Playwright Bernstein '14 receives campus, national honors

Danny Bernstein ’14 will workshop his musical theater songs for industry professionals in Los Angeles in May and has a new full-length original musical debuting at the Schwartz Center next month.

Film written by arts advising dean premieres March 24

“The Long Wait," a four-minute film written by Juliette Ramírez Corazón, College of Arts and Sciences advising dean and Latino Student Success Office adviser, premieres March 24.

Panelists: A new Cold War over Ukraine is unlikely

Whether or not Vladimir Putin gains Crimea, he’s effectively lost the Ukraine, panelists agreed March 14 at the campus event, “Ukraine, Putin and the New Cold War,” at which Julia Ioffe, a senior editor at The New Republic, gave a keynote address.

Ethics contest revolves around Twitter and privacy

A student team that devised a plan to sell certain public tweets to Google and Microsoft has won first prize in the university’s second annual Stephen S. J. Hall Ethics Case Competition held March 7 at the School of Hotel Administration.

Posse retreat strengthens students through conversation

At a Posse Foundation retreat for inner-city students studying at elite universities, students focused on offering each other support.

Joy of voting early could boost turnout, study shows

By promoting "anticipatory rewards" of early voting, political scientists say turnout at the polls could increase.

Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initiative launches

The initiative, a project of the Cornell Institute for European Studies, will provide a multidisciplinary platform for the study of the Ottoman Empire. Inaugural events begin March 14.

Panel will address Putin and crisis in Ukraine March 14

Political and foreign relations experts including Russian-American journalist Julia Ioffe will explore the crisis in Ukraine at a public panel discussion March 14 in Uris Auditorium.

Backus uses eBay experience to study consumer behavior

Assistant professor of economics Matt Backus is using experience from his year at eBay Research Labs to inspire a variety of consumer behavior research projects.