College of Arts and Sciences

Freshman ranks No. 2 among U.S. chess players

Freshman Adarsh Jayakumar, ranked No. 2 among 18-year-old U.S. chess players, incorporates his love of chess with his Cornell studies.

JFK called 'icon of hope' by faculty panelists

Three Cornell faculty members gave their take on the JFK legacy, exactly 50 years after his assassination.

Arts and Sciences announces Africana Ph.D. program

The College of Arts and Sciences will offer a Ph.D. program in Africana studies, the first such program in New York state.

Cornell commemorates Gettysburg Address

To commemorate its 150th anniversary, Cornell Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections sponsored a faculty panel discussion and a reading of the Gettysburg Address by President David Skorton Nov. 19.

Autodesk donates 3-D software to Cornell

Last month, international software design company Autodesk gave Cornell one of the largest gifts-in-kind it has ever received: 3-D design, engineering and entertainment software. The software is commercially valued at $51.4 million.

Eight on faculty named AAAS fellows

Eight Cornell scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

Panelists debate legality of American drone strikes

Panelists Michael Lewis and Mary Ellen O'Connell took on the question of the legality of American drone strikes in the Lund Critical Debate Nov. 21 on campus.

'Mind-bending' science at Friends of Astronomy symposium

The Friends of Astronomy gathered Nov. 9 for the first in a series of informal gatherings to discuss the state of Cornell astronomy.

Mary Beth Norton reveals the Pilgrims' strange world

Cornell historian Mary Beth Norton gave insights into the strange beliefs of early American colonists in a November campus talk.