Psychology researcher Jordan Wylie and colleagues found that artistic excellence, rather than moral excellence, offers greater access to one’s true self, in part because aesthetic pursuits are seen as less rule-bound.
In the public lecture culminating the Black History Month series, Blain will trace how Black women from Ida B. Wells to contemporary Black Lives Matter leaders have used the language and practice of human rights to confront racism and white supremacy.
For much of the postwar era, the global economic system was built around a reassuring idea: that shared rules, open markets and international cooperation would smooth shocks, spread prosperity and reduce conflict. Maybe not.
The gravitational wave, a ripple in space-time set off by two black holes colliding, reached U.S.-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatories in January 2025.
Launching Jan. 27 with three episodes, “Research Matters” spotlights Cornell scholars whose research directly engages with real-world challenges, from climate change and public safety to mental health.
Rooted in the Afro-AmerIndian heritage of communities along the Caribbean coasts of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras, Garifuna music blends West African rhythms, indigenous Carib influences and the Arawak language.
