Cornell teams join NSF campaign for cybersecurity

Six Cornell researchers will receive grants totaling more than $3 million as part of the National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program.

VP Mary Opperman elected fellow of HR national academy

Mary Opperman, VP and chief human resource officer at Cornell, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, the highest honor an individual in the human resources profession can receive.

Things to Do, Nov. 6-13, 2015

Events on campus this week include a reading by Chinese-American writer Marilyn Chin, a debate with cake for the ILR School's 70th anniversary, IvyQ, and an talk on earthquake forecasting.

Lecture launches Shoah Foundation archives at Cornell

Philip Gourevitch ’86, staff writer for The New Yorker, spoke about the Rwandan genocide on campus Nov. 3 as the USC Shoah Foundation's genocide archive comes to Cornell.

'PhDivas' discourse across disciplines and differences

In their 'PhDivas' podcast, scholars Liz Wayne and Christine Yao find common ground across the STEM-humanities divide with wit and insight on contemporary culture, social issues and life in academia.

Cornell Tech Runway Program accepting postdoc applications

The Runway Startup Postdoc Program – described as "part business school, part research institution, part startup incubator" – is designed to advance the participants' research and launch new business ventures.

Cornell study says soda, junk food not why we're fat

A new study from professors in Cornell's Dyson School finds that junk food is not the culprit for obesity. Sedentary lifestyles and and inadequate consumption of healthier foods is the culprit.

Final China Initiative lecture of the semester is Nov. 16

The Cornell Contemporary China Initiative will host its last speaker of the fall semester, Basile Zimmermann, assistant professor of Chinese studies at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 16.

Pre-college STEM program to serve local students 

Cornell's Public Service Center is seeking applications from middle- and high school students in the Ithaca City School District for its new Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP).