Aching examines black bodies, Black Lives Matter

In the Society for the Humanities Annual Invitational Lecture March 2, Gerard Aching drew parallels between the calls to action in two books and the unfolding of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Acts of defiance in Nazi Germany topic of Cornell talk

Wolf Gruner, director of the USC Shoah Foundation Center Center for Advanced Genocide Research and a USC professor, will talk about defiance and protest of the Nazi regime by Jews on March 17.

Roosevelt Island hospital murals saved for Tech campus

Three abstract 1940s murals featured at the Johnson Museum are being conserved after their removal from a Roosevelt Island hospital, and will be reinstalled at Cornell Tech.

In D.C., Lunine backs seafaring trips to other worlds

Astronomy professor Jonathan Lunine testified before a House subcommittee March 3 to explain rationale for scientific, seafaring journeys to Jupiter's and Saturn's moons.

Light-up skin stretches boundaries of robotics

A Cornell team led by assistant professor Rob Shepherd and graduate student Bryan Peele has developed a stretchable electroluminescent skin with a variety of potential applications in soft robotics.

New book aims to guide undergrads to college success

In his new book "How to Succeed in College and Beyond: The Art of Learning," Cornell English professor Daniel Schwarz draws on 48 years of teaching experience to offer advise for college success.

Surf's up on Saturn's 'geologically active' moon Titan

In the shadow of Saturn’s hulking planetary mass, astronomers can confirm that Titan’s liquid methane seas seem a bit choppy, as they say that an observed transient feature seem to be surface waves.

Sifting Cornell data, astronomers find repeating bursts

After combing through Cornell-archived data, astronomers have discovered the pop-pop-pop of a mysterious, cosmic Gatling gun – 10 millisecond-long “fast radio bursts” as reported in Nature, March 2.

In staving off climate change, social landscape adjusts

At the intersection of activism and academia, a climate change and clean energy panel Feb. 26 gave details of environmental urgency and impending social refinements.