Cornellians share advice, warm hats with students from Puerto Rico

A weekend of events was held for 62 Puerto Rican students who will receive free tuition and room and board for a semester at Cornell in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Sociologist to speak on inequality and stigmatization

Sociologist Michèle Lamont will discuss economic inequality and recognition for stigmatized minority groups on campus Feb. 2.

Simpler grammar, larger vocabulary: a linguistic paradox explained

New Cornell research explains why languages with many speakers, like English or Mandarin, have large vocabularies with relatively simple grammar – and why those with fewer speakers have the opposite characteristics.

Zamudio to study effects of active learning as Menschel Teaching Fellow

Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Kelly Zamudio will analyze the effects of active learning activity modules on learning goals for classroom lectures as the 2017-18 Menschel Distinguished Teaching Fellow at Cornell.

Tony-winning director, ‘Hill’ reporter return for campus talks

Jordan Fabian ’09 and Sam Gold ’00 will visit campus this spring to speak to students thanks to an alumni gift from the family of James H. Becker, a Class of 1917 graduate.

Sara Warner participates in ‘Therapy as Performance,’ premiering Jan. 19

"Therapy as Performance,” a new interdisciplinary series premiering Jan. 19 at The Cherry Artspace in Ithaca.

Apply for 2018 Arts and Sciences digitization grants

Faculty and graduate students are invited to submit proposals for 2018 awards to digitize collections for teaching and research.

Researchers learn the social function of babies’ babbling

New research shows that babies organize mothers’ verbal responses, which promotes more effective language instruction, and babbling is key.

Museum course dives into artistic, literary connections

Students explored texts and artworks with themes of movement, escape and water and curated a gallery installation at the Johnson Museum in a course in the "Connecting Research With Practice" initiative funded by the Mellon Foundation.