Photo: Nöel Heaney/Cornell University

Amit Bhatia ’01, founding senior partner at AyBe Capital
Photo: Provided

Donor’s Gift Supports Students’ International Research

International fieldwork is essential for some doctoral students’ dissertation research, but for many, funding travel and expenses is a challenge. Recognizing the importance of extended, in-country research, Amit Bhatia ’01 created a fund to help close these gaps.

Read more about the fund.

More Graduate School News

• Donor’s Annual Prize Shows Appreciation for Teaching Assistants
• NextGen Professors Program Prepares Future Faculty
• Exploring Games’ Influence at Archives in Beijing
• Understanding Freshwater Soundscapes in the Brazilian Amazon

The Jupiter moon Io
Photo: NASA/NPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter’s moon Io – the most volcanically active location in the solar system – Cornell astronomers, including astronomy and space sciences doctoral student Madeline Pettine, have been able to study a fundamental process in planetary formation and evolution: tidal heating.

Read more about tidal heating.

More Research with Impact

• Rare, Deadly Liver Cancer Rewires Cell Metabolism to Grow
  • Donald Long Jr., genetics, genomics, and development doctoral candidate
• Timely Responses – Even From a Car – Drive Babies’ Learning
  • Julia Venditti, psychological sciences and human development doctoral student
• AI Tools Reveal Complexity of Mental Health Measurement
  • Dan Adler, information science doctoral candidate

Frieda Kay, M.S. ’22, is an alumna of the natural resources and the environment master’s program. She is now a research consultant with the Environmental Grantmakers Association and founder of 2nd Brain Sessions.

Read about Frieda Kay.

Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff
Photo: Ryan Young/Cornell University

In the fall of 1999, Michael Kotlikoff was on a nine-seat commuter plane bound for Philadelphia, feeling queasy. He was returning from a visit to Cornell, where he was being recruited to build a new department in biomedical sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine and lead a new, universitywide initiative in mammalian genomics. Almost 25 years after that first visit, Kotlikoff assumed the role of Cornell’s interim president on July 1.

Read more about Interim President Kotlikoff.

More Cornell and Ithaca News

• Gallery: Thousands Flock to Apple Harvest Festival Despite Gloomy Weather
• Kavita Bala, Dean of Bowers CIS, Named Provost
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology Visitor Center Reopens

McGraw Tower in fall, edited for the spooky season
Photo: Jason Koski/Cornell University

Free Cornell-themed Quizzes and Puzzles

Which Cornell Library are you? Can you remember where sculptures are placed across campus? How much do you know about Cornellians in the movies? Looking to brush up on your Big Red trivia? Find out with quizzes and trivia – and enjoy a spooky seasonal crossword puzzle! – from Cornellians!

Explore the quizzes and puzzles.

Libe Slope in afternoon sunlight
Photo: Nöel Heaney/Cornell University

Cornellians Would Love to Hear From You!

Grad Notes are your opportunity to connect with your fellow alums and share news. Have you marked a career milestone or taken a trip? Did you get married, have a baby, or welcome a grandchild? Do you have a Big Red memory that would make other Cornellians smile?

Submit a news form or email cornellians@cornell.edu.

John Hopfield, Ph.D. ’58
Photo: Princeton University

John Hopfield, Ph.D. ’58, has received the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. Hopfield, a professor emeritus at Princeton, shares the award with Geoffrey Hinton of the University of Toronto. The two were honored for their work in training artificial neural networks.

Read more about Hopfield.

More Alumni in the News

Author Alum Wins MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’
Cornellians, 10/1/24
Alumni: Ling Ma, M.F.A. ’16

2022 Fellow is Named on Global Innovation List
Schmidt Science Fellows, 9/10/24
Alumni: Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Ph.D. ’21

TIME 100 Most Influential People in AI 2024: Chinasa T. Okolo
TIME, 9/5/24
Alumni: Chinasa T. Okolo, Ph.D. ’23

Cornell Alum Rachel Dorin Will Receive American Innovator Award
Cornell Chronicle, 9/4/24
Alumni: Rachel Dorin, Ph.D. ’13

Building a Better Swim Cap for People of Color
Cornell Chronicle, 7/22/24
Alumni: Fatma Baytar, Ph.D. ’11

Provost Appoints Haley Oliver Interim Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
Purdue University News, 5/6/24
Alumni: Haley Oliver, Ph.D. ’09

Malika Grayson, Ph.D. ’16: From Graduate School to Global Inspiration
Cornell Chronicle, 4/30/24
Alumni: Malika Grayson, M.S. ’14, Ph.D. ’16

See more alumni in the news stories.

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