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.

Folkenflik ’91 is Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist

NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik ’91 has been named the 2023-24 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences. The program brings accomplished journalists to Cornell each year.

‘Trevor-Fest’ to honor the late Prof. Trevor Pinch

A symposium Sept. 21-23 will celebrate the legacy of a pioneer who helped found three areas of study related to science, technology and sound.

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Artist Laurie Anderson visits campus Sept. 26-27

Pioneering multimedia artist Laurie Anderson will offer a public talk in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts as part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Arts Unplugged series during her two-day visit to campus.

DOE grant funds study of forests in changing climate

A project headed by Christine L. Goodale, professor of environmental sciences, and funded by the Department of Energy will contribute to understanding of the role the nitrogen cycle plays in estimates of future carbon uptake by the biosphere.

Entrepreneurial students pack eHub Collegetown for kickoff event

Cornell was recently ranked by Crunchbase as the No. 5 top school in the country for producing entrepreneurs who have raised capital.

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Arts & Sciences welcomes new faculty for 2023-24

This year, thirty-four new faculty enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics, including quantum materials, artificial intelligence, moral psychology and misinformation.

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Botanic Gardens Lecture Explores the Legacy of W. S. Merwin, Poet, Conservationist, and Gardener

Sonnet Kekilia Coggins, executive director of the Merwin Conservancy, will explore the life and legacy of W.S. Merwin in the Torrence Harder Lecture, “What is a Garden? W.S. Merwin’s Life in Poems, Palms, and Place,” Sept. 13 in Call Auditorium.

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