Language program jump-starts students studying abroad

A variety of language-learning programs serve the needs of more than 2,000 Cornell students who traveled to 108 countries in the 2013-14 to study, research or participate in a faculty-led experience.

Dance students, choreographers perform Dec. 3-5

The Schwartz Center will host three days of dance with the Mini Locally Grown Dance Festival Dec. 3-5. The program includes dances created by undergraduates, graduate students and faculty.

Undergrad's opera, 'La Tricotea,' debuts Dec. 3

Patrick Braga '17 spent a little more than a year working on his chamber opera, "La Tricotea (Opus 25)," which will premiere Dec. 3 with 16 student vocalists and instrumentalists.

New book explores how objects support political power

From Bronze Age traditions to current controversies over flag pins and Predator drones, a new book by anthropology professor Adam Smith sheds light on how material goods defend political order.

Leutert wins 2015 Fulbright-Hays award for China study

Wendy Leutert, a doctoral candidate in the field of government and international relations, has won a 2015-2016 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship.

New book spotlights paradoxes of female warrior role

Oren Falk, associate professor of history, says he was as intrigued by the contrast in Norse Freydis stories as by how scholars have mostly ignored the sheer weirdness of the heroic version.

For prairie voles, later socialization can beat childhood neglect

No matter how neglected the child, there’s still hope – at least for prairie voles. That’s the message of a new study from a Cornell psychologist that could have implications for human well-being.

Exposing new audiences to a real Greek tragedy

Griffin Smith-Nichols ’19 spent three nights last week cowering on a set of lounge chairs in the Schwartz Center’s Black Box Theatre. He played the slightly mad, mostly murderous and often humorous Orestes.

The secret of Oobleck revealed at last

Some liquids thicken when you apply a force. An experiment by Cornell physicists explains why, and how the effect can be controlled.