Cornell economist Kaushik Basu has been named president-elect of the International Economic Association. He will assume the position of president in 2017.
Phillip E. Lewis. Lewis, emeritus professor of French literature and former dean of the Cornell College of Arts and Sciences, discussed ways to raise the role of the humanities in public life.
Hunting from a distance of 27,000 light years, astronomers have discovered an unusual carbon molecule in space, which suggests that the complex molecules needed for life may have their origins in interstellar space.
Seven alumni of Cornell’s music department will participate in a three-day conference and festival on campus Oct. 2–4, celebrating the 300th birthday of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
Historian Edward Baptist provides an account of slavery's role in America becoming a global superpower in his new book, "The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism."
