Fall back and watch out: Robbers thrive on standard time

Analysis of crime reports shows fewer robberies when Daylight Saving Time is in effect, because streets are well lighted during commuting hours.

Things to Do, Oct. 30-Nov. 6, 2015

Events on campus include a Halloween party at Cornell Cinema, the Cornell University Chorus Twilight Concert, book talks, and a lecture by author and Paris Review editor Philip Gourevitch '83.

Women's hockey benefit raises $1,700 for United Way

Though Cornell fell to Boston College, the women's hockey game raised $1,700 in an annual event to benefit Cornell's United Way campaign.

Forum explores costs, outcomes of financial aid policy

Faculty and administrators discussed balancing the rising expense of financial aid against maintaining and enhancing the university’s academic profile at a faculty forum, “Financial Aid Policies: Unimaginable Outcomes?” Oct. 21.

New cross-college institute takes holistic view of health

The College of Human Ecology and the School of Hotel Administration have formed the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures, an academic center combining hospitality, design, health policy and management.

Exosome proteins predict cancer's spread, study shows

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered precisely how certain types of cancers spread to particular organs in the body, supporting the century-old "seed and soil" theory of metastasis.

Samantha Sheppard’s POV illuminates films

Samantha Sheppard, an expert on African-American cinema and movie fan, has several scholarly and critical works forthcoming and runs the Voices and Visions in Black Cinema series at Cornell.

New faculty 'Public Voices' sought to diversify the media

Nominations are being sought for faculty members to be enabled and encourged to present their ideas in the national media.

Amara Lakhous speaks on European immigration

Novelist Amara Lakhous spoke about European immigration in an Oct. 22 campus talk and referred to his own journey from Algerian immigrant to Italy to academic and literary success.