Teens’ portraits celebrate Toni Morrison as community-builder

High schoolers from Ithaca and Brooklyn produced the artworks depicting Morrison and a local student, a collaboration that promises to introduce Morrison's work to new generations of New Yorkers.

Avner Arbel, emeritus finance professor, dies at 90

Avner Arbel, an influential thought leader and scholar in hospitality research and education and an emeritus professor of financial management in the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration, died Aug. 22 in Jupiter, Florida. He was 90.

AI can write your college essay, but it won’t sound like you

Students who plan to use ChatGPT to write their college admissions essays should think twice: Artificial intelligence tools write highly generic personal narratives, even when prompted to write from the perspective of someone with a certain race or gender.

Nobel-winning biochemist to speak on the origins of life

Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, will return to campus to give the 2025 Ef Racker Lecture on Oct. 9.

Cornell alum returns to share crime-solving algorithm in University Lecture

Cornell alumnus Lawrence M. Wein, a Stanford professor and leading operations researcher, will return to campus Oct. 7 to present his new algorithm for accelerating forensic genealogy, capable of identifying suspects up to 25 times faster than standard methods.

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Deadly pathogens found in commercial raw cat foods

The discovery of pathogens in raw pet foods creates risks for both pets and their owners.

Talk explores medicine and social justice activism Oct. 6

The role social justice advocacy should play in medicine will be examined by Sally Satel, a practicing psychiatrist and lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine, in her talk, “Medicine in the Age of Social Justice Activism.”

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Culler receives 2026 Wayne C. Booth Lifetime Achievement Award

A specialist in literary and cultural theory and French literature of the 19th century, Culler will receive the award in June 2026 during the International Society for the Study of Narrative conference in Denmark.

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Yearlong celebration honors a century of Willard Straight Hall

Cornell will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Willard Straight Hall – one of the country’s first student unions – with a yearlong series of events honoring its legacy as a hub of student life and community.