This month marks the third anniversary of the discovery of a system of seven exoplanets known as TRAPPIST-1. Nikole Lewis, assistant professor of astronomy, is principal investigator for one of the teams investigating TRAPPIST-1.
In new research, Sabrina Karim, assistant professor of government, found that personal contact and relationship-building between police and citizens encourages a positive attitude about the country’s central authority.
Historian Mary Beth Norton gives a detailed account of the 16 months leading into the Revolutionary War in her new book “1774: The Long Year of Revolution.”
When Mary Fessenden, Cornell Cinema director, sits down to think about what films to show each semester, she has lots of movies in mind, but she also works closely with professors to find ties to the classes they’re offering.
Assistant professors Damek Davis, Christina Delimitrou and Robert A. DiStasio Jr. have won 2020 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Angela Poole, assistant professor of nutritional sciences, and Gerlinde Van de Walle, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, have both been awarded $25,000 each to launch or support research.
Deborah Starr, associate professor of modern Arabic and Hebrew Literature and Film, will take part in a film screening and discussion on writer Jacqueline Kahanoff, Feb. 18 at Cornell Cinema.
New Cornell research shows that traditional physics labs can have a negative impact on students, while nontraditional, inquiry-based labs can improve student performance and engagement.
