Professor Barry Strauss details the intense ambition and human failings of 10 of history’s most famous men in his latest book, “Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine.”
In a groundbreaking study illuminating the extensive scope of mass incarceration in the U.S., nearly 1 in 2 Americans have had a member of their immediate family spend time in jail or prison – a far higher figure than previously estimated.
Ed Intemann, senior lecturer in performing and media arts and resident lighting designer at the Schwartz Center for more than two decades, died Feb. 21.
Using the five steps of design thinking, Diane Levitt from Cornell Tech gave a workshop Feb. 20 on how to work as a team to create rapid prototypes in an attempt to solve real-world problems.
Research co-led by Robert Raguso, professor of neurobiology and behavior, explains why plants of the same variety in different locations can have dramatically different scents.
For the first time, a Cornell Speech and Debate Society student team made it to the grand final of the World Universities' Debating Championships, held this year in Cape Town, South Africa.
A new option for study within the inequality studies minor gives students a chance to explore the social causes and consequences of inequities as they relate to health.
If you’re planning a trip to Elysium Planitia on Mars, pack a sweater. Beginning today, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will provide daily weather reports for Mars, courtesy of the red planet’s newest robotic resident, InSight.
Mitra wrote or edited more than 150 publications in economic theory and applied mathematics, making pioneering contributions to intertemporal allocation of resources, capital theory and economic dynamics.
