2023 Bethe Lecture: How fast is the universe expanding?

 Astrophysicist Wendy L. Freedman will describe the current state of cosmology and her work with the Hubble Space Telescope that has led to some of the most precise measurements of the Hubble constant made to date.

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Cornell-developed anti-TB compound headed to trials

A novel compound, developed by College of Veterinary Medicine researchers, that has the potential to starve the bacteria that causes tuberculosis – the world’s second-leading infectious killer – is entering human clinical trials.

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‘Wrinkles’ in time experience linked to heartbeat

New Cornell psychology research finds that our moment-to-moment experience of time is synchronized with, and changes with, the length of a heartbeat.

Communicator visits campus to explore math in everyday life

A mathematician and author of best-selling books that speak to math’s societal and technological roles in the world will visit campus March 13-17 as an A.D. White Professor at Large.

Hospitality leaders to convene at Nolan School program in June

Cornell's Nolan School will host its annual Professional Development Program for hospitality executives in Ithaca, New York, this summer in June on the Cornell University campus.

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Cornell Bowers CIS expands summer research program to all majors

The Bowers Undergraduate Research Experience (BURE) is a paid summer research opportunity with Cornell faculty, allowing students to develop new skills and gain insights into careers in research.

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Clown play explores the heartbreak and humor of aging

In the new performance work “Heading into Night: a Clown Ode on…(forgetting),” director Beth Frances Milles ’88, associate professor of performing and media arts in the College of Arts and Sciences, investigates the poignancies of memory.

Fashion show returns to Barton Hall on March 11

“In Retrospective Forethought” – looking backward and ahead – is the theme for the 39th annual CFC Spring Runway Show, March 11 beginning at 4:30 p.m. The show will cap “Cornell Fashion Week,” which begins March 4.

Robot provides unprecedented views below Antarctic ice shelf

The Icefin team’s observations revealed more than a century of geological processes beneath the Ross Ice Shelf near where it meets Kamb Ice Stream, and will inform models of sea-level rise.