Research to focus on why it’s hard to say no to police searches

Vanessa Bohns will measure whether perception causes outside observers to systematically overestimate the voluntariness of consent to warrantless searches.

Golf turf expert wins posthumous award for NY impact

Bob Portmess, MPS ’08, who died in 2016 at age 60, earned a posthumous Excellence in IPM Award from New York State Integrated Pest Management Aug. 10.

Student-led companies spend summer incubating ideas

Eight companies and 30 students who worked on their startup businesses in Ithaca over the summer shared their progress during a pitch competition Aug. 3.

American literature scholar kicks off Botanic Gardens’ lecture series Aug. 29

Cornell historian George Hutchinson will deliver the 2018 William and Jane Torrence Harder Lecture Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in Call Auditorium.

Orientation offers peer-led guidance, welcomes families

Cornell welcomes more than 4,000 first-year and transfer students to campus Aug. 17-22 with a slate of peer-led Orientation programs and events.

Things to Do, Aug. 17-24, 2018

Events on campus this week include the annual Dump and Run sale, new exhibits at the Johnson Museum and the College of Architecture, Art and Planning; and free films at Cornell Cinema.

Intergroup Dialogue Project broadens students’ worlds

Intergroup Dialogue Project has become one of the main programs on campus to offer peer-facilitated courses and workshops on communication and collaboration across social, cultural and power differences.

Class of 2022 boasts business owners, researchers and a rodeo champ

Before they’ve taken their first class, Cornell’s 3,325 incoming freshmen could fill a book – or several – with their accomplishments, experiences and interests.

Donald Holcomb, emeritus physics professor, dies at 92

Donald F. Holcomb, emeritus professor of physics and former chair of the Department of Physics and university trustee, died Aug. 9 at Kendal at Ithaca, at age 92.