Town hall on space and scheduling policy set for Jan. 22

A town hall meeting will be held Jan. 22, 2018 at 11 a.m. in 226 Weill Hall to gather input for the cross-divisional Scheduling and Space Inventory project currently underway.

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Stay informed about winter parking, campus alerts, transportation

Stay informed about winter parking, campus alerts, transportation and special conditions around campus.

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A not-quite-random walk demystifies the algorithm

Looking at the world through the lens of an algorithm illuminates some aspects but obscures others, says Malte Ziewitz, assistant professor of science and technology studies.

Philosopher’s new book examines fundamental things

In “Making Things Up,” philosopher Karen Bennett tackles how fundamental things determine or generate less fundamental things.

Engineers program tiny robots to move, think like insects

Cornell engineers are experimenting with new programming that mimics the way an insect’s brain works in order to power tiny robots.

Chemist named National Academy of Inventors fellow

Geoffrey W. Coates, the Tisch University Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, was elected to the National Academy of Inventors.

Engineers scrap the stethoscope, measure vital signs with radio waves

Cornell engineers have demonstrated a method for gathering vital signs using a cheap and covert system of radio-frequency signals and microchip "tags."

Of mice, men and medieval fun

Readings of ancient poems and sagas at the annual Festival of Medieval Readings Dec. 4 were not lost in translation.

ILR School, Aspen Institute to develop Gig Economy Data Hub

The ILR School and The Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative Dec. 13 announced a partnership to develop an online data hub.