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