Mathematician Moon Duchin of Tufts University will discuss how mathematicians can make meaningful interventions in the redistricting process in this year’s Kieval Lecture, “Political geometry: Mathematical interventions in gerrymandering,” on Thursday, October 5, 4:00 pm in Martha Van Renssalaer Hall G71
Walk into the lab section of any science course and you’ll see students busy with beakers, microscopes, calculators and more. But what’s really going on in their minds?
Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor of astronomy and director of Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute, is featured in the new IMAX film, “The Search for Life in Space,” now released internationally.
Paul McEuen, John A. Newman Professor of Physical Science in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics, has been named a Citation Laureate for his seminal contributions to carbon-based electronics.
“Great scientist, teacher, leader and friend,” reads the plaque on the newly named Terzian Conference Room on the sixth floor of the Spaces Sciences Building, unveiled in a ceremony on Aug. 31.
A medieval game of numbers was one of many activities in the engaged learning course, "The Art of Math: Mathematical Traditions of Symmetry and Harmony."
o honor Cassini’s achievements and Cornell’s research role, the Department of Astronomy will hold a community farewell celebration Sept. 15 in 105 Space Sciences Building.
Anthropology’s new Global Gateways course sequence helps students take advantage of off-campus opportunities, from engaged learning programs to study abroad.
Whether ancient zoographers’ views were shaped by scientific study or by casual encounters with animals in nature will be explored in a conference Sept. 8-10 at Cornell, “Zoographein – Depicting and Describing Animals in Greece, Rome, and Beyond.”
Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences are exploring questions about recent events in their research and scholarship, and students have the opportunity to engage with their expertise through numerous courses this Fall relevant to our current national climate.
Under sunny skies on Saturday, Aug. 19, incoming first-year students, transfer students, and their families gathered on the Arts Quad for a convocation ceremony.
<p>Men continue to be much more likely to earn a degree in STEM fields than women, despite efforts made over the last few decades. New research from <a href="http://inequality.cornell.edu/">Cornell's Center for the Study of Inequality</a> (CSI) on fields of environmental study offers unexpected hope in closing this gender gap.</p>
<p>Prize-winning French novelist Laurent Binet’s new book features a chapter on a fictional conference at Cornell, organized by none other than (the real) <a href="http://english.cornell.edu/jonathan-d-culler">Jonathan Culler</a>, the Class of 1916 Professor of English and Comparative Literature in the College of Arts and Sciences.</p>
Rebecca Macklin, a PhD candidate in comparative literature at the University of Leeds, has received an All Disciplines Fulbright Award to undertake research at Cornell University.
Humans aren’t the only actors on the planet. To avoid being eaten, the ant-mimicking jumping spider pretends to be an ant, according to Cornell research published July 12 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
<p>Gopher tortoises and blue jays… a vintage Army-issue shovel… sun and rain and wind: the hundreds of students who have gone on field courses through the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology over the last 50 years have memories as diverse as the ecosystems they studied.</p>
On June 16-17, the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) held a symposium in the Physical Sciences Building to explore using origami to create machines at the micron scale using atomically thin materials.
Kaushik Basu, C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences, began his three-year term as president of the International Economic Association (IEA) on Friday, June 23.
<p>A Cornell researcher studying neural circuits that regulate hunger sensation and food intake has received a prestigious award from the Pew Charitable Trusts.</p>
Cohen's film 'Arrival' was nominated for eight Oscars and the Netflix series 'Stranger Things' recently won the SAG Ensemble and Producers Guild Awards for best drama series.
<p>College of Arts and Sciences faculty members <a href="http://music.cornell.edu/people/faculty/profile/roger-moseley/">Roger Moseley</a> and <a href="http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/lori-khatchadourian">Lori Khatchadourian</a> received the Robert and Helen Appel Fellowship for Humanists and Social Scientists, and <a href="http://english.cornell.edu/margo-natalie-crawford">Margo Crawford </a>received the Robert A. and Donna B.</p>
<p>In the 1970s, politicians – and the public – interpreted the social movements, rising crime rates and economic downtown as proof that welfare programs didn’t work and certain marginalized groups were unfit for full citizenship. These attitudes were codified in a public policy of “getting tough” that echoes today in “law and order” political rhetoric.</p>
Pursuing a life of science and a life of faith is not incompatible, said astronomer Jonathan Lunine at the St. Albert the Great Forum on Science and Religion April 26.
<p><a href="http://jewishstudies.cornell.edu/elissa-sampson">Elissa Sampson</a>, visiting scholar and lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program, will be honored May 18 with a Lower East Side Community Hero Award as part of the Lower East Side History Month celebration in New York City. The award recognizes community members “whose contributions have been deeply meaningful and yet are often the ‘unsung’ heroes of the neighborhood,” according to the award announcement.</p>
<p>Cornell’s first <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conference-on-creative-academic-writing-ccaw-registration-30903123073?aff=es2">Conference on Creative Academic Writing</a>, exploring the relationship between artful prose and scholarly production, will be held May 13 in Klarman Hall. The community is welcome, and the conference is free.</p>
<p>After 4.5 billion years of existence, Earth’s fate may be determined this century by one species alone – ours. The unintended consequences of powerful technologies like nuclear, biotech and artificial intelligence have created high cosmic stakes for our world.</p>
“A History of Official White Supremacy in the Era of Trump,” at 4:30 pm at the Africana Studies and Research Center, 310 Triphammer Rd, will discuss the history of white supremacy and what it means for the future.
<p>Italy, land of piazzas and volcanoes, is also home to the oldest Jewish community in the Diaspora. Yet few readers outside of Italy know that some of the most important works of modern Italian literature were written by authors who are Jewish. At 6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 1, Kora von Wittelsbach will explore how the work of these Italian-Jewish writers relates to modern Italian and world literature.</p>
<p>A celebration of National Poetry Month and language learning on April 21 at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art featured multilingual poetry, song, dance and an international dessert reception. The goal, said <a href="http://www.lrc.cornell.edu/lrc_info">Dick Feldman</a>, director of the Language Resource Center (LRC), was “to experience the beauty of poetry in many languages and to celebrate success in learning those languages.”</p>
In this spring’s Hans Bethe Lecture at Cornell, physicist Joshua Frieman will introduce the Dark Universe, give an overview of what we have learned about it, and describe new experiments and observatories that aim to illuminate its enigmas.
“Transforming Bodies,” an interdisciplinary conference April 21-22, will explore the centrality of bodies to concepts and practices of conversion in the early modern world.
<p>As part of its ongoing effort to advance and disseminate knowledge on equality of opportunity, the <a href="http://inequality.cornell.edu/">Center for the Study of Inequality</a> will host the “Social Mobility in an Unequal World: Evidence and Policy Solutions” conference April 20-22. The conference is free but RSVPs to <a href="mailto:inequality@cornell.edu">inequality@cornell.edu</a> are required.</p>
<p>For 30 years, the Latina/o Studies Program (LSP) has been a hub for research and community. To celebrate the anniversary, the program has launched the “<a href="https://crowdfunding.cornell.edu/project/4614">Let’s Dream Together</a>” crowdfunding campaign to raise $20,000 in support of LSP students.</p>
