DIY religion: More Americans finding faith outside church

Cornell-led research finds that large numbers of Americans are leaving organized religion – not in favor of secular rationality, but to pursue spirituality in ways that better align with their individual values.

Texans’ embrace of turbines may herald winds of change

Texans on average hold positive views about wind energy developments, welcoming turbines’ local benefits despite state and national leaders' efforts to disincentivize such projects.

Cornell Celebrates Breakthrough Prize for LHC Collaborations

Cornell researchers are helping upgrade the CMS detector at CERN, as LHC collaborations win the 2024 Breakthrough Prize for fundamental physics discoveries.

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Knight Institute creates ‘culture of writing’ on campus

The Institute oversees the Cornell Writing Centers, Graduate Writing Service, writing workshops, the first-year writing (FWS) seminars and other writing resources across campus.

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Celebrated bonobo Kanzi honored in workshop

Kanzi's legacy and the relation between great apes and language will be explored in a Humanities Lab Workshop on April 19.

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Ethnic cleansing explored in Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration Lecture

Columbia University's Khatchig Mouradian will give a lecture, “Ethnic Cleansing in the Long 19th Century: The Native American, Circassian, and Armenian Cases,” on April 24. 

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Vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth featured on concert series

Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy Award-winning vocal band dedicated to re-imagining the expressive potential of the human voice.

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Robinson-Appel Award recipients create community-engaged solutions to social challenges

Three Cornell undergraduates are being recognized for their dedication to tackling social challenges through innovative, community-engaged learning projects.

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Times’ David Sanger to discuss the ‘New Cold Wars’ in visit

David Sanger, White House and national security correspondent for the New York Times, has been named a second spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences.