Mellon Mays celebrates 25th year with symposium

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a symposium at Cornell Plantations March 15. The event is free and open to the public.

Mertha documents Chinese 'tutelage' of Khmer Rouge

"Brothers in Arms," a new book by Cornell's Andrew Mertha, documents Maoist China’s secretive relationship with the ruthless Pol Pot regime, 1977-1979.

New journal speeds access to sociology research

Cornell sociologists Kim Weeden and Stephen Morgan have founded a new journal, Sociological Science, that aims to speed the peer-review process.

'Neurodinners' offer smorgasbord of research ideas

Two neuroscience graduate students have created regular cross-campus events at which to share and discuss varied research in their field.

Professor unearths a jazz age memoir

While researching a book, faculty member George Hutchinson discovered the memoir of a woman who mingled with famous writers and artists in the 1920s and '30s, unbound by race or class.

Cognitive scientist pens philosophical fiction e-book

In his first work of fiction, Shimon Edelman, professor of psychology, has published his first fiction e-book. “Beginnings” is an eclectic collection of narratives, poems and essays.

Context switching in daily life stresses us: study

Benjamin Cornwell, assistant professor of sociology, finds in a new study at moving between roles in one's daily life is a source of stress.

Sandra Fluke ’03: Women’s rights are family rights

Activist attorney Sandra Fluke '03 returned to campus March 1 for the annual meeting of the President's Council of Cornell Women and urged her audience to view women's rights as family rights and workers' rights.

Half of undergrads will study abroad by 2020, Cornell pledges

Cornell will send half of all students abroad for study or a meaningful academic experience by 2020, according to a commitment it signed with the Institute of International Education.