Dad to 2 extraordinary young men, Cornell science writer, sky gazer, environmental handwringer, baseball aficionado. Opinions mine.
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Today's NYT Crossword 17 Across remains a Cornell Chimesmaster fave. @CREarle @Cornell @CornellNews #CornellChimes #CornellAlumni
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Jimmy Carter’s return to Washington recalls another cold, windy winter day — when he was sworn in as the nation’s 39th president in 1977.
Editor Norman Gomlak remembers watching the swearing-in as an eighth grader in person. buff.ly/3DGZH9N
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Bill Nye ’77 (@BillNye), known by millions as the “Science Guy” and a tireless advocate for science education, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, Saturday at a White House ceremony. @CSInst @CornellAlumni news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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The @Cornell December Recognition Ceremony, held Dec. 22 in Barton Hall, celebrated 500 August and December graduates, many of whom charted their own course — either speeding ahead to graduate early, or negotiating obstacles to finally arrive. news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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Scientists at @Cornell are developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition of exoplanets, but also could demonstrate evidence of water. @CornellEng @CornellCALS @NatureAstronomy @CSInst @BPFriedlander news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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Dirtier than coal: Liquefied natural gas, or LNG, leaves a #carbon footprint that is 33% worse than coal, when processing and shipping are taken into account, according to a new @CornellCALS study. @howarth_cornell @BPFriedlander @AtkinsonCenter news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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Remembering Stephen Philip Johnson, VP for government relations emeritus, whose genial approach helped legislators understand @Cornell’s educational mission and land-grant roles. Johnson died on Monday, in Syracuse. He was 78. @CornellinWashDC news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
Solar panels soon may power, protect apple orchards news.cornell.edu/stories/202… @AtkinsonCenter @CornellCALS @AlumniCALS @CornellGrad @CornellAgriTech #apples #solar #agrivoltaics #energy #farming
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Solar apples? An experimental orchard at @Cornell’s Hudson Valley Research Lab may soon be topped by solar panels, which would capture the sun’s energy and may help the trees, too. @CornellAgriTech @CornellCALS @CornellGrad @AtkinsonCenter @BPFriedlander news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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Big news for @washingtonpost weather-climate coverage: We are bringing aboard @BenNollWeather on Nov. 4.
Ben - who posts some of #wxtwitter's sharpest insights - will help elevate our explanatory and visual weather journalism ⤵️
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Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon news.cornell.edu/stories/202… @CornellCAS @CSInst #astronomy #jupiter #solarsystem #space #juno @NASA
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Climate Week NYC will get a Big Red tint as @Cornell researchers suggest carbon solutions for the travel industry, discuss agricultural methane and participate in a nuclear energy conference. #ClimateWeekNYC @AtkinsonCenter @bfurnas @BPFriedlander news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
AI boosts indoor food production’s energy sustainability news.cornell.edu/stories/202… @AtkinsonCenter @CornellEng #ArtificialInteligence #agriculture #farming #Sustainability #SustainableAgriculture
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Integrating #ArtificialIntelligence into environmental control systems could reduce energy consumption for indoor agriculture by 25% – potentially helping to feed a growing world population. @Fengqi_You @CornellEng @NatureFoodJnl @BPFriedlander news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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I haven't really been keeping track, but the DNC's speaker line-up tonight is packed with Cornellians: Randi Weingarten '80; Katherine Clark, JD '89; Elissa Slotkin '98; John Russell '13; Edgar Vilchez '27; Gabrielle Giffords, MRP '97...
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A policy influencer, an entrepreneur, an academic and a journalist will offer their perspectives on how to make a difference in addressing #climate change in the @Cornell Climate Impact Speaker Series, beginning Sept. 5. @AtkinsonCenter news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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PARTY LIKE IT’S 1960.
The @TeamUSA men’s four, comprised of @CornellSports Michael Grady, @PUTIGERS Nick Mead, and @harvardcrimson’s Liam Corrigan captured Gold this morning, the first 🥇 for Team USA in the event in 64 years. 🌿🚣
#OlympicIvy
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Let the Games begin: Five @Cornell alums — @kyledake444 ’13, Michael Grady ’19, Taylor Knibb ’20, Sorin Koszyk ’20 and Rudy Winkler ’17 — are in Paris representing the United States at the #OlympicGames. #Paris2024 @CornellSports @CornellAlumni @IvyLeague news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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Researchers from @Cornell and around the world are finding ways to control disease-carrying aquatic plants in Senegal by turning the flora into inexpensive compost. It’s also and helping the economy. @cbb2cornell @CornellDyson @CornellBPP @BPFriedlander news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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Bringing California lessons east: Alistair Hayden of @cornellvet brings his West Coast experience in wildfires and earthquakes to help New York communities become more disaster-resilient in the face of climate change. @AtkinsonCenter @BPFriedlander news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
