The consequences of climate change look bleak for the Southwest and much of America's breadbasket, the Great Plains. A "megadrought" will likely occur late in this century journal Science Advances.
An internationally noted expert on the politics of ethnic, racial and religious pluralism, Cornell Professor of Government Emeritus Milton J. Esman died Feb. 7 at his home after a short illness. He was 96.
Applications are being accepted through Feb. 23 for the 21st Anniversary James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony. The winner receives a $5,000 prize.
A Cornell study warns that the existing system of space-based rainfall observation satellites requires a serious overhaul or many countries, particularly in the developing world, could face major flooding.
Professor of human development Robert Sternberg analyzed the values-based differences in admissions at land-grand university and top private schools in a Feb. 10 campus talk at Mann Library.
Since the Feb. 5 announcement of a new funding model for student health services, students and parents have raised questions about the new $350 annual health fee. VP Susan Murphy clarified the decision in a Feb. 11 statement.
Vice President for Student and Academic Services Susan Murphy issued a statement clarifying the decision that led to the introduction of a new university student health fee beginning in 2015-16.
The Africana Studies and Research Center will host a symposium, "Strange Bedfellows: White Supremacy and Abolitionism," Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Hoyt Fuller Room of the center, 310 Triphammer Road.
Alumnus and former College of Engineering dean Edmund T. Cranch, who left Cornell to become president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, died Feb. 4 at age 91.
Quilts by Riché Richardson, associate professor of Africana studies, portray the civil rights movement, Hollywood and family, and are being exhibited at Troy University's Rosa Parks Museum.
Political scientist Adam Seth Levine offers a new perspective on barriers to political involvement on economic insecurity concerns in his new book, "American Insecurity: Why Our Economic Fears Lead to Political Inaction."
In the quest for the perfect solar cell, Cornell materials science research offers quantifiable insight into the complex chemistry of getting it just right. Their work was published Jan. 30 in Nature Communications.
