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Twenty Milstein Program seniors will graduate this year with degrees in everything from biology to linguistics to computer science to physics.
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The technology could enable low-cost, portable diagnostic devices for testing blood samples, manipulating cells or assisting in microfabrication processes.
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A number of special events are planned in the College of Arts & Sciences to celebrate Reunion 2022.
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Vaibhav Sharma, doctoral candidate in physics from Delhi, India, studies the quantum mechanical behavior of ultracold atoms.
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Sixty feet below the Cornell University campus, at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), researchers utilize X-rays that are 100 million times more intense than Röntgen's first beams of light.
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As one of the oldest insect species on the planet, dragonflies are an early innovator of aerial flight.
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The College has awarded seven New Frontier Grants totaling $1.25 million to faculty members pursuing critical developments in areas across sciences and humanities.
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Zepyoor Khechadoorian’s project in high energy physics will be the measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment, working with Fermilab advisor Chris Polly.
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Cornell researchers have discovered a technique that could eventually lead to the development of more energy-efficient magnetic memory devices.
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Peter Lepage, the Tisch Family Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Physics, is among four Cornell faculty to be honored this year.
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