Events on campus this week include historical play "Jennie's Will," Robert Sternberg on challenges for land-grant institutions, and sustainable agriculture talks by alternative farmer Joel Salatin.
Cornell Institute for Public Affairs student Shamir Shehab will receive an award from Queen Elizabeth II in June for his work in his native Bangladesh to educate young people on climate change.
Cornell faculty members to speak on an array of topics at the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2015 annual meeting to be held Feb. 12-16 in San Jose, California.
Asian studies professor Ding Xiang Warner wrestles with a thousand-year-old mystery in her new book, "Transmitting Authority: Wang Tong and the Zhongshuo in Medieval China’s Manuscript Culture."
A new book by professor Laura Tach focuses on the middle-class mentality of a group of working-poor Boston residents and how they use the Earned Income Tax Credit to their advantage.
In a message to students, President Skorton announced that effective next fall, the university would be introducing a student health fee for those not enrolled in the Cornell Student Health Insurance Plan.
Odd materials called "ferromagnetic topological insulators" were expected to produce breakthroughs in electronics and physics, but results have failed to materialize. Scanning at the atomic level shows why.
Faculty and staff members can nominate any staff person for the Individual Excellence and Management Excellence awards. Also, a new President’s Award for Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion will be handed out.
Dan Huttenlocher, vice provost and dean of Cornell Tech, has been appointed to Corning Incorporated’s board of directors, effective Feb. 3. Huttenlocher will serve on the board’s finance and audit committees.
Having trouble getting your message across? Cornell researchers have identified an array of linguistic features that can help you garner more attention for what you're saying.
A new Cornell study examines how genetic differences among individuals impact cellular stress, a first step in understanding how this stress response relates to human diseases, such as diabetes.
