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Provided Asha Prabhat ’24, co-captain of the Cornell Speech Team, practices her speech advocating for more research around polycystic ovary syndrome in a classroom in the ILR School earlier this year
Cornell Speech Team

Hard work, personal stories bring speech team big wins

Cornell Speech Team members shared stories about gender, ethnicity, racism and their hometowns during the most successful season in the team’s 40-year history.

Cornell Chronicle
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Sreang Hok/Cornell University Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law and at Columbia Law School, delivers the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture in Sage Chapel.
MLK Lecture

MLK lecture: Encourage democracy, fight suppression

Kimberlé Crenshaw ’81, a legal scholar, reflected on the ways Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s influence shaped her personal, academic and professional journey.

Cornell Chronicle
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Provided Giant African pouched rat.
Psychology

Bomb-sniffing rodents undergo ‘weird’ vaginal transformations

Female giant African pouched rats, used for sniffing out landmines and detecting tuberculosis, can undergo astounding reproductive organ transformations, according to a new study.

Cornell Chronicle
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Jason Koski/Cornell University Margaret Rossiter, the Marie Underhill Noll Emerita Professor of the History of Science in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Science and Technology Studies

How Margaret Rossiter uncovered the hidden women of science

Her three-volume work, “Women Scientists in America,” sheds light on the many ways women were involved in the advancement of science, as well as how they were pushed out of the field.

Cornell Chronicle
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Student honors

Town-gown awards honor food-related community partnerships

The awards celebrate cooperation between the university and the greater Ithaca community.

Cornell Chronicle
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Ryan Young / Cornell University 2022 Cornell Campus-Community Leadership Award winners Claire Deng ’22 (left) and Temilola (Lola) Adepoju ’22
Student honors

Students honored for local community impact

Temilola (Lola) Adepoju ’22 and Claire Deng ’22 are among graduating seniors who have shown exceptional town-gown leadership and innovation.

Cornell Chronicle
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Student honors

Three students in STEM win 2022 Goldwater Scholarships

A sophomore and a two juniors have won Goldwater Scholarships, the top undergraduate award for students pursuing careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

Jeffrey Backus, ’23 and Abhi Sarma ’24, both in the College of Arts and Sciences,

Cornell Chronicle
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Provided Cornell professor Jamila Michener testified March 29 before a congressional committee.
Government

Michener testifies to House on role of universal health insurance

During March 29 testimon, Jamila Michener told the Committee on Oversight and Reforms that health care for marginalized communities would allow them to participate more in politics.

Cornell Chronicle
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Cornell Center for Social Sciences

Center for Social Sciences awards 2022-23 Faculty Fellowships

The Cornell Center for Social Sciences grant program, which supports social science research by Cornell faculty members, has awarded $85,000 to 10 professors for their 2022-23 CCSS Faculty Fellows program.

Cornell Chronicle
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