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CIS students head to diversity conference as numbers of minorities rise

More than 50 Cornell undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff attended the ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing – an opportunity for those who may feel isolated to connect with colleagues and grow.

CNY Humanities Corridor supports humanities collaboration

Cornell has received a $1.5 million endowment from the Central New York Humanities Corridor to support regional interdisciplinary humanities projects.

Digital guide encourages ‘moonshot’ thinking to improve NYC

Cornell Tech has partnered with New York City on designing the NYCx Moonshot Launchpad, a downloadable guide for defining ambitious solutions to urban problems.

New test measures men’s fertility

A new test developed at the College of Veterinary Medicine quantifies “capacitation,” the changes that take place within a sperm cell that enable it to fertilize.

Postdocs honored with achievement awards

Six postdocs at Cornell were honored with an inaugural Postdoc Achievement Award Sept. 17 for their contributions to community and inclusion.

Grantham appointed director of Northeastern IPM program

Deborah Grantham was named director of the Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center Sept. 16.

Astronomers use Earth’s history as guide to spot vegetation on new worlds

By looking at Earth’s full natural history and evolution, astronomers may have found a template for vegetation fingerprints – borrowing from epochs of changing flora – to determine the age of habitable exoplanets.

Developmental psychologist Charles Brainerd to receive APA award

Charles Brainerd will receive the American Psychological Associations’ G. Stanley Hall award for distinguished contributions to developmental science.

Quantum computing explored in Hans Bethe Lecture

Physicist Shoucheng Zhang will talk about Majorana fermions Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.

Lois Gray, ‘amazing force’ at ILR School, dies at 94

Lois Spier Gray, an iconic ILR School professor who committed her life to advancing social justice and workers’ rights, died Sept. 20 in New York City.

African human rights lawyer, geographer to visit campus

The Institute for African Development welcomes Maina Kiai, a human rights lawyer from Kenya, and Sophie Oldfield, a geographer at the University of Cape Town.

Top brain scientists to speak at Cornell Neurotech symposium

Three renowned neuroscientists will discuss their work at the third annual Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium Sept. 27.