Experts ponder bioterrorism threats and best defenses

Three experts discussed how prepared the United States is for bioterrorism at a panel discussion hosted by Cornell in Washington, D.C., March 22. (March 28, 2012)

Population Center a 'hub for social sciences' at Cornell

As the new director of the Cornell Population Center, professor Dan Lichter is uniting Cornell scholars from across campus to apply demography to pressing social and political issues. (March 26, 2012)

Meridian 180 unites East-West thinkers in online think tank

Meridian 180, an online and transpacific think tank in three languages for multidisciplinary working groups from around the world to promote real policy changes, has officially launched. (March 20, 2012)

Interaction with Islam profoundly transformed Judaism

Cornell Professor Ross Brann described how Islam enriched Judaism, speaking at the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City March 15 at an event sponsored by Cornell Hillel. (March 20, 2012)

Of mice and men: House mice used to track human migration

A new study finds that the mice who accompanied humans in their dispersal across Earth prove to be an ideal way to document human migration. (March 19, 2012)

Teens take risks to 'play the odds' but can be taught otherwise, says Reyna to NYC media

At an Inside Cornell media event March 13 in Manhattan, Professor Valerie Reyna said that teens take dangerous risks but a new program is teaching teens to take a different point of view. (March 15, 2012)

Former minister assesses Iranian mindset, future prospects

Abbas Maleki, Iran's deputy foreign minister 1988-1997, offered insights into how Iran views itself vis a vis its current tensions with the West. (March 13, 2012)

What drives honeybees and humans to explore is curiously similar, study finds

A new study in Science reveals that honeybees that scout for new food sources or nest sites have patterns of gene activity in their brains known to be associated with novelty-seeking in humans.

Inside the library vault: Ezra's safe, Nobel medals, hanging chads and other rarities

Cornell Library's vault contains a host of treasures, including two Nobel medals, Ezra Cornell's safe, and a voting machine from Florida that was used in the contested 2000 presidential election. (March 1, 2012)