Undergrads: Apply for summer research opportunities at Cornell Tech

Up to 10 undergraduate students from the Ithaca campus will spend their summer doing research on the Cornell Tech campus. 

Area students join Cornell Symphony for March 11 concert

The Cornell Symphony Orchestra will host young musicians from the Ithaca High School Chamber Orchestra and the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra’s Youth Orchestra in a concert performance Sunday, March 11.

Cornell, Yale scholars debate success of outlawing war

Cornell and Yale argued the idea that international conflicts could be prevented by law in a debate held March 1 in Klarman Hall.

New working group on disasters launches with March 14 talk

A new cross-college working group on disasters kicks off with a public presentation by anthropologist Anthony Oliver-Smith March 14.

Professor to speak on history of sexual minority rights in Zimbabwe

Marc Epprecht, author and professor from Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, will deliver a talk on the struggle for sexual minority rights in Zimbabwe March 7, at 4:30 p.m. in A.D. White House. 

It's mostly luck, not pluck, that determines lifetime reproductive success

A study co-authored by Stephen Ellner, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, claims that chance plays a stronger role than superior traits in determining how well some living things will reproduce over the course of a lifetime.

Professor explores complexities of communicating the 'norms of science'

Bruce Lewenstein argued Feb. 20 that public communication is fundamental to science and that public disputes about reliable knowledge are not unique to our time.

Alumna explores colonialism in Puerto Rico in aftermath of Maria

On March 5, Rosa Ficek ’03 will explore “Infrastructure, Colonialism and the State of Puerto Rico after Maria” at 3:30 p.m. in Room 423 Morrill Hall.

Enrichment program boosts STEM for black students but leaves Latinos behind

An analysis by Cornell sociologist Steven Alvarado found that a major STEM enrichment program increases black students' high school STEM engagement but had little impact on black and Latino students’ aspiration to major in a STEM field in college.