechanistic understanding of how the electron transport occurs from the semiconductor to the bacteria cell.”
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/imaging-shows-how-solar-powered-microbes-turn-co2-bioplastic
A Cornell team has created a way to reuse some polyester compounds to make fabrics and to halt the proliferation of garment waste in landfills.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/blamed-fouling-environment-polyester-may-help-save-it
The technique, the approach of a new Cornell-led collaboration, could prove to be a boon for creating new and improved derivatives of pharmaceutical compounds.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/bulky-size-frustrates-radical-molecules-boost-chemical-reactions
Rachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/dean-jayawardhana-named-provost-johns-hopkins
The professorships are possible because of generous gifts from alumni, parents and friends.
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Forty-three student scholars, including nine from Arts and Sciences, were honored at this year’s 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony on May 23.
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“Helping students realize their greatest potential is at the core of our mission in the College of Arts & Sciences."
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A new method for analyzing protein crystals – developed by Cornell researchers and given a funky two-part name – could open up applications for new drug discovery and other areas of biotechnology and biochemistry.
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A&S faculty members will delve into questions ranging from quantum computing to foreign policy development and from heritage forensics to effects of climate change.
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This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
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Daniel Kim is a religious studies and chemistry major.
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Erik Kirakosyan is a College Scholar and chemistry major.
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Dea Fackovic Volcanjk is a chemistry major.
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Pasa Suksmith is a chemistry and biology major.
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The research offers new hope for dealing with jet lag, insomnia and other sleep disorders.
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In 2022 Cornell University launched an initiative, to tackle climate change; in less than a year, donors have given more than $146 million in support.
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To manage atmospheric carbon dioxide and convert the gas into a useful product, Cornell scientists have dusted off a 120 year old electrochemical equation.
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Planning to harness the power of AI are A&S researchers from physics; ecology and evolutionary biology; chemistry and chemical biology; and neurobiology and behavior
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Chemist Alexa Easley has been honored for outstanding polymer research.
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Cornell scientists working with the U.S. Department of Energy have developed a new method for recycling high-density polyethylene using a novel catalytic approach.
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Chemical biologist Laura L. Kiessling of MIT will detail how carbohydrates function to help the body fight cancers and pathogens.
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Three Arts and Sciences professors “have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization."
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Cornell chemistry researchers discovered a method to evaluate complex materials for solar energy harvesting.
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Assistant professors Debanjan Chowdhury, physics, and Andrew Musser, chemistry, are among 126 researchers in the United States and Canada who this year have received two-year fellowships to advance their work.
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The Scialog initiative aims to catalyze advances in basic science that will enable technologies for removal of C02 and other greenhouse gases to become more efficient, affordable and scalable.
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The fourth cohort of Klarman Fellows is the largest since the program’s launch in 2019.
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Geoffrey Coates’ discoveries have revolutionized polymer recycling, materials for green hydrogen generation, and the synthesis of sustainable plastics.
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Cornell chemists discovered they could produce two products used in medicinal chemistry by changing the electrochemical reactor.
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Researchers from the College of Arts and Sciences are involved in some of 14 new Multi-Investigator Seed Grants, designed to foster multidisciplinary collaborations.
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Richard Kong is working to develop catalysts to guide chemical reactions, including some that could have a positive effect on the environment.
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Originally planning to attend medical school, the chemistry alumna is co-founder of biotech startup Centivax.
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More than 100 Cornell researchers from Cornell's Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine gathered for a two-day workshop in October to discuss research on the three-dimensional structures of macromolecules.
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Four current Laidlaw scholars share their summer research or leadership in action experiences.
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The National Science Foundation offers approximately 2,000 fellowships per year to research-based master’s and doctoral students pursuing STEM studies.
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The minor is distinctive in including courses from many disciplines, from across Cornell’s schools and colleges.
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The program matches undergraduate students with summer opportunities to work side by side with faculty from across the College.
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Inulin, a type of dietary fiber commonly used in health supplements and known to have certain anti-inflammatory properties, can also promote an allergy-related type of inflammation in the lung and gut, and other parts of the body, according to a preclinical study from Cornell researchers.
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Cornell's president highlighted recent achievements of Arts and Sciences faculty.
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The findings could ultimately lead to more effective treatments for a wide range of mental health disorders.
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Cornell researchers have discovered a way to apply expansion microscopy, which expands cell components to make them more visible, to lipids using click chemistry, recognized with the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Jeremy M. Baskin and Pamela Chang were doctoral students in Carolyn Bertozzi’s lab at the University of California, Berkley, in the mid-2000s.
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