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CLASSE stands for Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based ScienceS and Education

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The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) will be loaded onto a transatlantic shipping vessel in Antwerp, Belgium, at the end of January for a month-long voyage by sea to its home: Chile, just below the summit of Cerro Chajnantor where, at 18,400 feet, it will be the second-highest telescope in the world.
As Georg Hoffstaetter de Torquat explains, almost every aspect of sailing is affected—and can be demonstrated—by elementary physics.
The fellowship program recognizes physicists who have made exceptional contributions in physics research; important applications of physics, leadership in or service to physics; or significant contributions to physics education.

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General Physics Colloquium and Bethe Lecture Series, Professor Shahal Ilani, Weizmann Institute of Science

Join us at Cornell Cinema on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 for a private screening of The Accelerator, a film about the profound life and impact of Dr.

Spring 2025 Bethe Lecture Series - Public Lecture, Professor Shahal Ilani, Weizmann Institute of Science