In 'The Happiness of Pursuit,' psychology professor Shimon Edelman offers an explanation of how we process our world and the 'elbow room' in which we can chase happiness.
Christine Shoemaker, the Joseph P. Ripley Professor of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest professional distinctions for an engineer. Two Cornell alumni were also elected.
Twenty-eight of Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann's essays are collected in a book edited by Jeffrey Kovac and Michael Weisberg, published Jan. 23 by Oxford University Press.
Students have created a performance piece based on the life of A.D. White, in which the audience and the A.D. White House will be a part of performances Feb. 16-18.
Part of the Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies 40th anniversary celebration was a panel discussion, 'Feminism Mapped,' with some of the program's founders and directors, Feb. 10.
Filmmaker Neko Celik led a group of middle and high school students in making socio-political documentaries at a Cornell workshop Feb. 11. 'They have the cameras,' Celik said. 'They have the power.'
Cornell's Math Club hosts Puzzle Nights monthly (where all, including high school students are invited), which includes cookies and camaraderie. Attendees don't have to be good at computation.
Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences will host 12 of the university's top social scientists for one semester, providing them with office space and $10,000 for research.
