Cornell, partners to make upstate NY a regional engine for better batteries

With funding from the National Science Foundation, Cornell and a group of institutional partners have created the Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine to advance energy storage technology and boost large-capacity battery manufacturing in the region.

Active Learning Initiative welcomes new director, says goodbye to longtime leader

In June 2024, longtime Active Learning Initiative director Peter Lepage handed the initiative's reins to incoming director, Timothy Riley, professor of mathematics. 

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Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs to visit campus for talk

Daveed Diggs, who won Tony and Grammy awards for his portrayal of the dual roles of Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in “Hamilton,” will visit campus Sept. 25 for a talk as the 2024 Heermans-McCalmon Distinguished Guest Artist.

How art helped to shape modern France

Art historian Kelly Presutti examines the role that depictions of landscape – in paintings, photographs, prints, porcelain and maps – played in the formation of modern France in a new book.

‘Mr. Mozart’ finishes comprehensive catalog of maestro’s work

Neal Zaslaw, the Herbert Gussman Professor of Music Emeritus, spent three decades assembling a comprehensive catalog of Mozart’s 600-plus compositions.

Final speaker in series examining antisemitism, Islamophobia

Cornell’s Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined series concludes this semester with a talk by Derek Penslar, the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History at Harvard University.

Donor's annual prize shows appreciation for teaching assistants

The Deanne Gebell Gitner ’66 and Family Annual Prize for Teaching Assistants puts graduate TAs in the spotlight, celebrating and recognizing them for their impact and contributions to education at Cornell.

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Improving women’s status promotes peace – but how?

Scholars and policymakers need to look at more than "gender equality" to assess women’s status and how it contributes to political violence or peace, political scientist Sabrina Karim argues in a new book.

Black print history, community featured in exhibit

A new library exhibit will highlight the close-knit, vibrant communities that Black writers in the U.S. created through newspapers, books, pamphlets and other publications in the 18th to 20th centuries.