Since Sofia Aumann ’19 uncovered the complicated issues behind human sex trafficking as she worked on a research project, she has supported schooling for girls in developing nations.
NASA’s Cassini and Huygen’s missions have provided a wealth of data about chemical elements found on Saturn’s moon Titan, and Cornell scientists have uncovered a chemical trail that suggests prebiotic conditions may exist there.
Anne R. Kenney, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, has announced she will step down from her position April 1, 2017, to begin a six-month research leave, after which she will retire.
Students reported a heightened sense of inclusion in the classroom and higher confidence in discussing the topics they learned in an active learning evolutionary biology class.
On July 4, the veil over Jupiter's mysteries will be ripped away with the arrival of NASA’s Juno mission, and Cornell's Jonathan Lunine will be there to watch it happen.
A team from Ithaca High School is among three winners in the recent Cornell CubeSat satellite contest, all of whom will have the chance to send their satellites into space on a NASA rocket.
Cornell researchers display the ability to control vibration amplitudes of the wonder-material graphene, paving the way for its use in applications such as frequency mixers.
Cornell researchers use a SIRT6 mutant to identify which of the sirtuin's enzymatic activities contributes to its defatty-acylation, contributing to understanding of the protein's various functions.
More than one-third of families in large metropolitan areas now live in neighborhoods of concentrated affluence or concentrated poverty, and middle-class neighborhoods have become less common, says sociologist Kendra Bischoff.