The coronavirus pandemic has challenged Cornell students, as they’ve waited for online instruction to begin April 6. But many are responding with resilience, staying sharp and taking care of others, and themselves.
Two professors have spearheaded a project to get donated tablet computers to patients at Cayuga Medical Center who are isolated from loved ones because of COVID-19.
Virtual events and resources at Cornell include: Images of Dragon Days past; Cornell experts discuss COVID-19; “Cosmos” and spotlight on women artists at the Johnson Museum; student theater and film updates; and a citizen science project surveying breeding birds.
For decades, Cornell archaeologists have been excavating at Sardis, Turkey. A new lecture series to spotlight that work launched March 6 with the excavation’s current director, Nicholas D. Cahill, professor of Greek and Roman art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The Office of Faculty Development is using remote conferencing technology sessions to hold faculty workshops during the Coronavirus on topics ranging from what's next in academic book publishing to how to write an op-ed.
To better predict volcanic activity, Cornell geologists have proposed a new system to discern the stages of a volcano’s unrest – as seen from perceptive satellites.
Cornell will have connections to three of this year’s eight winners of 51 Pegasi b Fellowships in Planetary Astronomy. Two are coming to Ithaca for three years of postdoctoral work; another is a recent Cornell graduate.
