Undergrads share lab know-how with high school students

Twenty pairs of Cornell students and high school students are working together as part of a new Young Researchers Program of the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board.

Jewish studies' lecturer Sampson is an NYC hero

Elissa Sampson, visiting scholar and lecturer in the Jewish Studies Program, will be honored May 18 with a Lower East Side Community Hero Award in New York City.

Preserving our 'pale blue dot' is focus of first Sagan lecture

Lord Martin Rees, who has probed deep into the cosmos, studied gamma-ray bursts and galactic formation, spoke May 8 at Cornell on issues closer to home: the preservation of our “pale blue dot.”

In brain evolution, size matters - most of the time

A new Cornell study reports that though vertebrate brains differ in size, composition and abilities, evolution of overall brain size accounts for most of these differences, with larger brains leading to greater capabilities.

10th annual Mayfest features music, wine, yoga, poetry

The Department of Music celebrates the 10th anniversary of Mayfest, its annual springtime festival of world-class chamber music, with a variety of new events May 19-23.

SIRT6's ability to suppress cancer cell growth is explained

A research team led by chemistry professor Hening Lin has discovered a novel protein post-translational regulatory mechanism that shows promise in suppressing the proliferation of cancer cells.

Student-made films to screen at Schwartz Center

From stories of budding romances to a vampire huntress out for revenge, the Department of Performing and Media Arts will screen films written and directed by students at 7 p.m. May 15.

Sweet compounds aid water retention in dry soil

Organic material added by plant roots and microbes provide nutritious candy for the soil. Literally. Cellular sugar boosts water and nutrient retention, says new Cornell research.

Cornell's Innovations in Food Systems Forum is June 7

Dig into digital agriculture, comprehend plant breeding biotechnology, and learn out how the microbiome may solve food production problems at an agricultural technology and partnership forum June 7.