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Joanne Restivo Jensen wins ILR's Alpern Award

The ILR School honored two of its most prominent alumni at the Groat and Alpern Awards April 20 in New York City.

Alumni gift endows Picket Family Chair of English

A gift from Joel I. Picket ’60 and David L. Picket ’84 has endowed the Picket Family Chair of the Department of English, in honor of the family’s long association with Cornell and the humanities.

'Healing through the arts': Kim presents refugee project

Assistant professor of music Ariana Kim found inspiration among a group of refugees and asylum seekers in Italy for her CCA Biennial arts and empathy project, to be presented on campus April 29.

Languages, dance, dessert celebrate National Poetry Month

A celebration of National Poetry Month and language learning April 21 featured multilingual poetry, song, dance and an international dessert reception.

Black bears on the move in upstate New York

New Cornell research estimates the densities of black bears in southern New York and examines how bears are distributed relative to the amount of forest, agricultural lands and human development.

Opioid abuse drops when doctors check patients' drug history

There's a simple way to reduce the opioid epidemic gripping the country: Make doctors check their patients’ previous prescriptions. The new research is by Colleen Carey, associate professor of policy analysis and management.

More than 200 soggy students champion science in D.C. march

More than 200 Cornell undergraduate and graduate students joined 40,000 scientists and boosters to champion knowledge in the first March for Science in Washington, D.C., April 22.

Students' green thumbs help Harlem Grown's garden thrive

Six undergraduates spent spring break in Harlem building a sensory garden for children through Alternative Breaks, which promotes service learning through direct engagement with various communities.

Cornell, Boynton students find common ground through writing

The Common Ground writing seminar includes a partnership with Boynton Middle School that helps Cornell students see that their community extends beyond campus and helps Boynton students see possibilities beyond high school.

Study settles debate over origins of ants and bees

Ants and bees – which by all appearances seem so different – are creepy-crawly cousins, according to new research.

Stabilizing molecule could pave way for lithium-air fuel cell

Researchers show that coating the anode of a lithium-oxygen fuel cell with bromide results in more stable charging and could represent a step toward practical lithium-oxygen energy storage technology.

Video and audio tech brings Manhattan in year 1609 to life

A virtual reality project, co-created by an audio producer at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, replaces the sounds of today's urban Manhattan with scientifically accurate audio representations of the island in 1609.