Meet new members of the Cornell faculty, 2015-16

To help introduce new members of the university's faculty to the Cornell community, the Cornell Chronicle is publishing brief new-faculty profiles for the 2014-15 academic year.

Scholar describes pitfalls minorities face in academia

At the Fall Diversity in Scholarship and Engagement Symposium Dec. 7, a Cornell faculty member gave advice for minority students on how to get through graduate school and succeed in academic careers.

Addicted to Facebook: why we keep returning

New research by Cornell Information Science finds that after dropping off Facebook, we are lured back by a number of factors that influence decisions about social media use.

Aristotle: A federated cloud for academic research

Cornell will lead a five-year, $5 million project sponsored by the National Science Foundation to build a cloud computing resource for academic research.

Dean Greg Morrisett on challenges and opportunities in CIS

Greg Morrisett, the new dean of Computing and Information Science, looks forward to new ways of teaching and paths to success for faculty and students.

Cornell teams join NSF campaign for cybersecurity

Six Cornell researchers will receive grants totaling more than $3 million as part of the National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program.

Cornell Tech Runway Program accepting postdoc applications

The Runway Startup Postdoc Program – described as "part business school, part research institution, part startup incubator" – is designed to advance the participants' research and launch new business ventures.

Cornell Tech, Law School announce new degree program

Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School announced Oct. 27 the launch of a Master of Laws degree in law, technology and entrepreneurship at the Cornell Tech campus in New York City. Enrollment will begin in 2016.

Grants available for projects that span Ithaca, Cornell Tech

Provost Michael Kotlikoff has called for proposals for feasibility and planning grants for academic programs that span the Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses. The deadline to submit proposals is Jan. 22, 2016.