Isabel Hull wins international research support prize

Isabel V. Hull, the John Stambaugh Professor of History, has won the inaugural International Research Support Prize of the Max Weber Stiftung and the Historisches Kolleg.

Students focus on women on trip to Ghana

Eight students and a professor spent 10 days in Ghana over winter break, talking to women about their concerns for their communities. The findings will help shape future service trips to Ghana.

Put children above politics, urges Michelle Rhee ’92

Michelle Rhee '92 talked about her plan for better American schools Feb. 5 at the Cornell Club in New York City before a sold-out audience.

Ignorance may be bliss for consumers, study shows

Would having more information about the value of a product - say, a new camera - help potential buyers? Not necessarily, according to a Cornell economist.

New registry speeds international Cornell travel

A new online travel registry makes Cornell student travel abroad on university business safer and easier.

New book gives math everyday meaning

The 2012 volume 'The Best Writing on Mathematics,' edited by Cornell’s Mircea Pitici, helps the average person understand how math relates to daily life.

Things to Do, Feb. 8-15

Events on campus this week include Darwin Days panels and lectures, Oscar-nominated short films, poetry from Ishion Hutchinson and a faculty forum on the future of research libraries.

Diplomat to give Bartels talk on converging East with West

Kishore Mahbubani, former president of the United Nations Security Council, will deliver the Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels 2013 World Affairs Fellowship Lecture Feb. 13.

Blame Barney: Students' perception of T. rex is outdated

Students' perceptions of the Tyrannosaurus rex anatomy is still stuck in the early 1900s, according to a Cornell research team.