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Register now for Cornell's spring MOOCs

Beginning this spring, the university will offer its first four massive open online courses, allowing anyone to take Cornell classes from the comfort of their home computer. The tuition is free.

Skorton welcomes Cornellians to spring semester

President David Skorton welcomes the community to a new semester at Cornell, highlighting successes of 2013 and aspirations for 2014.

$10M gift founds family business initiative at Johnson

John Smith, MBA ’74, and his wife, Dyan, have created the John and Dyan Smith Family Business Initiative with a $10 million gift to the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Hunt for muon's magnetic field to get Cornell insight

An international high-energy physics collaboration that could provide the deepest glimpse yet into the nature of the elusive subatomic particle known as the muon is receiving key insights and expertise from Cornell scientists.

Teatrotaller marks 20 years of Spanish theater

Spanish-language theater group Teatrotaller celebrates its 20th year of producing works by American and international Latino writers.

Satellite tags, fishing data reveal turtle danger zones

A study using satellite transmitters on tagged leatherback turtles predicts possible fishing bycatch danger zones in the Pacific Ocean.

With 10 years as Martians, rovers unveil true grit

Cornell professor Steve Squyres and Bill Nye provide key lectures at the “Opportunity: Ten Years on Mars” event Jan. 16 at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.

What debt-jugglers told the sociologists

Memo to bill collectors, hoping to squeeze another payment from the working-poor debt jugglers surveyed by Cornell and Harvard sociologists: Do not threaten.

Robert Sternberg joins Human Ecology faculty Feb. 1

Noted cognitive psychologist Robert J. Sternberg has been appointed professor of human development at the College of Human Ecology, effective Feb. 1.

Skorton issues message celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.

President David Skorton issued message celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and urging the Cornell community to honor King's legacy through service.

Former White House economist talks inequality

Former White House chief economist Alan Krueger ’83 spoke about the future of the economy at the Cornell Club of New York Jan. 14.

Chilean government grants land for giant telescope

On Jan. 9, the Chilean government gave land to a Cornell-led project to build the largest submillimeter telescope in the world.