President Martinelli of Panama to lecture on campus

President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli will deliver a public lecture April 11, sign a memorandum of understanding and meet with students and faculty.

Conference to honor Robert L. Harris Jr. April 5-6

Retiring Africana professor Robert L. Harris Jr. will be honored at a conference to be held at the Africana Studies and Research Center April 5-6.

Lecturers to discuss drawings at Johnson Museum

Experts from the Morgan Library and Museum will give lectures in conjunction with an exhibition of master drawings at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

Alumni donate books chronicling the black experience

More than 200 books published by the Negro Universities Press, reprinting rare historical materials on the black experience, have been donated to the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library.

Stirred, not shaken: Physicists gain more particle control

Cornell physicists can now control with precision how the particles in viscous liquids swirl, twirl and whirl. Think of adding cream to coffee - and managing the cream stream.

Teachable moments: Robots learn our humanistic ways

Robots can observe human behavior and - like a human baby - deduce a reasonable approach to handling specific objects.

Wealth imbalances, lack of structure drive economic crisis

Alumni and faculty panelists speaking in Washington, D.C., March 19 identified the heart of the world financial crisis: severe imbalances of wealth.

Photography changed stories of Weimar Germany, professor says

Photographic images, with their immediacy and ability to convey highly complex narratives, had a powerful impact on storytelling in Weimar Germany, said Patrizia McBride, at a colloquium March 5.

Patterns prompt us to recall the social webs we weave

With a dizzying number of ties in our social networks, it’s a wonder we remember any of it. How do we keep track of the complexity? We cheat, says a Cornell sociologist in Science Reports.