CT scanner helps answer 150-year-old question of lung evolution

New research at Cornell using computed tomography technology has gone a long way toward showing that lungs and gas bladders really are variations of the same organ.

Riché Richardson pays homage to Rosa Parks

Africana professor Riche Richardson will travel to Montgomery, Ala., to speak at the 100th birthday celebration of the late civil rights icon Rosa Parks Feb. 4.

John Guckenheimer wins 2013 Steele Prize

Presented annually by the American Mathematical Society, the Steele Prize is one of the highest distinctions in mathematics.

Internment novel chosen for 2013 reading project

This summer incoming first-year students, new transfer students and others in the Cornell community will be reading Julie Otsuka’s 2003 novel, “When the Emperor Was Divine,” Vice Provost Laura Brown announced.

High-flying camera snaps shots of Milky Way ring

Cornell researchers have captured the sharpest mid-infrared images yet of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years wide orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Book says science fiction created modern Russia

Professor Anindita Banerjee explains science fiction’s role in creating Russian modernity her new book, “We Modern People.”

Former chemistry chair wins 2013 Japan Prize

Former Cornell faculty member Jean M.J. Frechet has been awarded a 2013 Japan Prize for his work in developing materials integral to semiconductor manufacturing.

New fellowship in public humanities announced

The Society for the Humanities and the New York Council for the Humanities have created a new graduate fellowship in the public humanities.

Study: Preferences, incentives matter for capital tax levels

A study by Maxim Troshkin, assistant professor of economics, and colleagues could point the way to an ideal capital tax policy.