College of Arts and Sciences

A vexing math problem finds an elegant solution

A famous math problem that has vexed mathematicians for decades has met an elegant solution by Cornell researchers.

Book focuses on language in social, political movements

Professor Sidney Tarrow's new book, “The Language of Contention: Revolutions in Words, 1688-2012,” looks at role of language in social and political movements.

Nobelist to lecture on life expectancy Nov. 14

Nobel laureate Ada Yonath will give the 2013 Efraim Racker Lecture in Biology and Medicine on “Life Expectancy” Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.

Ishion Hutchinson wins Whiting Writers' Award

Assistant professor of English Ishion Hutchinson has received a 2013 Whiting Writers’ Award for his debut poetry collection “Far District: Poems.”

Spirited Cornell-JPL agreement opens opportunities

Cornell President David Skorton and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi signed a memorandum of understanding Nov. 8 making Cornell the California lab’s latest strategic partner.

To criticize is to be aware, alive, creative: A.O. Scott

The New York Times's chief film critic, A.O. Scott, delivered the Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture on campus Nov. 7.

Symposium to celebrate the science of Ken Wilson

A memorial symposium to celebrate Nobel laureate Ken Wilson’s scientific achievements will be held Saturday, Nov. 16, in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall, beginning at 9 a.m.

Costa uses diners and Twitter to cover Washington

Robert Costa, the National Review’s Washington editor and CNBC political analyst, explained his unconventional reporting methods in a talk Nov. 4.

Higgs boson discoverer to give Bethe lecture

Fabiola Gianotti, a CERN physicist involved in the discover of the Higgs boson particle, will deliver the Hans Bethe Lecture Nov. 13 on campus.