German fellowships available

Fellowship opportunities are available to Cornell students and postdocs for study in Germany in academic year 2009-10. (Sept. 15, 2008)

'9/11+7' roundtable reflects on implications of the attacks

Professors Barry Strauss, Peter Katzenstein and Matthew Evangelista discuss the implications of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at a roundtable discussion, sponsored by the Peace Studies Program. (Sept. 12, 2008)

A Constitution Day reminder: Seven states say atheists need not apply

Religion has been written in as a qualifying and a disqualifying factor in many states' constitutions throughout U.S. history, write Professors Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore. (Sept. 12, 2008)

Funding isn't linked to student success, but parents' education and income are: CU sociologist

Parents' education and income, as opposed to school funding, are better predictors of a student's success, says Cornell sociologist Stephen Morgan. (Sept. 9, 2008)

Kindred writer and spirit Robert Morgan receives <br />2008 Thomas Wolfe Prize

Cornell Professor Robert Morgan shares a birthday and more with writer Thomas Wolfe. And Morgan will receive the 2008 Thomas Wolfe Prize Oct. 2 at the University of North Carolina, where both writers are alumni. (Sept. 9, 2008)

Alice Fulton explores family-based fiction in new book

In her first short-story collection, poet and Cornell professor of English Alice Fulton finds inspiration in four generations of women in her upstate family. (Sept. 5, 2008)

NASA fellowships honor late CU astronomer Carl Sagan

The Carl Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowships in Exoplanet Exploration were created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars. (Sept. 5, 2008)

Literary scholar Robert Elias dies at 94

Elias was the Goldwin Smith Professor of English Literature and American Studies at Cornell, and a respected scholar in the field of American literature. He died Aug. 16 in Brookline, Mass. (Sept. 5, 2008)

Particle accelerator will benefit society, physicist Yuval Grossman says

The Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland could provide new clues about the nature of mass and the origin of the universe, say Cornell physicists involved in the massive international endeavor. (Sept. 4, 2008)