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.

Letter: Keeton’s work on pigeons homes in

An alumnus points to the striking connections that a new research paper on homing pigeon navigation has to Cornell.

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.

Cornell among top schools for Peace Corps recruits

Cornell ranks No. 4 in producing Peace Corps volunteers among medium-sized colleges and universities nationwide, according to the 2013 Peace Corps' annual ranking.

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.

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.

To feel happier, talk about experiences, not things

People are more inclined to talk about their experiences than about their material purchases, and they derive more happiness from doing so, according to new research by Cornell psychologists.

Link between inflammation and spread of breast cancer found

Researchers have found a link between the body's inflammatory response and how malignant breast cancer cells use the bloodstream to spread.