Mayfest features Chiaroscuro Quartet, May 18-22

The Mayfest chamber music festival brings “a shock to the ears of the best kind” to Ithaca audiences from classics to modern jazz May 18-22.

New York State Senate names Kathryn Boor a 2018 Woman of Distinction

The New York Senate named Kathryn J. Boor ’80, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, a 2018 Woman of Distinction May 1. 

Lanny Joyce recognized for energy efforts

Lanny Joyce, director of Utilities and Energy Management for the Division of Facilities and Campus Services, has been named the staff sustainability champion for April.

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Railway records document more than a century of seismic labor shifts

The Kheel Center’s railroad collections tell stories about the seismic shifts, catalyzed by railroads, that shaped the modern age.

Two on faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Chemistry professor Hector Abruña and plant geneticist Susan McCouch have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, which recognizes distinguished achievement in original research. 

President Pollack issues updates on three key initiatives

President Martha Pollack issued updates May 2 on the Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate; the Consensual Relationships Policy Committee; and the President’s Visioning Committee on Cornell in New York City.

Psychologists: ‘There is no alternative to free speech’

Psychology’s extensive study of bias offers an important lens through which to view and reduce conflicts about free speech and hate speech, two Cornell psychologists say.

Climate-smart production boosts West African rice self-sufficiency

The System for Rice Intensification has significant potential to close the rice production gap in West Africa, according to Cornell researchers.

Computational biology symposium to showcase research, celebrate new center

Boyce Thompson Institute will host an inaugural symposium for the institute’s new Computational Biology Center May 8.