Bone density builder wins top prize at food hackathon

The weekend event involved more than 150 undergraduate and graduate students from across Cornell.

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Gallery exhibit explores LGBTQ+ support networks

Now on view in Cornell Human Ecology's MVR 1250 Gallery, "Our People, Our Stories: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Chosen Family" honors the networks of care and belonging built by LGBTQ+ youth across New York State.

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Cornell FSRDC celebrates 20 years of advancing research

For 20 years, researchers have used Cornell University’s Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) to analyze restricted federal data and generate insights that shape public policy and strengthen the economy.

Universities’ role in society goes beyond education, research

Americans broadly agree that universities should engage in a range of societal issues beyond their core education and research missions – while avoiding political activism, new economics research finds.

Building university cultures of open inquiry: Nov. 18 talk

John Tomasi, the inaugural president of Heterodox Academy, will speak on “The University at a Crossroads – and How We Can Build Cultures of Open Inquiry” as part of a series of events organized by the Provost’s Committee on the Future of the American University.

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Combining humanities and tech for research gains

An interdisciplinary project involving faculty, staff and graduate students is sparking collaborations among those interested in computational, digital and data-driven approaches to the study of history, languages and culture.

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Flemmie Kittrell Visiting Scholar shares human-centered approach to maternal health

Jennie Joseph, founder and president of Commonsense Childbirth, hosted a public lecture, met with students and faculty, spoke in classes and engaged with the Ithaca community. The visiting scholar initiative honors the legacy of Flemmie Pansy Kittrell, the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a doctorate in nutrition and the first to receive a Ph.D. in any subject at Cornell.

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Medical anthropologist to deliver annual Society for Humanities lecture

Stacey Langwick, associate professor of anthropology in the College of Arts & Sciences, will speaking on "Healing in a Toxic World: Reimagining the Times and Spaces of the Therapeutic." 

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The do-gooder dilemma: to disclose or not to disclose

People say they would feel worse telling others about their charitable acts than if they kept the news to themselves, or told others about their personal achievements, the study found.