New Student Reading Project author to visit Nov. 4-5

Algerian-Italian novelist Amara Lakhous, author of the 2014 New Student Reading Project selection, “Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio,” will speak on campus Nov. 4.

Yimon Aye named an NIH director's 'new innovator'

The five-year, $2.29 million grant supports “exceptionally creative new investigators who propose highly innovative projects that have the potential for unusually high biomedical impact."

'Eye in the sky' will bypass Internet traffic jams

Cornell researchers are building tools to help network operators see what's happening outside their own networks and send data over the best paths.

Journalist takes audience inside Putin's war on West

Russian-American journalist and LGBT activist Masha Gessen spoke on campus Oct. 22 about Vladimir Putin's use of homophobia to retain control of Russia.

Tom Gilovich on the keys to improving everyday wisdom

Professor Thomas Gilovich delivered this year’s distinguished faculty invitational lecture on principles of social psychology and wisdom Oct. 22 in Goldwin Smith Hall.

Mission Big Red Flag: Simulated flight, real sweat

Flight simulators, programmed by a talented ROTC cadet, take Air Force One on a perilous mission.

Humanists celebrate 50 years of 'sensational' discourse

Former Society for the Humanities fellows who have influenced pedagogy, research and trends in humanities scholarship will return to campus for a two-day conference Oct. 31-Nov. 1.

NYC restaurateur visits Oct. 23 to discuss careers

Jeff Zalaznick ’05, co-founder of Major Food Group, will visit campus Oct. 23 as this semester’s Arts and Sciences Munschauer Career Series speaker.

Cornell scholars discuss lasting effects of WWI

Government professors Jonathan Kirshner and Valerie Bunce took on the legacy of WWI in an Oct. 20 talk at the Cornell Club New York.