College of Arts and Sciences

Five startups graduate from Cornell incubators

Geegah, Inso Bio, OWiC Technologies, Renerva and Revora Materials are the five most recent companies to graduate from Cornell's Center for Life Science Ventures and Praxis Center for Venture Development.

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New book details history of sound’s claim on our attention

An essay collection about auditory attention studies in the long 19th century, co-edited by College of Arts and Sciences scholars, connects music, technology and cognition to modern attention. 

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City of Asylum writer to give reading Nov. 10

Ukrainian poet Olena Boryspholets will present a Nov. 10 reading at Cornell University featuring her work “Orpheus and Eurydice in New York.” 

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Project to rebuild trust in AI era lands Laude’s $10M ‘moonshot’ award

A $10 million “moonshot” grant from Laude Institute will help Cornell researchers realize the potential of artificial intelligence, while giving online communities control over AI’s role.

‘Train the trainers’ event convenes democracy leaders, educators, activists

The two-day intensive training brought together democracy leaders, human rights advocates, civic leaders, educators and activists from 14 countries.

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NYT columnist: US democracy’s progress outweighs ‘failed nation’ narrative

John McWhorter argues that calls for a "reset" discount the nation’s progress and the many reasons that democracy is worth saving.

Laura Donaldson, professor emerita of English, dies at 79

Donaldson, whose research focused on religion, Native American culture and gender studies, died Oct. 18.

Physicist J.C. Séamus Davis wins 2026 Michael Faraday Medal and Prize

Davis won the Michael Faraday Medal and Prize for his pioneering research into quantum materials research and experimental physics.

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‘Family:’ the bedrock of human interaction

Meredith Small’s new book explores how family is not a fixed notion but something that has evolved with humans as a species.