Cornell historian Fredrik Logevall outlined how the Vietnam War happened and the lessons the war teaches today in his Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture June 7 during Cornell Reunion 2013.
A multinational team of researchers has identified genetic markers that predict educational attainment by pooling data from more than 125,000 individuals in 15 countries.
Annie Leonard, environmental activist and creator of the 2007 viral hit video 'The Story of Stuff,' has completed her Cornell master’s degree following a 25-year hiatus.
A number of "CornellX" courses will soon be available for anyone and everyone to take online, now that Cornell has joined edX, a nonprofit online learning enterprise.
A cross-cultural study by Cornell development psychologists published May 20 in the journal Cognitive Science finds that American and Nepalese children differ on their perception of free will.
The U.S. Senate will likely pass a bill to overhaul immigration laws but the House will probably not vote on it this year, said adjunct professor of law, Stephen Yale-Loehr '77, J.D. '81, at a press briefing May 17 in Washington, D.C.
Cornell Law School's Avon Global Center for Women and Justice and International Human Rights Clinic has issued a report on Argentine women in prison and recommends reform of drug sentencing.
Graduate student Semagn Kolech will expand sustainable farming in Ethiopia, turning it from a place where it's hard to grow sustainable crops to a place where farming flourishes.
