Panel to explore political polarization and media

In “Transcending the Echo Chamber: Polarization and the Media,” distinguished alumni and Cornell faculty will explore the media’s role in the country's polarization, and what can be done. 

Alumni producers offer peek inside film careers

Visiting alumni filmmakers, Scott Ferguson ’82 and Michael Kantor ’83, told stories from their time at Cornell and their careers in film and television production and gave tips to students interested in entertainment careers.

Brain Prize winner to speak on brain’s control of locomotion

Neuroscientist Ole Kiehn will give a seminar, “Brainstem circuits controlling locomotion in the healthy and diseased brain,” on April 14.

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Formula predicts effects of noise on quantum information

Researchers have derived a formula that predicts the effects of environmental noise on quantum information – an advancement crucial for designing and building quantum computers capable of working in an imperfect world.

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Milstein speaker to explore “The Battle for Your Brain”

Nita Farahany, a scholar who focuses on ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies, will be the featured speaker for an April 12 event hosted by the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity.

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Harvard historian to deliver Munday lecture

Vincent Brown, the Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, will deliver this year’s Reuben A. and Cheryl Casselberry Munday Distinguished Lecture April 17.

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‘Beige fat’ could hold key to age-related metabolism change

New research suggests a strategy to ward off age-related weight gain, which could prevent obesity and associated health disorders like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and chronic inflammation.

AI-equipped eyeglasses can read silent speech

The eyeglasses, called EchoSpeech, use acoustic-sensing and artificial intelligence to continuously recognize up to 31 unvocalized commands, based on lip and mouth movements.

Mary Ann Radzinowicz, Milton scholar, dies at 97

Mary Ann Nevins Radzinowicz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of English Literature Emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences, died March 15 in Ballyvaughan, Ireland. She was 97.