Book shows how family, culture shape personal stories

Professor Qi Wang's new book, “The Autobiographical Self in Time and Culture,” chronicles how the stories we remember and tell about ourselves are conditioned by one’s time and culture.

Doug James wins leadership prize

Doug James, associate professor of computer science, will receive the 2013 Katayanagi Emerging Leadership Prize.

Relax! Slip on an electric vest to knead away stress

A new startup led by three Cornell students is developing a garment that gently gives a massage to reduce harmful amounts of stress in the body.

South African activist stresses forgiveness in talk

South African activist Albert “Albie” Sachs made his first visit to campus Aug. 29 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large. He spoke about his work fighting apartheid, and he emphasized forgiveness.

Scholars launch medieval cosmology collaboration

Three new assistant professors - in the fields of the history of art, classics and music - have launched an interdisciplinary working group on medieval cosmology that will also offers seminars and lectures.

Cornell among best adoption-friendly workplaces

Cornell has once again been recognized as an adoption-friendly workplace, according to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoptive Parents, placing second among educational institutions.

New orientation program promotes healthy relationships

A new educational performance based on students’ life experiences around relationships, sex and alcohol, “Speak About It,” was held Aug. 25 and 26 for all incoming first-year and transfer students.

Cornell an accessible Ivy for low-income students

In enrolling students from low-income families, Cornell is in the top 15 among selective private colleges and universities in a recent survey – and is tied with Columbia at No. 1 in New York state and the Ivy League.

The Greene world: Book depicts field biology as art

A new book by Harry Greene, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, is “an eccentric meditation on natural history.”