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Inclusive Excellence Podcast: Season finale with Kathryn Boor '80

In the season finale of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, co-hosts Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel welcome Kathryn Boor ‘80, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education for a conversation about her journey at Cornell – both as a student and an academic leader.

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“We are La Voz” event highlights Latine artists

A collaboration between Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca community members is bringing together a monthlong event in downtown Ithaca, focused on Latine artists.

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Zou, an applied microeconomist, is an ILR Future of Work fellow

Jian Zou, an ILR Future of Work fellow, is conducting research with Professor Michael Lovenheim and Associate Professor Evan Riehl at the ILR School.

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With new tool, birds can help track – and save – wild bees

A new publicly available tool uses data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird program to track and estimate the diversity of wild bees across the eastern and central U.S. - with implications for conservation and agriculture.

Bath bombs, bio labs turn teens on to engineering at outreach event

Regional high school students engineered bath bombs, extracted DNA from fruit and learned about the college application process as part of the Women’s Outreach in Material, Energy, and Nanobiotechnology event hosted by the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Graduate Women’s Group.

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Three-dimensional gene hubs may promote brain cancer

The way DNA folds inside the nucleus of brain cells may hold the key to understanding a devastating form of brain cancer called glioblastoma, suggests a new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. 

Mayflies accumulate more mercury when selenium is added to polluted water

Researchers found that at low levels of mercury, selenium additions did seem to help mayfly larva from accumulating mercury. But at high mercury levels – the condition in which environmental remediation is most needed – selenium actually made mercury accumulation worse.

Professionals sharpen business, legal communication in certificate program

Cornell Law School's Michelle Whelan provides the framework for business leaders to strengthen their written correspondence in the Legal Writing and Communication certificate program.

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Bala, Agrawal, Pascual elected to arts and sciences academy

Provost Kavita Bala and professors Anurag Agrawal and Dr. M. Virginia Pascual have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on April 23.

Conference explores post-Covid-19 global health biopolitics

A conference May 5-7, “The Biopolitics of Global Health After Covid-19,” will combine biopolitical and anthropological inquiry to spark a cross-disciplinary dialogue about (post-) pandemic discourses and practices of global health.

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Roper Roundtable to explore landmark dataset on country's top concerns

Political scientist Laron Williams will explore polling data behind the most important problem facing the country at the Roper Roundtable on May 7.

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Ratan N. Tata posthumously honored with inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award

Milstein Hall's auditorium was at capacity for the April ceremony, during which speakers shared personal reflections on Tata's wide-ranging impact and legacy.

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