Edmondson joined the Africana Studies and Research Center faculty as an assistant professor in 1983, becoming a full professor in 1987 and retiring in 2017.
Researchers from Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences have developed a forensics framework to document cultural heritage destruction. Their new book, "Heritage Forensics," examines threats to historic sites and advances methods for protecting endangered cultural heritage in war zones.
This summer, 60 undergraduates participated in the Bowers Undergraduate Research Experience, a 10-week, paid program where undergraduate students do real-world research alongside Bowers faculty.
Jeffrey Palmer, associate professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts, worked with former president Barack Obama and his advisers to create two films for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
The second season of Research Matters, a Cornell video podcast, drops today, with a way-too-relevant episode on why we don't always do the things we know we should.
The astronomy department will host a free public astronomy symposium Sept. 17 featuring expert talks on astrobiology, exoplanets, stellar death and cosmic origins. The event will highlights astronomy research and graduate student discoveries.
