Faculty from several colleges and universities participated in a recent symposium at Cornell, "Sexual Assault in Higher Education: The Role of Faculty as Researchers, Teachers, Policymakers and Advocates."
In his "Last Lecture" April 29, law professor John Blume spoke of the challenges he’s faced as a defense lawyer for people on death row and the life lessons he’d like to impart to young students.
Faculty and graduate researchers from Cornell’s Soil and Crop Sciences section spread the dirt on the power – and vulnerability – of soil at an April 29 event.
The device consisted of cardboard, wires, a battery and a motor glued together. It was not an explosive, and it remains unclear as to who placed the device and why. The investigation is ongoing.
Events this week include a new exhibition on Cornellians' impact on Tompkins County; a jazz concert with Joshua Redman; a film and panel discussion on sexual assault and a Korean Festival.
Kathryn S. March, Ph.D. ’79, professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies, reports from Nepal, where she has worked since 1973.
Slope Day, the annual student celebration of the end of the school year, is May 7 with a concert by Chance the Rapper and reggae band Magic! starting at noon on Libe Slope, and activities on Ho Plaza.
Germinating from a campus incubator, Uma Bioseed – a startup business developed by Cornell MBA students – has won the 2015 New York Business Plan Competition, winning a $100,000 grand prize.
Jon Kleinberg has been named the recipient of the 2014 ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award, given to an individual selected for career contributions that have breadth in computer science or across disciplines.
Loss of early childhood language skills, rather than those skills attained later in life, might be a predictor for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new Cornell study.
Cornell researchers have demonstrated a way to create a new kind of semiconductor thin film that retains its electrical properties even when it is just atoms thick.
A dog emotion tracker and a desktop circuit printer took this year's ECE Innovation Award prizes of $10,000. The competition challenges students to develop technology and demonstrate the idea’s business potential.
