Nobel Prize winner to talk about science education research

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Carl Wieman will visit campus Sept. 25-29 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large, working with students and faculty and offering a public talk about his work in science education.

Powerful X-ray laser ushers in a new era of science

The newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray free-electron laser at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has produced its first X-rays, and researchers are ready to kick off an ambitious science program.

Switching from CEO to entrepreneurial coach

Colin Day ’97 is the founder and former CEO of iCIMS, a company that offers cloud software for recruiting.

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Psychologist receives NSF grant to study the social brain

With a focus on the prairie vole, Alexander Ophir will study mating tactics in mammals to learn about the underlying neural sources of social behaviors.

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Research: Field course interactions relate to student identity

Doctoral student David Esparza is studying discipline-based education research in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. 

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Lecture to explore Native American anti-nuclear activism

A new “Religions on the Move” lecture series kicks off Sept. 28 with "'Make the Sound the Creator Is Waiting for Us to Make': Native American Anti-Nuclear Activism."

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Fulbright-Hays awardees prioritize community-engaged discoveries

Nine Cornell graduate students have conducted international research with Fulbright-Hays awards since 2020. A new cohort of Cornell Fulbright-Hays awardees has just been announced. Cornell celebrates a 100% acceptance rate, with five new awardees.

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Computer scientist to give lecture on AI in health care

Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, will discuss AI’s role in improving patient safety in health care in the annual Cornell Center for Social Sciences Distinguished Lecture in the Social Sciences, on Oct. 5 in Statler Auditorium.

NIH-funded fly study to pinpoint brain’s role in navigation

A NIH-funded project, led by Itai Cohen, professor of physics, will use the fruit fly to study how the brain processes multisensory information involved in flight, possibly offering insight into human neurological function.