Arts and Sciences releases proposal for new curriculum

The Curriculum Review Committee in the College of Arts and Sciences on March 7 released a draft Arts and Sciences curriculum proposal organized around modes of inquiry rather than topical content.

Ride-sharing study findings are scalable to different cities

Using data from millions of taxi trips, a group that included math professor Steven Strogatz applies a natural rescaling law to predict the ride-sharing potential for four major cities.

New book offers grassroots view of Egypt's uprising

Rebekah Maggor, assistant professor of performing and media arts, has co-edited "Tahrir Tales: Plays from the Egyptian Revolution," co-edited with linguist Mohammed Albakry.

Renowned spoken word poet Porsha O to perform March 9

Performance artist Porsha "O" Olayiwola, who focuses on the injustice of violence against black women and girls and how it is too often ignored, will perform her spoken-word poetry March 9 at Cornell.

New online platform plays matchmaker for the public good

Research4Impact - a cross between Match.com and LinkedIn for academics, nonprofits and those working in the governmental sector - helps connect potential collaborators that could turn academic research into real-world results.

Jeevak Parpia wins low-temperature physics prize

Jeevak Parpia, M.S. '77, Ph.D. '79, professor of physics, has been selected as one of three winners of the 2017 Fritz London Memorial Prize, administered by Duke University.

Posse students explore theme of 'Us vs. Them' at retreat

For this year's PossePlus Retreat, 65 people traveled to Painted Post, New York, to discuss the theme of "Us vs. Them: Division, Community and Identity in American Society."

Historian to discuss book examining Attica prison revolt

Historian Heather Thompson, will discuss her award-winning book about the 1971 Attica Prison uprising Tuesday, March 7, as part of the Freedom Interrupted series.

Images of cosmos inform study of medieval cultures

Art historian Benjamin Anderson's book "Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art" compares cosmological art between 700 and 1000 A.D. and what distinguishes it in each of three cultural spheres.