The Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council has won $500 million over the next five years in New York's Upstate Revitalization Initiative. Cornell will be involved in about $100 million worth of key projects funded by the grant.
Scientists offered a behind-the-scenes look at the New Horizons mission to Pluto on campus Dec. 2. It took New Horizons itself almost 10 years to cover the 4.67 billion miles to Pluto.
Electron microscope images show how mollusks build the incredibly strong and beautiful material found inside their shells, offering new ideas for man-made materials.
The physical sciences at Cornell University jumped to No. 9 among institutions worldwide, up from No. 15 last year, according to the Times Higher Education 2015-16 World University Rankings.
A new book by Tom Gilovich, the Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, offers advice on wisdom and insight into people and circumstances affecting them.
A variety of language-learning programs serve the needs of more than 2,000 Cornell students who traveled to 108 countries in the 2013-14 to study, research or participate in a faculty-led experience.
The Schwartz Center will host three days of dance with the Mini Locally Grown Dance Festival Dec. 3-5. The program includes dances created by undergraduates, graduate students and faculty.
Patrick Braga '17 spent a little more than a year working on his chamber opera, "La Tricotea (Opus 25)," which will premiere Dec. 3 with 16 student vocalists and instrumentalists.
